How to Use principal in a Sentence

principal

1 of 2 adjective

• She is the principal cellist of the orchestra.
• Vegetables are the principal ingredients in this soup.
• The principal odor map, as the team called it, is unprecedented for the sense of smell.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Sep. 2023
• There are no principal payments for the first two years of the loan and no interest payments for the first year.
  — Christopher Rugaber, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2020
• Both of those shots were not part of the principal photography.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 1 July 2022
• This determines how much the loan will cost you in addition to the principal amount.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022
• Your payment amount and terms will be completely new and based on the new principal amount.
  — Paco De Leon, refinery29.com, 4 Jan. 2022
• The principal grape of Lavaux and of the Vaud as a whole is Chasselas.
  — Ray Isle, Smithsonian, 23 May 2018
• Laya is one of the principal way stations along the Snowman Trek.
  — Chris Jones, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2020
• The first day was all the principal actors, the writers and the entire production team with the scripts and reading.
  — Charles Curtis, For The Win, 11 May 2018
• The principal argument against the plan was that boosting state taxes solely on the wealthy would prompt them to flee the state.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 6 Oct. 2022
• If the interest is not paid, it’s added to the loan’s principal balance.
  — Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• Murder is not its principal subject, nor is the mind of the serial killer.
  — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 31 Oct. 2017
• From the start of the film, the principal characters recoil from one another.
  — J.r. Jones, Chicago Reader, 1 Mar. 2018
• So do the interest payments based on that principal amount.
  — CBS News, 25 Feb. 2022
• The kitchen retains marble details from when the space was the mansion’s principal bathroom.
  — Julie Lasky, ELLE Decor, 22 Mar. 2023
• Projects must be completed within one year and have proof of school board and principal approval.
  — cleveland, 9 Apr. 2022
• There are eight principal characters; each gets a full character arc over the course of the story.
  — Marcus Crowder, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2018
• But the point is to classify friendships by their principal function.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2021
• Statutes said that the principal deputy would become the acting DNI.
  — CBS News, 14 Feb. 2020
• Its logline is weird and none of its principal characters are all that likable.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2017
• Principal horn Jonathan Boen, for whom it was written, was the soloist.
  — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2017
• Fine had served as the principal deputy and acting inspector general for more than four years in the office.
  — NBC News, 28 May 2020
• Next, Adam James Phillips, the principal hair stylist for the show, would set and dress the wig with the help of the full team.
  — Hannah Morrill, Marie Claire, 12 Jan. 2021
• Justin Bestor will take on an associate principal role at the high school.
  — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2018
• Robinson has been principal at Highlands for more than eight years.
  — Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati.com, 17 July 2017
• Families should contact their principal if that's the case.
  — Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2020
• Its principal shareholders may or may not sell stock into the market.
  — William D. Cohan, The Hive, 2 Apr. 2018
• One of the principal non-canine characters turns out to be from Cincinnati.
  — Carl Weiser, Cincinnati.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• More surprising is how mushy and off-key many of his principal proposals seem.
  — Jessica T. Mathews, The New York Review of Books, 16 Jan. 2020

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principal

2 of 2 noun

• One of the principals in the assassination plot has been arrested.
• Dunlap runs the class with the ease of the son of a principal.
  — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• The principal slammed the door to keep the bear out of the school, which was in session.
  — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Feb. 2023
• The principal said the cooking club tried out the recipe last week.
  — Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 Nov. 2020
• Then the loudspeaker crackles and the voice of the principal fills the room.
  — TIME.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• The principal of the high school had been a student there in the early years of the race.
  — Devin Kelly, Longreads, 19 Jan. 2022
• As the case went to a grand jury, none of the principals made a statement.
  — Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 9 Nov. 2019
• Her parents had to work with the principal and teachers to change the name in the system.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021
• This year, he was hired as the principal of a public school.
  — Joseph Coleman, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2022
• The principal would only say that the school had done nothing wrong.
  — Abigail Kramer, ProPublica, 4 May 2023
• Payan said he was informed the same day by the principal that his son was the victim of the attack.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2023
• The principal said the student had also made threats the day before.
  — Bianca Padró Ocasio, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• Even a sharp word can fuel a complaint to the school principal.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2019
• The father left with the girl, then returned to confront the principal.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2021
• What would cite as the principal sources of inspiration on the movie?
  — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 10 May 2018
• Ohio is one of the states where a teacher can bring a gun to school with the approval of a principal or district.
  — NBC News, 19 June 2018
• And the next day, [my grandmother] walks with me to class and talks to the principal.
  — NBC News, 2 Mar. 2020
• His son had even been asked by his principal to create a fresco at the entrance of the school.
  — New York Times, 3 June 2022
• That’s because the principals have been able to avoid talking about it for more than a decade.
  — Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, Twin Cities, 11 July 2019
• The father was told this and left, but returned later to speak with the principal.
  — Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2021
• If your coach insists on this shaving rule, take it to the principal.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2020
• My mom told me because our principal told all the parents that kids were able to get the vaccine here.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2021
• By the end of your loan, more of your monthly payment goes toward the principal.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 30 Jan. 2023
• Her principal said not to worry about schoolwork for a while.
  — Jay Mathews, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2020
• The same principal applies to consumers on their mortgages and car loans.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2023
• Moreover, his father does not have to pay any principal on the loan for nine years.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2020
• This was for the entire school, and my coach and principal, and all my friends at home rooting for me.
  — Jason McDaniel, Houston Chronicle, 30 June 2018
• This season marks her debut as a principal dancer in those roles.
  — The Cut, 14 May 2018
• Just pay them their interest and principal as agreed, and all is well.
  — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2021
• The principal and custodian do not have a voice any longer.
  — John Woodrow Cox, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024