How to Use assignment in a Sentence

assignment

noun

• The reporter is here on assignment.
• The reporter is here on an assignment.
• She asked if she could change her seating assignment.
• The students were given a homework assignment.
• The reporter's assignment is to interview the candidate.
• The article discusses the recent assignment of senators to some of the more powerful committees.
• The initial scope might be an eight hours per day, two-week assignment.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
• The copyright assignment for all rights to the screenplay was struck with Lady Amos and Hill, the lawsuit said.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• Meaning 007 could be on its assignment for a very long time.
  — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2023
• And the assignments always aim to solve a local problem.
  — Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• That assignment never came, so Temple moved back to Paris on his own in 1796.
  — Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
• The first assignment Diesel gave her was to organize a Labor Day barbecue for some of the film’s cast and crew.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2023
• Noah Song is six games into his rehab assignment with the Phillies and hit 93 miles per hour in his last game in Double A.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
• Her first assignment featured a new character, the Cat, now known as Tigra.
  — George Gene Gustines, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• My first writing assignment happened on the second day of camp.
  — Hannah Smith, oregonlive, 21 July 2023
• The 6-3 Brennan drew the defensive assignment against Clark.
  — Glenn Reeves, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
• While some filers may focus on the federal half of the assignment, there are credits to be found in state tax codes as well.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
• Michael Wacha allows three against Orioles Wacha drew the tough assignment in the series opener against the Orioles.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
• The thought of this filled me with a sense of futility: my robot could take on any topic, fill any assignment.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 11 July 2023
• Rhodes is the right director for this assignment; the jokes crackle, and the production numbers sparkle.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• The movie plays like a screenwriting assignment, its three acts divided with a ruler.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2024
• Over his many years on the runway, Posen rarely made clothes for men, but the real challenge of the assignment was designing for their movement.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2023
• Princess Anne was perhaps tapped for a special assignment on coronation day because of the close bond she and Charles share.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
• As for who may replace Hunter, Deion Sanders said that’s a difficult assignment.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• But is there one assignment that shaped you most as a journalist early in your career?
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
• For Hunter, the seed for the book was planted with a high school English assignment about family history.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
• Valentine’s Day gifts and cards, students’ notes and assignments left behind.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
• After all, arriving late or failing to hand in an assignment are not the best way to make a great impression on a teacher or a coach.
  — Mikhal Weiner, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023
• Here, four locals take on the plum assignment of picking their favorite stops in the city many lovingly dub Sacratomato.
  — Leilani Marie Labong, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
• Some students have needed more time to complete assignments because one of their parents had just left or died.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024