How to Use appointment in a Sentence

appointment

noun

• The court ordered the appointment of an attorney to represent the child.
• I'm late for an appointment.
• Did he get his job by appointment or election?
• He now holds an appointment from the President.
• I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning at nine o'clock.
• Even with a lengthy track record at the Kiln, the National appointment is a huge step up.
  — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• These days, most stylists require clients to send a deposit and come washed and blow dried ahead of the appointment.
  — Essence, 8 Apr. 2024
• Those attending after their appointment will go to the end of the line.
  — Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024
• Book yourself a spa appointment while the kids age 5 to 12 play in the supervised club at the Ritz-Carlton.
  — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 15 May 2023
• Two visitors at a time – strangers or no -- can make a one-hour appointment to lie on the bed.
  — Briana Miller | , oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
• And the appointment process aimed at giving the board a fresh start after a rough year has already been tense at times.
  — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
• The Supreme Court will be more tilted in Trump’s favor in any second term, thanks to his own appointments in his first four years.
  — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• It had been installed in one of the palace’s bathrooms, where visitors could book a short appointment to use it.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
• In accordance with the law, the appointment must be made before July 17.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
• The notion that a woman might sit on the Supreme Court seemed distant indeed, not only then but even on the brink of her own appointment.
  — Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• Migrants use the app to schedule an appointment to present themselves at the border to seek entry to the U.S. and request asylum.
  — Rebecca Santana, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
• His appointment could be touted as an achievement along the campaign trail.
  — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• Please take it as a get-out-of-guilt-free card: Present the relative as your mother-in-law’s only option for getting to shops and appointments.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2023
• A day later, O’Connor made an appointment to see Rehnquist.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• For her, beauty does not consist of nail, makeup, or hair appointments.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 3 Aug. 2023
• Christensen said there’s no right or wrong time to make an appointment, but some things are more worrying than others.
  — Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• Others might have used a new Customs and Border Protection app to make appointments at the border, which also gives them the right to work.
  — Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• The online portal to schedule appointments in Colombia, which opened on June 28, shut down after just one day.
  — Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• But Tehran’s election as a vice president was not the only appointment that caused concern last week.
  — Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 5 June 2023
• Short of big-ticket sports games, the Hallmark movies might be the only appointment television left over the holidays.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2023
• Rune, emboldened by the appointment of Djokovic’s old coach Boris Becker, has pushed the irresistible force as much as anyone in the last fortnight.
  — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Another told her to make an online appointment, but its system balked for the same reason.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• The Green Bay Packers fan was just leaving a hair appointment when her car began giving her trouble.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
• Leo grasped the stakes of these seemingly obscure races and appointments long before liberals and Democrats did.
  — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
• In the last few years, lots of women have embraced their grays and forgone their regular hair dye appointments, growing out their gray hair at home.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 7 May 2024