How to Use level in a Sentence

level

1 of 3 noun

• The pictures were hung on the wall at eye level.
• Prices have risen to a new level.
• She rose to the level of manager.
• There was a high level of alcohol in his blood.
• She has reached a rare level of financial success.
• The pictures were hung at different levels.
• Can this problem be dealt with at a national level or must it be addressed at an international level?
• These problems affect people at all levels of society.
• The seats are plush yet supportive in the front, and the rear seat offers limo levels of legroom.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 10 July 2023
• Ukraine says its grain exports are back to pre-war levels.
  — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
• The front side of the mountain offers a range of runs for every level of shredder.
  — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2024
• And yet the Americans are a whole other level of strange.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2024
• From sleek, retro sneakers to hands-free high tops, these new product launches take the brand’s slip-on shoes to the next level.
  — Terri Peters, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2023
• There’s a number of ways to keep entertained on the lower level.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
• Above 107 degrees, things start to break down at the cellular level.
  — Shannon Osaka, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
• Once a coach gets out of the recreation or pee-wee level, everything is about winning.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2023
• The House version of the budget called for a much smaller cut by freezing cyber school funding at the 2023 level.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2023
• And the switchback stairs are surrounded by glass panels that rise two levels.
  — Jeastman, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
• With kids who are actors, there’s a level of nervousness that inhibits them a bit.
  — Holly Jones, Variety, 25 Aug. 2023
• In Bradfield, the Orioles are getting one of the most consistent performers at the top of the college level.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2023
• The top layers are a little drier than the lower levels of the sandwich, with the gravy pooling at the bottom of the French roll (Turano, of course).
  — Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu, Bon Appétit, 16 June 2023
• The level of attention on this and how much this system is now being stretched because...
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
• The container is made of a durable, hard plastic with a clear reservoir to monitor the fly level inside.
  — Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
• In total, the tour takes two to three hours and is labeled as an experience for people of all skill levels.
  — Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
• Ideal for small rooms, the best-selling ceramic heater has two heat levels to provide warmth to 200 square feet of space.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
• Doing this can dilute hCG levels in your urine and lead to a false negative result.
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 2 Aug. 2023
• That was down from 4.68 million a year earlier, and even lower than the levels plumbed right after the pandemic hit.
  — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2023
• With hooks and melodies for days alongside a modern, yet eternal, level of crunch and angst, the four women from Toronto have proven themselves to be an elite rock band for the ages.
  — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 11 Apr. 2024
• Snow levels are forecast to migrate downwards as the week progresses, to 3,500 feet on Friday.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• There is a wide range of diverse titles throughout every book fair, for every age level.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2023

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level

2 of 3 verb

• The earthquake leveled the city.
• They will level the field.
• The robber leveled a gun at his head.
• We need to level the garden before we plant anything.
• He leveled his opponent with a right hook.
• Several complaints have been leveled at the store.
• Criticism has been leveled against the government for not responding to this crisis.
• When the cup is full, level it off with the straight side of a knife.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2023
• His small, Gambrel-style barn was leveled by flames and turned to ash Jan. 19.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2024
• Fill and bake Add this filling to the premade pie shell, and level the filling to make even on top.
  — Nik Pugmire, Southern Living, 22 June 2023
• The owners leveled the parking lot and planted trees to provide a view for the airy space.
  — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2024
• Use a spoon to transfer your flour to a measuring cup, then level it off with a knife.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2023
• In the fourth inning, Mountcastle hit a two-run home run that leveled the game.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
• Ironically, one of the few places in Guatemala that wasn’t leveled by the earthquake was the ancient Maya city of Tikal.
  — Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2023
• Brick-and-mortar schools were often leveled by the Taliban as soon as they were built.
  — Hannah Fish, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2024
• Given the fact Grove is in point-blank range of the explosion that leveled half of the street, he almost surely was killed.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 25 Apr. 2023
• The war has leveled vast swaths of the tiny enclave and pushed a quarter of residents to starvation.
  — Matthew Lee, arkansasonline.com, 7 Feb. 2024
• Gaza is in ruins, with Israeli forces laying siege to the entire strip and leveling swaths of the enclave.
  — Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2023
• One play earlier, Allen leveled one would-be tackler as part of a 37-yard run that landed the Badgers at the 6- yard line.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2023
• Twisters in Arkansas left homes nearly leveled, and roads were covered with what once was the roofs and walls of buildings.
  — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
• The process involves strings and tape measures to pinpoint the exact locations, leveling tools and the like.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
• There was no shortage of action though in the game, with the teams level 2-2 after extra-time before the US won 3-1 on penalties.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
• Winds this high can cause major damage to homes and other structures and level hundreds of trees.
  — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
• Across three dozen movies, the titanic lizard has leveled city skylines with its atomic ray.
  — Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2023
• Former President Donald Trump repeated the false claims leveled in the lawsuit in the wake of the 2020 election.
  — Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2023
• Officials plan in coming days to level the building where the bodies were found.
  — CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
• In the city of Deir al-Balah, a funeral was held for 28 people killed in an overnight bomb that leveled several buildings.
  — Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 17 Nov. 2023
• The teacher had repeatedly leveled racist and sexist slurs against the student.
  — Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
• For one, motherhood gave her new purpose and intent to level her career up.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
• Relatives and local news media said he was killed when an Israeli airstrike leveled his home, along with his wife and sons Muhammad, 17, and Karim, 11.
  — Iyad Abuheweila, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023

