How to Use write in a Sentence

write

verb
  • Please write your name at the top of each sheet.
  • The note was written in blue ink.
  • She wrote “tag sale” on the sign in big letters.
  • Write the number as a decimal instead of as a fraction.
  • I'm writing an article for the school newspaper.
  • She wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime.
  • She wrote an essay comparing two poems.
  • I don't have anything to write with. Could I borrow a pen?
  • A lot of kids wrote on the inside for the thrill of writing.
    Matt Thompson, Spin, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Scott wrote on a follow-up post of himself and his bride to be.
    Chris Barilla, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • And Phoebe sets out to write a Christmas song for her friends but struggles to get it to rhyme.
    Eric Todisco, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Born deaf, he is supposed to have never learned to read or write.
    Briana Miller, oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2023
  • That’s a far cry from the Web3 obituaries that have been written over the past year.
    François Candelon, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • That was a big moment for me in my own healing process, writing that...
    Madison Feller, ELLE, 4 Aug. 2023
  • As the train approached, Sheppard wrote, only the leader of the mob remained.
    Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Journalists write their stories and move on to the next, rarely looking back.
    Julie Anderson, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
  • At its simplest, the problem is two-pronged, writes columnist Steve Lopez.
    Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Next year one of my goals is to write a television pilot.
    Vivian Ewing, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Google is testing an AI tool that could write — gulp — news stories.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • Some of my customers use journals as a way to track their dreams; some people write their goals.
    Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The State wrote a new search warrant and conducted the analysis again.
    Gary Wynn, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Three of this year’s winning scripts were written by San Diego students.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The two are set to write and star in the new project, which will see the elder Cleese reprise his role as the no-nonsense hotel owner Basil Fawlty.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Codex can write programs in dozens of languages, including Python and Go.
    Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • To that end the clever little girl wrote an affecting letter to the British refugee committee.
    Vivian Gornick, The New York Review of Books, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Scripts are written hours or minutes — rather than days or weeks — before the cameras start rolling.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Storm chaser Andrew Elswick shared the videos on X, writing that the winds were shaking his car.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • And throughout the run of Curb, he’s gotten better at writing endings.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Goldstein says his secret to writing fast is not to overthink things.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 Apr. 2023

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