How to Use test in a Sentence

test

1 of 2 noun
  • There’s your test right there, girls.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • What kind of test is just for dads?
    Jamie Fischer, Parents, 20 June 2026
  • Some things are tests; some are lessons.
    Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • That day was a test for all of it.
    Sam McDowell 24, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And that’s the that’s the big test, right?
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Progress on that goal will be put to the test soon.
    Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Big test for a horse that seems to be on the rise.
    Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This is a good test of how good these teams might be.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • What’s on tap for 10-day test flight?
    Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • This will be a much harder test.
    David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • This was more than a usual test.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
  • All of our ground tests supports it.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Now comes the test of earnings.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Not a bad way to begin a test drive.
    Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The pull-up test nearly broke him.
    Jp Mangalindan, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The biggest tests are yet to come.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • That's the simple test for any post.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • This was my favorite test drive car to date.
    Chris Jackson, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The first tests did not go smoothly.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • And these races do more than test endurance.
    Michelle Sinclair Colman, Curbed, 7 May 2026
  • Put your knowledge to the test.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
  • So that was great to product-test up there.
    Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2026
  • This isn’t likely to be an easy test on the road.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Trump smart, pass brain test, name giraffe.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Do this simple test to find out if your soil is ready.
    Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 15 Jan. 2026
  • One or two tests aren’t enough to paint the full picture.
    Rita Templeton, Flow Space, 18 Feb. 2026
  • To do a float test, place the eggs in a pot of water.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The test showed spots on her liver and a mass in her colon.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 13 June 2026
  • Yet what gets measured at the end of the year are test scores.
    Jerald McNair, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The tests will run from March to late May.
    Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026

test

2 of 2 verb
  • The students will all be tested again at the end of the school year.
  • The school nurse will be testing students' hearing next week.
  • She tested positive for the disease.
  • Weekly quizzes will test your understanding of the material.
  • The water gets tested regularly.
  • The coming weeks will test that premise.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • There will be court cases that test those new laws.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • If one or the other is tripped, turn that back on and test again.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Yet over the past year, signs have emerged that it may again be tested in court.
    Julian Mark, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Then refill the tank with water to test it.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Her boss encouraged her to find one and then test her skills.
    Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The team needed an object large enough to bridge the gap to test this.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But his reflexes test off the charts.
    Will Borger, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
  • It has not been tested by the Supreme Court.
    NBC news, 3 May 2026
  • Guests played games and tested what their bodies could do at their new height.
    Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
  • Williams earned high grades, tested well, and lettered in two sports.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
  • Clarkson urged men to get tested.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 21 June 2026
  • Sharma thinks that the organoids will first be used to test new heart disease drugs.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 3 May 2026
  • These quick questions test the waters.
    Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
  • None of that has been tested yet on an insurance rule.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Only the first half of that cycle has been tested at scale.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • There is a fix, and it is already being tested.
    Ken Silverstein, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Using a stick to test the depth and traction of a creek crossing.
    Josh Rivera, USA Today, 21 June 2026
  • Aaron gave the police his cell phone and his clothes to test for evidence.
    Lauren Clark, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The Dodgers, though, tested the trio over the weekend.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That work must begin now, before we are tested again.
    Eyck Freymann, Time, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Trump would come to regret testing that belief for too long.
    Marc Champion, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Family and friends were tested, but there was no match.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
  • In the meantime, test your knowledge with our weekly news quiz.
    Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Scientists decide what to test and what to launch.
    Barbara Booth, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2026

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