How to Use slot in a Sentence

slot

1 of 2 noun

• That still leaves three slots up for grabs.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 May 2026
• Don’t wait or all the slots will be gone.
  — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
• This is when slot-line plays can be lethal.
  — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 9 May 2026
• To have your choice of time slots, book ahead.
  — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2026
• Davis has been in the slot even less this year.
  — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
• Each time slot is open for 48 hours.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
• Could that be enough to move Bland to the slot?
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
• Time slots run from 10 am to 9 pm.
  — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
• Book your slots early and strike a pose!
  — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
• Swift does not fill the most slots either.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
• Some time slots have already sold out.
  — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
• And then there’s the backup goalie slot.
  — Max Bultman, New York Times, 26 May 2026
• Guests must sign up for a time slot to go into the maze.
  — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• That leaves us four slots to play with in the best actor race.
  — Dan Heching, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
• Even your fancy cleaver can fit in the three-inch deep slots.
  — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
• Even your fancy cleaver can fit in the three-inch deep slots.
  — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
• The best way to attach a phone charm is through the slots of a phone case.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
• The best way to attach a phone charm is through the slots of a phone case.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
• The best way to attach a phone charm is through the slots of a phone case.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
• The best way to attach a phone charm is through the slots of a phone case.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
• Who will fill Colbert's time slot?
  — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 11 May 2026
• Now Iowa wants its first in the nation's slot back.
  — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 29 May 2026
• But the final two slots are up for debate.
  — Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
• So who cares my name’s one slot farther on the depth chart – that’s my friend.
  — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
• No word on what will fill the Sunday slot at this time.
  — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
• Smith is likely to battle for snaps in the slot.
  — Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2026
• Taylor can play in the slot and outside.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 7 Mar. 2026
• Those slots are as high as those smashes have ever risen.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
• Lined up all over the field, including in the slot.
  — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
• Why were so many contract slots left unfilled this year?
  — Scott Powers, New York Times, 27 May 2026

slot

2 of 2 verb

• He slotted the piece of wood into the groove.
• Her ideas slot neatly into the theory.
• Bourne could slot right in to help the team.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
• Kiper slots him 42nd, lower than most.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
• Bethune slotted a good shot inside the left post with her left foot.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2026
• So why not slot the Wildcats a few spots higher?
  — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
• Pop your foot on the brake, slot it in to drive, and slowly give the throttle a nudge.
  — Alex Goy, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2022
• The plan doesn’t slot cleanly into Boise code.
  — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 6 Jan. 2026
• Zach Williams will move to slot receiver.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
• Read on for some great ones to try—along with some tips on how to slot them into your routine.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 8 Apr. 2024
• To drink from it, customers have to pull the tab back and slot it into a small opening.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
• Yates slotted Tyson ninth and Faulk 27th.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
• The other was to slot Pfaadt in on Monday, on nine days’ rest.
  — The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
• Any of these restaurants could slot into a bigger city and succeed.
  — Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Des Moines Register, 12 Feb. 2026
• Gently slot the knife into the sharpener and pull the knife through from heel to tip.
  — Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
• Pieces of ship the size of football fields slot together like pieces of Lego.
  — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
• Williams is set to slot into the backend of the Mets' bullpen next year and beyond.
  — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
• The Jayhawks are a difficult team to slot.
  — Cj Moore, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
• Ryan O’Hearn will slot into right field for the first time as a Padre and will hit fifth.
  — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
• That is, how a writer can feel pegged or slotted by her publisher and made to write one type of book over and over.
  — Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
• His penalty was slotted home in the bottom right corner and his team went up 2-1.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
• Ary Borges intercepted the pass and slot it home to make it 3-0.
  — ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
• The metallic mules slotted into a wider run of high-shine sandals that has stretched through the colder months.
  — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 23 Feb. 2026
• The stars who came before them had been shaped by the studio system — groomed, styled and slotted into types.
  — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
• Or, if one of them is slotted into center field, Andy Pages could take over left.
  — Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
• Martinelli managed to find a fourth goal, slotting home in the 84th minute.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
• The typesetters, busy slotting the evening edition into place, don’t look up.
  — Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
• The match was leveled via Kara, who stepped up to the penalty spot after a handball to slot the ball home.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
• An open goal and a fast-approaching ball in front of him at the back post, Thompson slotted it home.
  — Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
• This narrow but tall folding bookshelf is great for slotting into the corner of a small space.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026