How to Use usage in a Sentence

usage

noun

• Seat belt usage in the state is now mandatory.
• Restaurant dishes must be able to withstand rough usage.
• I came across an uncommon usage I'd like to discuss with you.
• This word occurs in casual usage.
• Maybe a shift in usage that doesn’t show up in box scores.
  — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
• The first came on his timeout usage late in the game.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
• So the zoning agrees with the usage.
  — Olivia Young, CBS News, 2 May 2026
• Because of its heavy usage, it might get clogged now and then.
  — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 6 June 2026
• This fits in the palm of your hand and has touch controls for easy usage.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 25 Jan. 2022
• Keep an eye on your screen time to clock major shifts in your phone usage.
  — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 20 Oct. 2025
• The brand has also managed to cut the usage time.
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 24 Feb. 2026
• This will vary based on rate class and usage, Black Hills said.
  — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2022
• All that money and all that usage must mean something.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• There have been concerns about his usage and health all season.
  — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
• That generic usage is what prompted me to write this.
  — Rocky Sharma, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
• The usage rate has been 20% in both contests.
  — Stan Son, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
• The cliché has proved too apt to discard—and its usage has long outlived both men.
  — W. Joseph Campbell, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
• Such usage among teens is even more prolific.
  — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
• Once deployed, agents perform tasks, serve users, and log usage.
  — Amy Guttman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• Right now, that’s more valuable than living in a low-usage role with the big club.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
• The best signal isn't that AI usage is up.
  — John Winsor, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• But not all of that increase in energy bills is due to a rise in usage.
  — Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 22 July 2022
• But a spike in coal usage is unlikely to persist in the long-term.
  — Julius Cesar Trajano, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
• Claude usage is split evenly by gender.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 10 June 2026
• There’s also the matter of bullpen usage.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
• Jerome Ford can be dropped due to Sampson’s usage.
  — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
• Cloudflare cuts jobs as AI usage soars.
  — John Kell, Fortune, 13 May 2026
• Free tier users can also opt out of ads, but their usage will be limited.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
• Yet present-day consumer usage appears set to throw a spanner in the works.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
• Howard said whenever there is free time, the consoles are in heavy usage.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024