How to Use to in a Sentence

  • Lift the toes up off of the ground, then come back to center.
    Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 18 Dec. 2020
  • This time, the guest list is down to just a few people.
    John Seewer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2020
  • In the case of rain, the event will be rescheduled to the next weekend.
    Meagan Ellsworth, Chron, 16 Jan. 2021
  • The ninth month of the year means back to school, the change of seasons, the autumnal equinox.
    Lauren Goode, Wired, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Thus there is a limit to what teams will pay for his clients.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2021
  • But very few of them have had more mystery to it than this one.
    Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2022
  • This summer has been good to them as far as car shows go.
    Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Choose what is most important to you, and let the rest go.
    cleveland, 24 Apr. 2022
  • People close to you turned their back on you, but not us.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022
  • This is child abuse, as is so much of what happened to her in her youth.
    Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 12 Apr. 2021
  • There’s no business saying the things those guys said to him.
    Matt Young, Chron, 23 Apr. 2022
  • The suspect is seen throwing the victim to the ground and holding him down.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The race for governor got off to an early start this week.
    Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Heavy damage to the front end of the pickup from its impact with the cyclists.
    Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 27 Sep. 2021
  • All that went to the winds, however, as soon as a train came in.
    The Economist, 20 Mar. 2021
  • But vaccines alone will not get schools back to normal.
    New York Times, 17 May 2021
  • The burly slugger hustled to second base as the ball rolled into right field.
    Mike Fitzpatrick, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2022
  • No code required and the deal is applicable to all sizes.
    Erin Parker, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2021
  • This price will be gone soon enough, but your fresh air will make a difference to you for a long time.
    Grace Smith, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Again, one child may have hurt feelings, and your only work is to hug and love them through it.
    Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The city has not responded to questions about what that phone number was.
    Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2023
  • What happened next was nothing short of amazing to them.
    Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Tariq is confident the murders won’t come back to him and Cane.
    Kyesha Jennings, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Would adding vodka, ginger ale and pear nectar and liqueur to chilled chai help?
    Washington Post, 17 July 2021
  • Because as it has now been explained to me, that was the only option at that point.
    Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022
  • If they're exposed to direct light, their leaves can burn.
    Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 23 June 2022
  • Next to it, second from right, is the new base-model iPad.
    Brenda Stolyar, Wired, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Biden came back to the microphone, but didn’t say much.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 18 May 2021
  • Also, while most schools are back to class today, many aren’t.
    Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The teen was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2023

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