How to Use to-be in a Sentence

to-be

adjective

• Even the bride- and groom-to-be break up.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
• Add them to your to-be-read piles this month, and stay safe.
  — Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
• Don’t forget a gift for any mom-to-be.
  — Christina Shepherd McGuire, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
• One of them asked my soon-to-be wife and me what our plans were.
  — Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
• Bound-to-be-bestselling thrillers?
  — Chris Hewitt, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
• Like, a we’re-not-even-trying-to-be-light amount?
  — Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• The soon-to-be mom wore a pink dress that hugged her baby bump.
  — Kayla Grant, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• The central trio and their friends are all cast with young stars-to-be.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
• Claudette tracks groom-to-be Boris to a house in Genoa.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
• Soon-to-be free agents are playing for contracts.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
• Parents-to-be are searching for names that evoke chaos.
  — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 29 May 2026
• Having an empty to-be-read list!
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
• That is still to-be-determined.
  — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026
• The glad-to-be-there Atlanta Hawks in the first round.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2026
• The sure-to-be-epic finale will stream May 20.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
• Head to Amazon to shop even more soon-to-be spring staples.
  — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 15 Feb. 2026
• Ready to put on your apron, light a candle, and bask in the soon-to-be fall weather?
  — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
• That, of course, is her soon-to-be husband, McHale.
  — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
• Well, the soon-to-be mother of four was not a fan of this energy.
  — Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 30 Sep. 2025
• Over the years, the Pacers have seen most of the to-be rookies play.
  — Tony East, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
• Her soon-to-be husband waited for her where the arroyo opened to the road.
  — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
• Now six months pregnant, the young mother-to-be hopes of having a boy.
  — Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
• Derek Hough may have let the cat out of the bag about his soon-to-be bundle of joy.
  — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
• Ravenswood returns as the Phantom of the manor and kills the groom-to-be.
  — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
• But for the mom-to-be, that explanation doesn’t make the sting go away.
  — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
• In the meantime, here are few facts to know about Woods’ soon-to-be husband.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 26 Dec. 2025
• The 5 move sees two soon-to-be corporate siblings join forces.
  — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 June 2026
• This isn’t the first time Kelce has discussed gift-giving with his soon-to-be wife.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2025
• Grimeland says founders-to-be need to stop talking about their plans, and start acting on them.
  — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 20 May 2026
• The entrepreneur and soon-to-be mom of three spoke with E!
  — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025