How to Use screen in a Sentence

screen

1 of 2 noun
  • Don't sit too close to the screen or you'll get a headache.
  • A pop-up ad appeared on the screen.
  • When I go to the movies, I like to sit close to the screen.
  • Those cues get lost on screens.
    Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The screens are a work in progress.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
  • There’s the slam of an old screen door.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Once found, pull the screen's tab out.
    Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 4 Feb. 2026
  • There’s one big change from book to screen.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Just a dark screen, as when a movie is over.
    Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
  • All the kids are glued to their tablets and screens.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 May 2026
  • Aim to clean your screens two to three times a year.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The screen door was open for Phoenix.
    Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Here are a few of the stocks that made turned up on the screen.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • A day behind a screen is a day lost.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Check out the screen shot below.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The running back screen has not worked.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
  • Blank screen for ages so refresh.
    Noe Padilla, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The film took a long journey to the screen.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Keep kids busy without the screen.
    Tory Johnson, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Add screens at the base of decks and porches.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
  • But the screen kept lighting up.
    Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • This blood test screens for cancer.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Make sure screens and door sweeps are intact.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The team didn’t just use a standard wire screen.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Rollins rarely shoots when dribbling around a screen.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That’s a lot of money to drop just for screens.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Never mind movie screens, though.
    Jay Gabler, Twin Cities, 4 Feb. 2026
  • There’s more to the laptop than its screen, though.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2026
  • So, make good screens, help my teammates to get open.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026
  • Of course, this is where split-screen comes into play.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025

screen

2 of 2 verb
  • We screen the kids' music so that we can approve what they listen to.
  • We'll be screening his latest film in two weeks.
  • A committee will screen candidates for the job, but the final hiring decision will be made by Ms. Brown.
  • Here’s what age you should be screened.
    Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The plane was screened, and no one was hurt.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • Afonu hopes to screen Hesse’s work there.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Now, Berlin will screen her new film.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026
  • But screening on its own is not enough.
    Kathryn Spearman, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Yet screening is not one-size-fits-all.
    Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Moss & Freud will screen as a world premiere.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • All films will be screened from 35mm and 70mm prints.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 May 2026
  • Dockery first saw the film at a cast screening a few months ago.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Pretty much a one-sies and two-sies form of screening.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The first episode of eight was screened ahead of the discussion.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 June 2026
  • None were found and the passengers and crew were re-screened.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The project screened at the Busan Intl.
    Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • To learn more about screening and what tests are available, click here.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • There were just so many people that asked [the theater chains to screen it].
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Over 160 projects from around the world will be screening.
    Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
  • They weren't trained to screen travelers.
    Jack Fink, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • For the entire day, movies were screened, the titles of which have been lost to time.
    Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Each state sets its own list of diseases for which newborns are screened, so the lists vary.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 17 June 2023
  • One is made from human blood plasma that has been screened and treated.
    Health, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Paramount hadn't yet screened the film for him at the time of this interview.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Now, Christman's death could spur new heart screening laws.
    Stephanie Stremplewski, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Women are getting screened for breast cancer, free of charge.
    Ciara Lucas, SELF, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Experts around the world are still sorting out how best to screen for prostate cancer.
    Howard Wolinsky, STAT, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Pregnant people are supposed to be screened for syphilis in the first and third trimesters.
    Casey Pinto, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
  • All attendees will have to go through screening.
    Katie Houlis, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • The festival will screen over 70 films.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025

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