How to Use way in a Sentence

way

1 of 2 noun
  • Which door is the way in?
  • The back way was blocked.
  • This door is the only way out of the room.
  • Let me explain it this way.
  • We'll try doing it your way first.
  • You can pay for your purchase in one of two ways: by cash or by credit card.
  • That’s the first of six stages on the way to peak bloom, the tweet said.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
  • At the time of the call the mother was on her way to the house, police said.
    Gina Martinez, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • That Naval Air Station, by the way, was the first in the country.
    Patricia Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • And by the way, this was before Time’s Up and before #MeToo.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Note, by the way, that all of their early patients were men.
    Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2023
  • On its way down the river, the ship would slip beneath the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
    USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
  • FuboTV's packages are priced in a way that includes add-ons.
    Kelly Laffey, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2023
  • But also, the circumstances of the world and the way that Jews are perceived are at odds with that, sometimes.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023
  • What is the best way to stay private, secure and anonymous while browsing the web?
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2023
  • There’s so much good to be done, and music is a great way of helping people.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
  • In 2024, that has been no exception, with a flood of new flavors making their way to the city.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Smalls and other union leaders campaigned against the election, but the vote didn’t go their way.
    Haleluya Hadero, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
  • There's a way to soften it up and not hurt people's feelings.
    Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
  • There’s no give up in this team and it’s been that way all year long and even today when things didn’t go our way in the fourth quarter.
    Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The way to Stedman Graham's heart is through his stomach.
    Elizabeth Leonard, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
  • But much of the talk Tuesday revolved around the excitement of a new women’s league getting off the ground at the right time and in the right way.
    Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
  • For those patient enough to find their way inside, the party was — pretty good!
    Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
  • She’s broken in many ways, but one of them is her fame and power and isolation.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
  • But the cast and crew fail to incorporate it into the story in a way that’s not laughable.
    David Zimmermann, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
  • There are 26 mantras throughout the book that highlight the different ways bodies ebb and flow.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Our Spanish friends have suggested that if there’s a way to bend a rule, a Spaniard will be the first to figure out how.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The battle continued all the way up the steps in the crowd to the top of the bottom level and into the concourse area.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Crews will be salting bus ways, park-and-rides, and stations.
    Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Neurodivergent people experience the world in such a unique way, and no two are the same.
    Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026

way

2 of 2 adverb
  • We sat way back in the last row.
  • They live way out in the country.
  • I missed a week of class and fell way behind.
  • He is way ahead of the other runners.
  • Your parents are way cool.
  • The maze was dug by hand, by a monk, way back in the distant past.
    Liza Lentini, Spin, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The pitches that aren't good are the ones that are just way off the plate or way up right out of the hand.
    Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 20 Mar. 2024
  • So very lucky to be able to work with people that are way smarter than me.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • These shrubs or tree forms can be pruned way down to near the ground if needed.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2023
  • And this is way better than getting four at-bats in the back fields.
    Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Ticket sales are way up, and so are the prices for those tickets.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • This is way better than getting four at-bats in the back fields.
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Both of these predictions were way off, but in a good way.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The cookies were way too salty and needed to be sweeter.
    Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
  • But the ideas go way beyond a simple piece of clothing to be matched.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Across the album’s 10 songs, Harlow dials it way back on the pop front.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2023
  • Collectively, there was a sense that the science was way ahead of the ethics.
    Gregory E. Kaebnick, STAT, 15 Sep. 2023
  • To get the most out of summer sales, shoppers have to think ahead — sometimes way ahead.
    Nerdwallet, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Again, way more pine than citrus, though there is a hint of pineapple.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Ryan Williams Williams was the first player in the class to commit, way back in October.
    Matt Stahl | Mstahl@al.com, al, 24 July 2023
  • Cosmic rays seem to be way better than Clinique for the skin.
    Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Inflation is at an all-time high, and food costs are way up.
    Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The pushup is a standard bodyweight exercise that works way more than the chest.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Is this the ultimate proof that kids are growing up way too fast?
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Overall, this trade with the Avs has panned out way better than expected.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The city’s convention center looks way better.
    Sydney Franklin, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Now, the fear factor is way down.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Pam tilts her chair way back on its hind legs, just to get a little distance from the table.
    Allegra Goodman, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
  • This rivalry in this sport is way closer than that.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 4 Jan. 2026
  • There is no need to cut crape myrtles way back.
    Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026

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