How to Use marker in a Sentence

marker

noun

• A person's accent can be a marker of social class.
• Starting on the right side of the bar, etch the top of a tooth with a magic marker.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
• This dance between the said and the unsaid, the metaphors of secrets is a marker of their work.
  — Callum McLennan, Variety, 25 Sep. 2023
• The site was on U.S. 31 near mile marker 39, about two miles north of Atmore.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 6 Aug. 2023
• Pull over at the bevy of rock-and-brass roadside historic markers.
  — Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
• In the dark, the markers and hands turn blue in the dark, thanks to a white luminescent coating.
  — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2023
• This little marker can be found stitched into the seam of the right back pocket.
  — Hannah Holland, Washington Post, 11 July 2023
• Add guests' names to turn these stars into place markers for each plate.
  — Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Mar. 2024
• Maybe the most famous marker in sports history was the 4-minute mile.
  — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2023
• Costumed artists take the stage armed with markers and face off on a 6-foot-high, 12-foot-long canvas.
  — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
• Utilizing her pace to shed her marker, Smith fired a left-footed strike from left to right and in at the far post.
  — oregonlive, 3 June 2023
• The disturbing scenes serve as a marker on a path to recovery.
  — Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
• Around her, mourners cried and embraced and prayed and signed their names on crosses in black marker and tried to make sense of it all.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• One of its most visible markers is the World Peace Rose Garden.
  — Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
• This requires players to toss a marker so that the planes or ship know where to cause mass destruction.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
• Map of the United States with markers in the place where shootings on high school football fields have occurred since Aug. 1.
  — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2023
• The blooms became the markers of an elegant, upscale home from the 1830s onward.
  — The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
• With many moments in the limelight, the acidic hue has become a marker of high fashion and timeless style.
  — Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 16 May 2023
• The battering caused parts of the southbound lanes to collapse along the shoulder between mile markers 4.8 and 5.2.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• Three weeks after Prigozhin’s death, the fake blue and white petals wrapped in plastic were the only marker of his life to be found in the heart of his African empire.
  — Barbara Debout, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• Get a thick, black Sharpie marker and cut a very shallow groove in the tip with a razor blade or utility knife.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Dec. 2023
• After leaving the chute, the horse pulled up sharply after taking a bad step near the six-furlong marker.
  — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 May 2023
• Or go old-school and make your own with construction paper and markers!
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2024
• The distinctive trilling of bush warblers and the drone of cicadas are deployed in films as aural markers of place and time.
  — Matt Alt, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
• The three options available for purchase include a cork board with push pins, a pin board with push pins, and a dry erase board with marker.
  — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
• There are mostly flat markers in this cemetery, and the mausoleum and headstones were not damaged.
  — Amanda Kaufman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• One lane on the 405 Freeway caused Musk’s Tesla trouble because the lane markers were too faded.
  — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• The liner has pockets on either side to stash balls (or tees, or ball markers), and there’s a zippered back pocket on the waistband as well.
  — Amy Schlinger, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2023
• Essentially, the drone of the road and the never-ending line of white road markers can mesmerize a driver.
  — Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2023
• The one clear marker of a forward chronology are the title cards that announce the changing seasons.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 7 May 2024