How to Use round in a Sentence

round

1 of 4 adjective

• The baby has a round face.
• Be prepared to walk 3 miles on a dirt trail round trip to the fort and back.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
• Note: Use the large round eggplants, not the long skinny ones.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2023
• The seasonal flights to Nice cost more: $4,800 for two, round-trip.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2023
• He is projected as a mid-first round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2023
• The white couch against the white walls creates a sleek but beachy look, while the round wood table ties the space in with the rest of the home.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
• Egg sites that are shallow, oval or round wounds in the bark where sap might weep.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2023
• With the Blue Ridge as its backdrop and round hay bales all around, the place could pass for a wedding venue.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
• The star of this set isn’t the F1 car, with its round yellow stud implying the driver.
  — Sal Vaglica, Car and Driver, 21 Jan. 2023
• The thick round wood handle was easy to grip and comfortable.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2024
• The Cardinals will face No. 2 seed Iowa in the round-of-8 game on Sunday.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• Beauregard’s Bo Young rolled a 275 in round two for the best single game.
  — al, 19 Jan. 2023
• The reports did not explain why those amounts were in round dollars.
  — Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• The bacteria can cause swelling and redness around the wound site, and round, raised lesions.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
• In the west hung the round moon, only minutes before setting.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 7 May 2023
• Clamp the round mechanical cutters onto the top (or lid) of the can, so that the tool is flat on top and the wheels are aligned with the edges of the lid.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2024
• Though some of the things that set it apart the most are the round, domed display and its one-size-fits-most 41mm case that works well on even small wrists.
  — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 5 June 2023
• The cochlea is filled with fluid, is lined with 3,500 hair cells and is encased in a dense dome of bone with a tiny, round membrane.
  — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• While there was just a slight coffee stain left, the foundation was not removed and the oil left a round circle on the sheet.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
• Riders will need to secure a reservation and pay a $10 round-trip fee.
  — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
• Portion out 24 heaping tablespoons of dough and roll them in your hands to form round balls.
  — Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
• This round neck sweater dress is blended with cotton, polyester, and spandex.
  — Monica Bell, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
• Up top, there are white cabinets with glass panels and small round knobs.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 28 Aug. 2023
• Give your pup the gift of tranquility with Kimpets round dog beds.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2023
• Here's what to keep in mind: ✔️ Shape: Much like in-ground pools, above-ground pools come in all shapes and sizes: oval, round, rectangular and more.
  — Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2023
• Remove the laces and use a soft brush or the round dusting brush on your vacuum to remove any loose dust or dirt on the surface of the shoes.
  — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 18 Jan. 2023
• Make the cornflake wreaths: Shape the Christmas cookie wreaths around a round cutter on a baking sheet.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2023
• The squash is large, round, and yellow, and once halved and roasted, the inside easily shreds to noodle-like strands.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2023
• The textured, round edges are soft and fun to touch and make these blocks a great sensory activity.
  — Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 6 Mar. 2024
• Pustular lesions will be sharply raised, usually round, and firm to the touch.
  — Claire Wolters, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2024

