How to Use usher in a Sentence

usher

1 of 2 noun

• Gone are the actors and the stagehands and the ushers and the fans.
  — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2020
• Maybe even get a side gig as an usher at the intimate music hall.
  — Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022
• But after just a few seconds, the usher waved Veal to move on.
  — NBC News, 8 June 2020
• Petro said he could be assigned as a greeter, usher or ticket taker.
  — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2023
• At one point, an usher instructed me to stop spilling into the aisle.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021
• And don’t forget, ushers get to view the performances for free.
  — Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
• Tom was an usher at the stadium, and Donna was a die-hard fan.
  — Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2021
• An open gate with two Klan gnomes on top ushers visitors into the next gallery.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
• If an usher hears any vulgarity, then that person needs to be tossed.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 30 June 2021
• If a woman is talking in a movie theater and the usher asks her to leave, that’s not sexist.
  — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2019
• This solved the problem of finding a seat to watch the game and risking getting kicked out by an usher.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2020
• As a teenage usher, Jim Paschke fell in love with the spectacle of sports.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2021
• Harry and William were ushers at the wedding, per Tatler.
  — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
• An usher led them to their seats, which came in pods and were spread out under a maze of fluorescent tubes.
  — New York Times, 4 Apr. 2021
• Stadium ushers around the fan didn’t attempt to stop him from leaving.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
• Mike remembers skipping class in high school to go to games, and Kristen used to work as an usher.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2022
• Father Richard trained horses and doubled as an usher at the racetrack.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2020
• An usher asked him to move, but CC, a Navy veteran, wouldn’t budge.
  — Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
• How long will an usher have to interact with a stubborn customer before getting the okay to show them out?
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2020
• Whether or not there will be any ushers collecting tickets in the near future is the real question.
  — NBC News, 10 May 2020
• That’s a lot of time for not a single usher to confront the smugness of a guy who assumed that the rules don’t apply to him.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
• Eighth-grade drama students served as ushers at the April 11 event near downtown.
  — ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
• The usher also said people around Offutt began to move away from him during this time.
  — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2020
• Check in with a staffer, who after a short wait ushers diners into Ki in the order of their arrival.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
• Unfortunately for Clark, an usher at the arena caught him in the act.
  — Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 25 June 2022
• Besides the age requirement, Curtis ushers must wear a white top, black pants and solid-toed shoes.
  — Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
• Scott Weber — who turns 60 on Sunday — is working as an usher for the big game.
  — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
• To enforce the rule, ushers roam the aisles with flashlights and threaten to remove anyone not in compliance.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
• Chloride channels are gatekeepers that sit in the cell membrane and usher chloride, an electrolyte, in and out of cells.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2021
• Other patrons attempted to help before the ushers told the audience to leave.
  — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026

usher

2 of 2 verb

• He ushered them to their seats.
• A nurse ushered us into the hospital room.
• She was then ushered out of the hearing room.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
• The driver put their hands up, and the press was ushered away.
  — Samuel Schaffer, Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2023
• The front desk calls for her, and she is ushered into a room with her mom.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023
• They were ushered into a tiny room, Kristin says.
  — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
• Was hanging his head as a trainer ushered him in.
  — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
• The ocean ushered Odysseus farther from home.
  — Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
• Faulí ushered me through this entrance and into the nave.
  — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
• Dave ushered me in and showed me to my suite, one of nine rooms and suites spread across the home’s three floors.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026
• The same holds true for cold fronts that can push resident birds out and usher new ones in.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2022
• The guards touch Anderson’s arm to usher her out of the club.
  — Dallas News, 27 June 2022
• Students and players were ushered out of the gym to return home.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
• Tommy kept his head bent low as the man ushered them into the building.
  — Chang-Rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
• And Julianne Moore just ushered it in.
  — Eva Thomas, InStyle, 23 May 2026
• When your time finally came, you were ushered forward by the deputy head boy.
  — Erin Hill, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
• Her task is to gently usher the children's wispy souls along on their journey.
  — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
• He was soon ushered into a bathroom, where someone had laid out a change of clothes for him.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• So would most people who have ushered a child through age 17, plus or minus.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
• They were ushered into a building.
  — NBC news, 7 June 2026
• Green was ushered out of the chamber minutes later.
  — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 26 May 2026
• The invaders were willing to kill those who were trying to usher new life into the world.
  — Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2022
• The police have had to usher people along for lingering in front of the steps.
  — Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 May 2026
• Timeliness alone, though, wasn’t enough to keep all these comics alive, let alone usher them into a canon.
  — Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2023
• The door swung open on the second ring, and I was quickly ushered inside.
  — Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
• This was the team meant to usher the program into the Big 12.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Oct. 2022
• Over the next hour and a half Archie will usher groups of cows in relay into the parlor.
  — Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
• The wolves let go of the calf and then retreat, while the two adult bison flank the calf and usher it off to safety.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 19 June 2023
• Agnes ushers Becka to the bath, where Becka begs her to run away with her.
  — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
• While in the line, small groups of guests are ushered into a room with what appears to be a wall-spanning video screen.
  — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2023