How to Use reserve in a Sentence

reserve

1 of 2 verb

• The seats are reserved under my name.
• We reserved a hotel room.
• This table is reserved for someone else.
• We will reserve this wine for a special occasion.
• She usually reserved her best dishes for very important dinners.
• About a third were called to reserve duty to join the war effort.
  — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024
• The bridge housed on the top deck, an area usually reserved as the sun deck for guests.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 14 July 2023
• A word to the wise—the flaps are easy to rip off, so this might be best reserved for when your child is in a high chair.
  — Brienne Walsh, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
• Set a fine sieve over a medium bowl and strain out the liquid, reserving any solids in the sieve.
  — Lois Ellen Frank and Walter Whitewater, Saveur, 22 Nov. 2023
• Brush the dough with the vanilla oil, reserving some to brush onto the tomatoes.
  — Lauren Joseph, New York Times, 28 July 2023
• Before, tricks of the trade were reserved for pros, but now anyone can be their own artist.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 5 Oct. 2023
• Find details and reserve your spot at hawaii-seafood.org/auctiontour.
  — Ben Davidson, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
• Some of the other folks on this tour were reserved in their approach to the microphone.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
• Which day of the week is reserved for federal elections in the United States?
  — CNN, 9 Nov. 2023
• Some beds are reserved for men and others are for women.
  — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
• Bring a picnic lunch and water shoes and plan to spend the day, or reserve one of the 81 campsites for a weekend getaway.
  — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
• The first car of every train is reserved for women only.
  — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• How to get in: Reservations are available through Tock, but most of the restaurant is reserved for walk-ins.
  — Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
• The fun wasn't just reserved for Ripa and Consuelos, though.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
• It’s now reserved for monarch funerals, when it is placed atop the coffin.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
• One third of the 8.1 hectare space will be taken up by a park, with space reserved for an orchard and a vegetable garden.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2023
• Dancing shouldn't just be reserved for a late-night pursuit.
  — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2023
• Campers can reserve a spot at Round Lake through Recreation.gov for the upcoming season, which starts May 15.
  — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
• Sankey wants to know what’s going to happen to the automatic bid to the playoffs that was supposed to be reserved for the Pac-12.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 17 Aug. 2023
• Often quiet and reserved in the dugout, Turner gives all his praise to his players.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2023
• Prepare the sauce: Cook reserved turkey skin in 1 Tbsp.
  — Paige Grandjean, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
• Add herbs, zest and juices, reserved scallion greens, and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper; toss to combine.
  — Tina Martinez, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
• Princess Beatrice knows sequins shouldn't be reserved for the weekend.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
• To avoid hauling all your gear in and out of the canyon, travelers can reserve a pack mule before their visit.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2023
• Suites are also available and can be reserved by calling the hotel.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024

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reserve

2 of 2 noun

• He had to call upon his inner reserves of strength to keep going.
• Come the second half, Rich again looked to his reserves, this time at the 30-minute mark.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023
• Adding to its allure, the car will cross the auction block with no reserve.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2024
• But then, Amy, a woman from Tim’s past, arrives on the reserve.
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2023
• Some 70% of the world’s cobalt production and over 51% of global reserves are found in DRC.
  — By Conrad Onyango, Quartz, 1 June 2023
• Strain and store berries in the fridge, and reserve booze at room temperature.
  — Kelsey Youngman, Bon Appétit, 17 July 2023
• The leaves soak up summer sun to make food reserves for the next blooming season.
  — Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2024
• In addition to the $800 million in bond funding, the projects will be paid out of JPS reserves.
  — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
• The only other reserve to take a 3 was Bennedict Mathurin who was 0 of 3.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2024
• The owner told a CNN producer on the ground that when the reserves run out there will be no more fuel.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
• But underneath the park lies Ecuador’s largest reserve of crude oil.
  — Claudia Rebaza, CNN, 21 Aug. 2023
• Bank of New York Mellon, which is one of the largest and safest cash custodians in the world, holds our cash reserves.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 30 May 2023
• With the highest reserve of $3.35 million and being the first couple to go under the hammer, the odds seemed to be against them.
  — Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 5 Nov. 2023
• But the most impressive sight at the reserve was the hundreds of tents — orange and blue and gray and brown — crisscrossing the hills in a tight, neat grid.
  — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• When the hot, dry summer beats down on the landscape, saguaros pull from their water reserve to keep themselves alive and healthy.
  — Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024
• Washington, who scored 31 of his 43 points in the second half, set the Hornets’ franchise record for most points by a reserve.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2024
• Calcium helps support strong bones and teeth, where your body stores most of its reserves.
  — Kathleen Felton, Health, 11 Sep. 2023
• One reserve captain, Moti Ashkenazi, began a lone protest a few months after the 1973 war.
  — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• Free; reserve tickets online for in-person and live-streamed events.
  — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• Then Lue rested George and Leonard and the reserves who took their place struggled to score, an issue that is becoming a trend.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• Starlink gets cocoa from the reserve, spokesman Sambo Abubakar told AP.
  — Taiwo Adebayo, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2023
• Most of Martin’s career numbers are better as a starter than as a reserve.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
• Without the rate hike the city would be forced to spend its reserves or cut back on capital improvement projects, Leahy said.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
• But when Israel called up its reserve forces and declared war this week, the response was swift and overwhelming.
  — Helen Coster and Alexander Cornwell, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2023
• To begin, park at the reserve’s entrance on Harmony Grove Road.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2023
• The fed-funds rate is the interest rate at which banks lend reserve balances to each other overnight, and changes to it ripple through the economy.
  — Steve Garmhausen, wsj.com, 1 Nov. 2023
• The reserve has been rewilded over the past five years, a project driven by community trusts who own parts of the reserve.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2023
• Schiraldi thinks banks with strong reserves will be able to weather the storm even if their exposure is greater.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 1 June 2023
• Fox and Sabonis were not chosen as starters, but both have a chance of being selected as reserves.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
• Meetinghouse has a stack of bills As is well known by now, the church has billions upon billions of dollars in reserve funds.
  — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024