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round

2 of 4 adverb

• Everyone gather round and listen to my story.
• People work there all year round.
• The wheels on the bus aren’t going round and round in our house.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
• Matched Stankoven in the 1st playoff round with 4 goals and 5 assists.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 14 Apr. 2023
• Form the tart: Pour the cooled filling in the center of the dough round, leaving a 1-inch border.
  — The View, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2023
• Cover a 5 to 6lb round of beef all over with 3oz light brown sugar and leave in the fridge for two days.
  — Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2023
• The opposing forces make the coil spin quickly, turning the drive shaft, which makes the wheels go round.
  — Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
• Two states: most of Arizona and Hawaii stay on standard time year round.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023
• A touch of eye cream, sunscreen, and Tata Harper face oil round out her skin prep.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 July 2023
• Peanuts movies are available to subscribers year round.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
• But marketing games abound and junk fees can make the business world go round.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2023
• The goal is to provide a resource for children dealing with loss year round.
  — Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
• A great deal of hustle and bustle and fiddling around making sure things were put on the right way round.
  — Town & Country, 7 May 2023
• The park is open year round, and each season boasts natural beauty, wildlife, and things to do.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2024
• But the bird-seed topping pulls it together year round.
  — Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2023
• Cycling and carriage rides round out the list of transport methods.
  — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2023
• Thus, here are some Irish whiskeys well worth savoring year round.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• This is the largest layoff round in the company’s history and the second this year.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
• Fat bottomed girls might make the rockin’ world go round, but Queen‘s racy song is nowhere to be found on a new release of Greatest Hits.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 21 Aug. 2023
• New York City is full of dog-friendly venues open year round, even when a run through the park is less than seasonable.
  — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• His practice round Tuesday consisted of playing the back nine on the North Course.
  — Bernie Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• The local artist’s show overflows the narrow confines of the Nano Gallery, and includes larger pieces, some of them round.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• The water is clear, with visibility of up to 200 feet, and warm year round.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 15 July 2023
• The announcement, or Adhan, will now be heard over speakers five times a day year round.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2023
• The bonus round with free bonus spins feature a sticky multiplier and has the potential to pay out 4,388x your bet.
  — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2024
• Aubrey had previously not advanced past the area round since 2015.
  — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
• This time round, the build-up in short-futures positions by funds that use leverage has been hitting records.
  — Sonali Basak, Fortune, 26 May 2023
• Skies are partly sunny, with breaks in the clouds at times, destabilizing the atmosphere for the next storm round.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• Hinton held up a black-and-yellow garter snake, perhaps a metre long, twisting round and round like a spring.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• And, of course, money makes Manhattan not only go round but spin like a happy, crazy top.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024

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round

3 of 4 noun

• The construction includes a round of steel to reinforce the wooden beam.
• Attended a busy round of parties during the holiday season.
• During that time, the QB lost three playoff games in the first round.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2024
• Daly shot three-under in his first round to be tied-eighth in the field.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 15 May 2023
• The ridicule only grew louder when Gaetz pulled the same stunt in the next round and the result was the same.
  — Jonathan Karl, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2023
• As alliances are formed ahead of the second round, the vote could go both ways.
  — Katarina Hoije, Bloomberg.com, 15 Mar. 2024
• Several rounds of showers and storms are in the forecast for the end of the week.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 10 July 2023
• The gun can also fire up to six rounds per minute for three minutes.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 3 Aug. 2023
• In the end, Three G moved onto the next round of auditions.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 4 June 2023
• Williams then fired a single round from a rifle, striking the man’s legs.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2023
• Here are the four other finalists in the last round of voting.
  — Jenny Rudolph, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2024
• Thirty-five of the Wildcat’s 58 all time first round draft picks have been coached by Calipari.
  — Richard Davenport, arkansasonline.com, 8 Apr. 2024
• Line the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan with a round of parchment paper.
  — Lois Ellen Frank and Walter Whitewater, Saveur, 22 Nov. 2023
• The top six nominees from the first round of voting will be announced on April 1.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
• The game capped a stellar opening round of the tournament for Venezuela, which went 5-1 over the six-game round-robin portion of the event.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
• Five live rounds were found on set following the shooting.
  — Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2024
• He was injured in the latter years of his college career and fell to the third round, where the Cardinals took him in the draft.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
• There was no telling how his body might react to each round, but the process could take up to six rounds to be successful.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 10 July 2023
• Fultz, who has long chestnut hair, hazel eyes, and thick glasses, had to finish the rounds early.
  — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• The gun was lying on the floor nearby, with the slide open and additional rounds in itsmagazine.
  — Jane Harper, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2023
• Last season, the Ravens finished 10-7 in the regular season and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Cincinnati Bengals.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2023
• Eleven Ventures led the round and was joined by Fuel Ventures and others.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
• Anton Lundell missed for Florida in the opening round of the shootout.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2024
• The Nets went 43-32 before getting swept in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2024
• Another round of high surf on the West Coast is also likely over the weekend as the next major storm rolls in.
  — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2024
• This sharpening tool consists of a handle, steel guide bars, a round file sized to the cutter on your chainsaw and a flat file.
  — Joe Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
• Buchanan, Ferguson, Miller-Meeks and Stauber, who supported him the first round, declined to do so in the second round.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2023
• As a friend of mine says, a round of golf is cheaper than seeing a psychiatrist.
  — WSJ, 10 July 2023
• But the losers of each round are executed in the survival game until one victor remains and takes home the cash prize.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
• No one was injured during the second round of shooting.
  — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024

