How to Use message in a Sentence

message

1 of 2 noun
  • Did you get my message?
  • He believed in the church's message of forgiveness.
  • I left a message on her answering machine.
  • She has received messages of support from hundreds of people.
  • I liked the story but I didn't really agree with the book's message.
  • He's not here right now. Can I take a message?
  • The pair signed off the video with a sweet message for Brandy.
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Ring $58 at amyojewelry.com This ring comes engraved with the message of your choice.
    Sarah Lyon, goodhousekeeping.com, 17 May 2023
  • So the message gets passed around in secret like The Black Album by Prince.
    Armond White, National Review, 14 Feb. 2024
  • His message arrives every year in the first week of March.
    Darnell Mayberry | , cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The Free Press left a message for Ford seeking comment.
    Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
  • But, look, my -- my message to all the candidates is very clear.
    CBS News, 11 June 2023
  • The poster also shared a screenshot of some messages between their son and Seguin.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 29 May 2023
  • Research shows these messages, on the extreme end, are used in war and genocide.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
  • And many times the origin of thousands or even millions of messages can be traced to a single source or two.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2023
  • And managers didn’t return phone messages left at the hotel.
    Robin Urevich, ProPublica, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The public will be able to write messages that will be delivered to the family.
    Cheryl Vari, The Enquirer, 23 June 2023
  • Her voicemail is now full and is turning away messages.
    The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The youngest Mowry shared some sweet birthday messages for his big sisters in July 2022.
    Jamie Ballard, Peoplemag, 20 Aug. 2023
  • But the message from Dutcher during a timeout was, ahem, to tighten up the defense.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The message of the closing tableau, though, should have been unmistakable.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • If that wasn’t enough to drive the message home that these two are hanging out, Chelsea’s photo features a sliver of a white man’s arm.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In a 1994 letter, June's husband wrote her a sweet message for her birthday, per Rolling Stone.
    Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
  • That was the message all week — all month, really — with USC still tiptoeing along the precipice of its season.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2023
  • And that has proven to be a very powerful message to a lot of Republicans.
    ABC News, 11 June 2023
  • But Colin Strother, a consultant for Gutierrez, said Allred does not have the right message.
    Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 17 May 2023
  • Regulators said Berman posted over 1,000 messages on the iHUB message board to pump up the stock price.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024
  • As violence erupts in the city, the football coach lets an outsider offer his players a message of hope and love.
    Herbert Lowe, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2023
  • It can be used as a decoration or a paperweight and comes with a sweet message.
    Cailey Lindberg, goodhousekeeping.com, 10 June 2023
  • On a personal note, this quote was my AIM away message freshman year of college.
    Leila Sales, SPIN, 8 Jan. 2024
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message

2 of 2 verb
  • And here’s a tip that applies to any email or messaging app.
    Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Or to message with the airline, click the icon in the lower right corner of the website that looks like chat bubbles.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Manchin made an appearance on the call to talk about messaging. 3.
    James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
  • Funny, but no one has texted or messaged me today that Tatum is soft.
    Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
  • It can be used while messaging, such as via Slack or Teams, or emailing.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Jen messaged the bride, who handed over her list of vendors.
    Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Snap, parent company to the messaging app Snapchat, is bracing for the impact of the war in the Middle East.
    Paige Hagy, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023
  • There is also the option to message a coach for extra support.
    Rachel Rothman and Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Follow her on Twitter at @talisseer and message her on Facebook at @talisseer.
    Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2023
  • Núñez messaged Jones about her experience at a show there in 2018.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
  • Jones’ scammer, who used the name Aranya, first messaged him on Facebook in November.
    Kevin Collier, NBC News, 2 July 2023
  • It’s been a weird, winding road, but compared to the dozen or so messaging apps Google has tried over the years, this isn’t actually that bad.
    Richard Lawler, The Verge, 23 Feb. 2024
  • At the same time, the manager obsessed with what the workers were doing, sometimes messaging them more than 10 times a day.
    Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Daniels said one student who was about to get into trouble messaged Daniels and asked him to intervene.
    Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Fiancé Tell-All when Ed was caught messaging his ex-fiancée, Rose.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Markdown is common in messaging apps as well as apps for writers.
    PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Videos posted on the messaging app Telegram show debris from the aircraft in three locations that span across two miles.
    Robin Stein, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • That’s partly due to the age of the protocol, and partly to advancements by WhatsApp and other messaging apps.
    WIRED, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The text chain, on a messaging group for kibbutz residents, said people inside safe rooms were struggling to breathe because of smoke from the fires.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Now, some Angry Villagers who never have doused their torches are messaging me, the punching bag and voodoo doll.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023
  • Del Villar happened upon the band’s videos on YouTube in 2020 and promptly messaged them with an invite to the label headquarters.
    Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Democrats haven’t even started the messaging onslaught against Trump that is coming — to say nothing of the criminal trials.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The conversation then moved from Grindr, a dating app, to Kik, a messaging app that allows people to chat with usernames.
    Sydney Carruth, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
  • IndyStar called a phone number for Griffin, sent an email to an address listed for him and messaged him on his Facebook page.
    Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The link the bots are pushing directs to a channel on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, which hosts a bustling underground market for drugs and firearms.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The girl said Groom sent her even more Snapchat messages, which automatically delete, and in total messaged her more than her boyfriend.
    Gus Garcia-Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2023
  • Most recently, the stepmother had been messaging on Instagram, making threats to come up to the hotel and beat her up, even kill her .
    Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2023
  • But Threads still lacks many of the services available on Twitter, such as the ability to directly message other users or to use hashtags.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 July 2023
  • This will be displayed prominently on user profiles and in chat, but unlike the username, it won't be used for messaging.
    David Hamilton, ajc, 9 May 2023
  • Scott messaged Pauley on Facebook in October 2021, the indictment says.
    Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023

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