How to Use delete in a Sentence

delete

verb
  • Delete this name from the list.
  • When the movie was shown on TV all the swearwords had been deleted.
  • To delete a video, click the three dots next to it, then choose Remove from downloads.
    David Nield, Popular Science, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The tweet has since been deleted, but it is archived online.
    Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • As part of the decision, Sleiman was to delete the nine videos cited.
    Brooke Schultz, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Singer Doja Cat seemed to mock the line in a TikTok that has since been deleted.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • On Androids, use the Google Photos app to select the photos to delete.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Remove the crowd, delete the scenery, erase the server with the biggest smile this side of Julia Roberts.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The post was up for about 40 minutes before it was deleted.
    Dee-Ann Durbin, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Photos of the costumes Hampshire and her friend wore have been deleted.
    Simrin Singh, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Once deleted, the accounts and any items in them can’t be recovered.
    Dalvin Brown, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The email says uploads to this service stopped on June 26 and that all photos in it will be deleted on July 26.
    Justin Pot, Popular Science, 6 July 2023
  • Just copy and paste the offending email address into the search bar and batch delete everything that pops up.
    Boone Ashworth Lauren Goode, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2024
  • When you’re done, do another request but this time to delete all your data.
    Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Williams has unfollowed and deleted all of her photos with Allen.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 May 2023
  • Tweets deleted prior to our searches are not captured in our dataset.
    Jeff Kao, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Instead of immediately calling for help, the teacher is accused of telling the class to delete videos of the sword fights.
    Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Users can also download or delete their data before then via the Settings page in the Halo app.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The suit alleges that in August after Musk was made aware through his lawyers about Brody’s case for defamation, Musk refused to delete his tweets.
    Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 20 Nov. 2023
  • But one bit of evidence suggests a redesign may be under way: The web listing for the homes has been deleted.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Clips of her were posted on social media, then deleted.
    Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Despite countless people correcting him that the footage was in fact from a Lebanese film, it had not been deleted as of Friday.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • As of early Friday morning, Smith has deleted his replies.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Those posts and her Instagram account, @motherhoodessentials, have since been deleted.
    Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Lim said the images aren’t being compiled into a database, and that photos and IDs are deleted.
    Rebecca Santana and Rick Gentilo, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2023
  • Text messages were sent and received that had been deleted, the statement said. Summit County sheriff’s deputies said Eric Richins was on the floor at the foot of the bed.
    Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 11 May 2023
  • Another empty Signal chat, along with its setting to delete messages after a week, was shown to the court.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The audience settles in knowingly to watch as every force on the frontier conspires to delete that grin.
    Kyle Smith, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2023
  • After deleting all her posts on Instagram, she and her new red hair have been photographed in a floor-length leather shirtdress.
    Michel Mejía, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The ideal scenario for a Match Group company is that users meet their partner on one of our dating apps, delete the app, and then tell all their friends about it.
    Bernard Kim, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024

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