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round

4 of 4 verb

• Tip the sander slightly to gently round off the sharp edges on the sides and ends.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2022
• Furphy scored 16 points and Harris added 13 to round out the starters.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• Mötley Crüe, Slipknot and Korn round out the top of the bill.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 21 Feb. 2024
• Toss a green salad while your casserole bakes to round out the meal.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2023
• The thyme perfumes the broth, and a little butter and Parmesan rounds out the lean corn.
  — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
• Pair it with a gift card to their favorite restaurant or some cash to round out the present.
  — Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 29 Mar. 2023
• Gold peep-toe heeled sandals and a stack of bracelets on one of her wrists rounded out the look.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023
• Beavercreek rounded out the top five with 37.50 points scored.
  — Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 27 May 2023
• The defense is rounding into form and looks the part of one of the best defenses in the Big Ten.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2023
• The style was certainly more than Ken-ough to round out Gosling’s run with the Barbie film.
  — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
• The fruit in two forms adds exciting texture and tart-sweetness to round out the flavors of the dish.
  — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
• Zephyr rounds a corner and the landscape opens up — trees dot the canyon and clouds sit low in front of the distant mountains.
  — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2023
• Leather jackets and tan fur coats round out the collection.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 2 Feb. 2024
• Ohio State rounded out the top five in the AP’s first regular-season poll of the season.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
• For Smith, El Niño is set to round off a year in which the climate disaster has become clear to all.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
• The figures may not add up to 100 percent because of rounding.
  — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• Chorizo sausage and poblano peppers give the dish some heat, while Monterey Jack cheese helps round out the flavors.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2023
• Fellow tight ends Matt Sokol and Scotty Washington round out the room with the 2023 draft closing in.
  — Oliver Thomas, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
• What's more, newcomers Niall Horan and Chance the Rapper will round out the coaches.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 1 Jan. 2023
• So scroll down and take a minute to go through these head-to-head face-offs and help decide which 16 locations will move on to round 2 next week.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2024
• The pair's third child, Aidan, rounded out their group with his arrival in September 2021.
  — Grace Smith, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
• Barbie rounded out the top five, adding $3.2 million over its tenth week of release.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2023
• Alaska also ranked high, and both Dakotas rounded out the top 5.
  — Ramsey Archibald | [e-mail], al, 10 July 2023
• Maryland, Minnesota, and New Jersey round out the top five.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2023
• Kreidler was in the baseline when Guerrero rounded third base.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 Apr. 2023
• Danny Garza continued to round into form with 15 points in a win against Portage.
  — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2023
• Riley and Woodyard have been the second tandem on the field, while Tolan and Asante have been in the mix rounding out that six-deep group.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 30 Mar. 2023
• Ward added that positioning the barbell close to the body will help to prevent that rounding.
  — Tiffany Ayuda, Health, 22 Aug. 2023
• This recipe uses sherry to round out the flavors of this classic Spanish dish.
  — Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2022
• Vergara skipped the necklace, choosing instead to round out the look with a pair of gold bangles on each wrist and oversized sunglasses.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024