How to Use word in a Sentence

word

1 of 2 noun

• She gave the word to begin.
• How do you spell that word?
• What is the French word for car?
• The lawyer used Joe's words against him.
• We will wait for your word before we serve dinner.
• Describe the experience in your own words.
• Our teacher often used words I didn't know.
• The stress is on the first part of the word, not the second.
  — Alina Dizik, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2022
• The most common use of the word is to describe the part of a bee that sucks.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2022
• The word from the woods is that the caribou are near the road on the Steese.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Nov. 2020
• In the three months since, the Dodgers have lived up to their word.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• Nor do those who put on shows in which the point is to listen to the words.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• The use of a word doesn’t show someone is a racist so get over it.
  — Nancy Clanton, ajc, 3 Feb. 2021
• Jade takes the stand to tell the jury what happened in her own words.
  — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2023
• Miller summed up the sound of the band in one word — authentic.
  — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2022
• This is a car show where classic meets modern in the rawest sense of the word.
  — Peter Lyon, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
• In fact, the word is that a French version of the series is in the works.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022
• Bill Ott from the church sent word that the event was a big success.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 5 Jan. 2021
• But there's no word yet on where the finale takes place.
  — Madison Johnson, Women's Health, 23 Jan. 2023
• As the word about the judge's order got around, a few welcomed the news.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2021
• Now, here are the word clouds from the various protest signs.
  — NBC News, 21 Aug. 2022
• The lack of a word-count facility, of the feint of a change of font.
  — Vona Groarke, The New York Review of Books, 22 Sep. 2020
• The crowd of students cheered and joined in, echoing her rhythm and words.
  — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
• Our dread of the word, and our inevitable arrival at its door.
  — Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• Then a boy in front of her turned around and called her father the N-word.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2022
• Matt laughed it off and continues to use the word with no regard for me.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 2 Dec. 2020
• In the days before the protest, word spread via social networks.
  — Noam Cohen, Wired, 29 Jan. 2021
• Those words led to an immediate epiphany for the singer.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
• Delpit is out for the year; no word when Williams will be back.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2020
• The company hadn't said a word about it between then and now.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022

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word

2 of 2 verb

• Could we word the headline differently?
• There is still wording in the rules for not using the goal post as a prop.
  — Kevin Casas, star-telegram, 26 Dec. 2017
• It should even be worded that way—and in large type on a terms of service agreement.
  — Alex Salkever, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2018
• The decree was vaguely worded in terms of its timeframe and its targets.
  — Onur Ant, Bloomberg.com, 25 Dec. 2017
• The answers about the sun getting hotter may reflect, in part, the way the question was worded.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2019
• The exact way to word the conversation depends on you — and your friendship.
  — Paco De Leon, refinery29.com, 29 July 2021
• However, wording on the measure was broad and failed clearly cite just how much would go to each program area.
  — oregonlive, 17 Dec. 2019
• Knife laws are also tricky in how they are worded, especially for bowie knives.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
• In the filing, the company worded things a bit differently.
  — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2020
• Gerritson said the new standards simply re-word the old standards.
  — Trisha Powell Crain | [e-mail], al, 29 Mar. 2022
• As worded, the exempt list contemplates two scenarios where a player could be placed on it.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• London's police said that two of the people were arrested for wording on a banner displayed during the protest.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2023
• Some have noted that the disavowal was carefully worded.
  — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 6 Feb. 2018
• Plus, the tweet that went out was perfectly, like, precisely worded that the president put out as well.
  — Fox News, 3 May 2018
• Among Arab Gulf states, Qatar's statement was the most fiercely worded.
  — Aya Batrawy and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2018
• Despite the changes, top Democrat in the Arkansas House said the bill was worded too vaguely.
  — Fox News, 25 Feb. 2023
• The players all share a loose but focused way about them, words infielder David Fletcher used to describe the clubhouse.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
• Although the statement does not state a reason for ceasing operations, it is worded in such a way as to imply that the causes were financial.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2023
• This employment obligation is worded in a way that could capture almost anything.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 8 May 2018
• In addition, how a query was worded influenced the accuracy of the model’s response.
  — Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023
• And also, the historical newspapers are such an incredible luxury to have, to be able to word search.
  — Tobias Carroll, Longreads, 30 July 2019
• However, Hoffman would not say how the plan came together or whether the electors received advice on how to word the document.
  — Richard Ruelas, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2022
• The court said in its decision the referendum was properly worded and therefore legally adopted.
  — Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2023
• The final product was vaguely worded and lacked numerical commitments or any firm details.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 21 May 2018
• There's specific wording this administration uses in an attempt to appease the rest of us while supporting racist and hateful groups.
  — Jazz Smollett-Warwell, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2017
• Nobody should be surprised that the business community has objections to the RFP as worded.
  — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Feb. 2018
• Under the broad and vaguely worded legislation, any politician who is not a patriot to Beijing has been purged or punished by the government.
  — Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• The Republican tax bill tried to prevent this, but the legislation is worded in a way that is nebulous, some attorneys say.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 23 Dec. 2017
• But the statement, however strongly worded and strongly felt, was also ineffective as a means of changing the press dynamic.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2020
• Attorney Carl Johnson, whose firm represents many school boards across the state, said the bill is too vaguely worded and could invite lawsuits.
  — al, 27 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024