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level

3 of 3 adjective

• We pitched the tent on level ground.
• Interest rates have remained level.
• Live in a house that sits on level ground or a slight slope.
  — Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2021
• The run kicks off April 9 at the multi-level venue on the Las Vegas Strip.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2022
• And so, what that means is, there isn't a level playing field.
  — CBS News, 12 June 2022
• Instead, the defense will sag on the pick-and-roll with a helper who won’t trap the ball or even be level to the screen.
  — J. Michael, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Nov. 2021
• Women have fought so hard to get on a level playing field with men.
  — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2021
• So, the playing field, right from the beginning, is not level.
  — Naveen Joshi, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
• And the active roll bars and Bilstein adaptive dampers rein-in body roll and keep things level.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2022
• And then the question becomes: why isn't there a level playing field?
  — CBS News, 12 June 2022
• Left alone, on a level stretch of pavement, the car can maintain its balance.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
• Most important to the 39-year-old is for men and women to be on a level playing field.
  — Jonathan Hawkins and Zain Asher, CNN, 25 Mar. 2022
• Rather than cancel the game, try to create a level playing field.
  — WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021
• The Cavs still have their mid-level exception and an open roster spot.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 22 Aug. 2021
• This week: a multi-level plant stand that can hold so much more than houseplants.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2023
• The Suns have a full mid-level tax exception, but can't use more than $6.5 million because of the hard cap.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2022
• As is the case with almost every Bang & Olufsen product, the sound is pristine, with a nice mid-level and just the right amount of bass.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2022
• The legs are adjustable, so the ones inside the tub can be shorter than the outside legs, allowing the seat to be level.
  — Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022
• Should the Blazers land in the tax, the taxpayer mid-level exception could be worth about $6.2 million in the first year.
  — oregonlive, 29 June 2022
• Mills joined the Nets via the taxpayer mid-level exception on Aug. 3.
  — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
• On the bright side, after dropping this iron twice at counter-level, no damage was done.
  — PEOPLE.com, 15 Apr. 2022
• That said – although there has been continued progress, the goal of a level playing field for all has not yet been achieved.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 May 2022
• Even going through all of the recruiting, Zach has always kept a very level head.
  — Douglas Clark Usa Today Ventures Events, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2021
• Armas also asked them to repackage large amounts of drugs and sell out of their home to users as well as mid-level dealers.
  — Beth Warren, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2023
• The slides need to be perfectly level and at exactly the same height, and that height needs to match where the mating pieces attach to the drawer sides.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023
• Fighting games are supposed to be a level playing field, where reflexes and reads win the day.
  — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 6 Oct. 2022
• Both charges are level four felonies, which carry sentences between two to 12 years.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2023
• But experts say that would be an ideal scenario if, in fact, there was a level playing field.
  — Paulina Villegas, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022
• The trail is mostly level, but some hilly and uneven areas exist.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2023
• But over all that time, Republicans and Democrats have always agreed that the playing field should be level.
  — John C. Goodman, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024