How to Use design in a Sentence

design

1 of 2 verb

• They thought they could design the perfect crime.
• Who designed the book's cover?
• A team of engineers designed the new engine.
• He designed the chair to adjust automatically.
• The restaurants design their own menu, and set the meal prices.
  — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2020
• The future of work will be built by those who design it.
  — Chris Westfall, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• And to teach those lessons, Lego had to design a bunch of new parts.
  — Sal Vaglica, Car and Driver, 23 July 2022
• The laces slipped off the top hooks when our tester tied the boots looser than they were designed to be.
  — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 13 Sep. 2019
• That ethos is what this Swedish brand designs its clothes around.
  — Maverick Li, menshealth.com, 15 Apr. 2023
• Plaid is everywhere in the fall, so why not design them on your nails?
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 17 Aug. 2022
• These sprays are designed to mimic the way your hair looks after getting out of the ocean.
  — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
• The book was designed to be more than just a way to keep your brain sharp, however.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2019
• But Portman and others said it was designed to kill the bill.
  — Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
• The problem was who the systems had been designed for, and who they had been tested on.
  — Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• The kits are designed to be turned over to police to aid with searches if a child goes missing.
  — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
• Medicare officials helped design it and paid for the scans.
  — Marilynn Marchione, Star Tribune, 30 July 2020
• For those lucky enough to design and build their own house, there is a lot that goes into the planning.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 25 May 2021
• All are designed for sharing and, when mixed and matched, are more than enough for a meal on their own.
  — Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 27 June 2018
• Nike has launched new swimwear designed for athletes who wear a hijab.
  — Jasmine Aguilera, Time, 10 Dec. 2019
• Faruq went to her cousin, who designs clothes, and the cousin agreed to make matching prom outfits for them.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Style and quality that are designed to look as if they were made uniquely for you.
  — Sonia Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2020
• The five-day event is designed to help people of all ages plan for death and celebrate life.
  — Jessica Mattern, Country Living, 20 Oct. 2017
• There is even an option to work with Wolfe to design a custom wine club.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2020
• Give each of your family members an hour or two to make up and design their own board game.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2021
• The space was designed to have a moody, nostalgic feel to it (think dark wood and leather seats).
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Feb. 2024
• His mother had worked as a seamstress and helped design dresses.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2022
• Those drawings and words help the artists design the murals, Waller said.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2020
• Long planned to design this week’s practices in such a way that the players would be more fresh for this scrimmage.
  — Kirk Kenney, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• Her vision was to design something that can be worn every day.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
• The good doctor helped design and build that bandwagon.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 1 July 2020

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design

2 of 2 noun

• I like the design of the textbook.
• The machine had a flawed design.
• I love the sculpture's design.
• There are problems with the design of the airplane's landing gear.
• Correcting mistakes is part of the design process.
• And so a lot of the costumes and designs are done that way.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2018
• But that’s the game of game design—and, maybe, of life.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
• On the back of the hand is a stitched baffle design for a subtle style flex.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
• Why no linebackers in the class was by design and made sense.
  — Eric Hansen, Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2019
• Here, one of the brand new barges with a new design passes by.
  — Rye Druzin, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Oct. 2017
• Wardrobes work just as well and can make a design statement in your room.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 18 May 2023
• Then, mix in prints and textures to give the design layers.
  — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Jan. 2021
• The wooden chapel is topped by a wooden steeple in a cross design.
  — Kelly Kazek | [e-mail], al, 22 June 2022
• Take a tour through these rooms for an amuse bouche of how to make this home design trend yours.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2023
• Wide strips of crust form a pleasing design that shows off the stone fruit in this slab pie.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 29 July 2023
• At the store, The Frame passed the design test, but what about at home?
  — The Editors, Town & Country, 9 Dec. 2022
• The project is set to begin its design process later this month.
  — Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2021
• Fabrics are sewn in a quilt design with loose threads looped through.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2019
• Porter said the exact design of the garden and play area is not complete.
  — Lynn Horsley, kansascity, 12 July 2018
• Daboll has helped that process with sound schematic design.
  — Rainer Sabin, AL.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• But some agents warn about the bold design where resales are concerned.
  — Alina Dizik, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
• But if the evening felt at times like a campaign rally, that was by design.
  — Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Daily Intelligencer, 28 May 2018
• This is the design detail Kubuske said the Colts took from him.
  — Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2020
• Most jade rollers come in the same classic handle design with roller balls at each end.
  — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 26 Oct. 2022
• And in the end, everything will be fine, that’s by design.
  — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 12 June 2019
• Mantel has to set him up to get lost in that paper jungle of his own design.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2020
• This is more than a few bits of tech and a noise reduction office design.
  — Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• This bunk bed design is designed to grow with your kiddos.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2023
• The owners have since moved, and the design, as it is shown here, no longer exists.
  — Cynthia Frank, ELLE Decor, 22 Apr. 2021
• The polyester shoes have textured outsole and closed, round-toe design.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 21 Feb. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024