How to Use therefore in a Sentence
therefore
adverb- The cell phone is thin and light and therefore very convenient to carry around.
- Payment was received two weeks after it was due; therefore, you will be charged a late fee.
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Kyle was therefore pulled from the game.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
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Would a bad thing therefore be, in one respect, a good thing?
—Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
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Your best defense is, therefore, to shut it and bolt the thing down.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 17 May 2022
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My friend who is a bartender, and who therefore has to wash their hands a lot.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 3 Jan. 2024
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And then the sun set, and rose again, and therefore that pledge was worthless.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 24 May 2017
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Not friends who are boys and therefore have a different set of rules.
—Courtney Hazlett, chicagotribune.com, 25 Nov. 2019
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Users therefore deserved to die.
—Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
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But my partner made the money and therefore called the shots.
—Hazlitt, 1 Nov. 2023
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The Gallup poll is therefore a warning.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
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The trick is therefore not to change your setpoint too quickly.
—Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Putin therefore has even less of an incentive to play ball.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
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The past lives in the past and is therefore non-existent in the present.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 29 July 2022
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Some people have to stay at home and therefore need broadband at their house.
—Nolan Ezzet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2021
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But therefore, this does make him into a hero of the extreme right.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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The best way to get your bearings, therefore, is with a walking tour.
—Jonathan Thompson, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2021
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Most of the looks are not even produced and therefore never get to the shop floor.
—Marc Bain, Quartzy, 7 Sep. 2019
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It is still used very rarely, and is therefore highly collectible.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022
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Most of us have a dominant side, and therefore a stronger turn side on the hill.
—Anna Fiorentino, Outside Online, 8 Feb. 2022
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As this has sometimes been put, therefore, there is no ghost in the machine.
—Joel Marks, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
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The problem should therefore be addressed at its source.
—Miguel A. Torres, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
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And therefore, this role feels more urgent than ever.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Mar. 2026
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Starter homes tend to be smaller, and therefore cheaper.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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This drives up demand for housing and therefore prices.
—Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 14 Apr. 2026
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Without them, there’s no light in the universe and, therefore, no life.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 12 Nov. 2021
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So therefore, that's shaky ground under all of our feet and in all aspects of our life.
—NBC News, 27 Apr. 2021
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Your goal, therefore, is to look like somebody who will be too much trouble to mess with.
—Taylor Nichole Morris, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2019
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The rosebush will grow taller, produce more leaves and, therefore, more blooms.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2022
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There are three host nations and, therefore, three mascots.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 14 June 2026
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