How to Use summary in a Sentence

summary

1 of 2 adjective

• Harris doesn’t recall the best lines and jokes, and the result is a book that can seem more summary than scene.
  — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 9 May 2017
• Had they been caught, the assets would have faced summary execution.
  — Sara Cook, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2019
• The judge did not grant Wesleyan's motion for summary judgment.
  — Shawn R. Beals, Courant Community, 11 May 2017
• Even a 110-page long summary version is laden with mind-spinning numbers.
  — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 5 June 2019
• The board reviews summary inspection reports in closed-door sessions.
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2019
• That is summary-talk for birch leaves withering, massive lilac leaf roller attacks, aphid invasions and leaf miners where there are no aphids.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2019
• While this is disappointing, the burden of proof for granting summary judgment is very high, and our defense is not at all deterred by this result.
  — Shawn R. Beals, Courant Community, 11 May 2017
• State finance officials said anyone can read those summary documents and raise questions themselves.
  — Jason Pohl, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2019
• These include a motion by the plaintiffs for class-action certification and motions by both the plaintiffs and the city for summary judgment.
  — Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 10 Jan. 2017
• Under the bill, possession of a small amount of marijuana — 30 grams or less — would be a summary offense rather than a misdemeanor.
  — Christina Tatu, Philly.com, 9 May 2018
• There is also summary information about the journal’s authors—tables group them by country and institution.
  — Matt Warren, Science | AAAS, 27 June 2018
• What’s at issue here is not summary deportation, but basically a return to the status quo ante of 2012.
  — Robert Verbruggen, National Review, 14 Sep. 2017
• Taken together, Tucker argued that the judge should not have been able to rule on summary judgment in the FTC’s favor.
  — Steve Vockrodt, kansascity, 24 July 2017
• Think about these questions and formulate your responses into a solid qualifications summary to open your resume.
  — Dear Sam | Expert Resume, al, 22 Nov. 2019
• One promising approach is summary fact-checking — an increasingly popular format that presents an overview of fact-checking ratings for a politician.
  — Brendan Nyhan, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017
• Mooney granted summary judgment in favor of Experience Hendrix on the cross-complaint and the original suit went to trial.
  — Ashley Cullins, Billboard, 11 May 2017
• The trial court issued an order granting summary judgment to the neighbors and denying the Neuschwanders’ summary judgment motion.
  — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 5 July 2017
• The finding followed two separate internal affairs inquiries, according to the board’s summary report.
  — oregonlive, 3 Jan. 2020
• The president’s budget message, top priorities, and summary tables will come March 11.
  — Kate Davidson, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2019
• The next major task facing the Style and Drafting Committee will be approving the ballot-title and summary language for each of the dozen measures.
  — Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• The tremor in his voice is almost enough by itself to convey the song's mixture of disgust and sarcasm, a meditation on economic and racial inequality that should have been the album's summary statement.
  — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 28 Apr. 2017
• Jews in France were subject to summary arrest; businesses owned by Jews were subject to confiscation, as was the personal property of Jews.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2019
• The case was closed in January 2016 with the service finding the Marine guilty at summary court-martial of assault and not obeying a lawful order.
  — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 3 May 2017
• Newman was given a summary citation, also known as summary harassment, which usually results in nothing but a fine, Broadwater said.
  — Allen Kim, CNN, 21 Oct. 2019
• The government’s motion for summary judgment was argued in February 2017.
  — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 6 July 2017
• An appeal to the second circuit reversed that decision in 2013, and sent the case back to the bankruptcy court to enter summary judgment on behalf of unsecured creditors.
  — Tiffany Kary, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2017
• The secretary of state’s office then certifies the official ballot title for the petition, which consists of the ballot summary language and the auditor’s summary of its fiscal impact.
  — Jason Hancock, kansascity, 7 Feb. 2018
• Gaine, however, asserted that the bylaws effectively grant the finance committee the power to cast the final votes on budget, personnel, and policy matters so long as those actions are reported to the full board in at least summary fashion.
  — Bob Hohler, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2019
• Like Alcohol Amendment turned in the petition summary language and an initial 1,000 signatures to the Ohio attorney general on Monday.
  — Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati.com, 2 Mar. 2020

summary

2 of 2 noun

• They gave a summary of their progress in building the bridge.
• He concluded the report with a brief summary.
• Add splits to run summaries (rolling out this week).
  — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 27 May 2026
• And this song is a great summary of that.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
• Sounds very much like a movie plot summary.
  — New Atlas, 22 Apr. 2026
• Set the tone with summaries and kind boundaries.
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
• But in love, those summaries can become rigid scripts.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• Share your summary, and steady the team’s pace.
  — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
• Culture doesn’t live in neat summaries.
  — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• But in the age of summaries, traffic isn’t the trophy.
  — Noa Eshed, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• In its summary, the court ruled that words have meanings.
  — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
• Here’s a summary of what’s happened over just four days.
  — Chris Fusco, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
• Each entry on the list has a little summary next to it.
  — Imogen West-Knights, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
• Still, the summary language is sure to sway some people at the polls.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2023
• The city of Olathe has a page on their website with a summary of the new rules.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
• Doesn’t that sound like a neat summary of Vile’s whole new album?
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
• Ashcroft was charged with writing summaries to appear on the ballot.
  — Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2023
• But his writing only survives in brief quotes or summaries.
  — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 Apr. 2026
• That’s the summary that quickly spread across tabloids and celebrity-news sites.
  — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
• Looking for the game summary that appeared in print?
  — Bailey Johnson, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2026
• After a moment, the summary will appear at the top of your screen in a black box.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2023
• Here are summaries of what has taken place in the capital region so far this year.
  — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
• The first paragraph in the summary of the case really spells it all out.
  — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
• Attached at the end of this letter is a business summary of these changes.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
• The details were in the review board's case summary.
  — Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
• Ask me to share the transcript or summary of the voice note, then extract the core message.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• Here’s a quick summary of the belt-tightening taking place at each of these schools.
  — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• Below is a summary of this year’s ten zany, but award-winning, research projects.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
• Craft a book summary along with questions to drive positive change.
  — Julie Kratz, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Alito, unlike most of his colleagues, doesn't spend much time on these summaries.
  — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 26 June 2026