How to Use sample in a Sentence

sample

1 of 2 noun

• We would like to see a sample of your work.
• Free samples were handed out at the store.
• A random sample of people filled out the survey.
• I tasted a sample of the new cereal.
• We looked at a representative sample of public schools.
• The sample included 96 women over the age of 40.
• The first beats were samples from like, funk songs, blues songs, way back in the ’70s.
  — Cydney Lee, Billboard, 7 June 2023
• The links are a small sample of the clues from the Friday puzzle.
  — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
• The sample are supposed to land in the Arizona desert Sunday.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2023
• The margin of error for the total sample is ±2.8 points.
  — Anthony Salvanto, Kabir Khanna, Fred Backus, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2023
• Humans oversee the process, but their job is largely to move samples from one machine to the next.
  — WIRED, 9 Aug. 2023
• That's where the electrofishing or trawling for samples comes in.
  — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2023
• The Gallup poll interviewed a random sample of 1,016 adults from across the country.
  — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• To perform any of these tests, a sample must be collected.
  — Tanya Feke, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2024
• During initial rounds of testing in the first half of the year, most of the 15 Adderall samples purchased were sold over the counter as single pills.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
• Too much blood in that sample can still obscure results.
  — Claire Gillespie, Health, 15 Feb. 2024
• Check peanuts: After the peanuts have boiled for 3 hours (1 hour for green peanuts), sample one to check for texture and salinity.
  — Matt and Ted Lee, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2023
• That’s because the main sample chamber has yet to be opened, officials said.
  — Time, 11 Oct. 2023
• More than two years later, that sample has now arrived.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
• The margin of error for the full sample is plus or minus 2 percentage points.
  — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024
• It’s believed Mikkelson was killed in Wyoming and dumped in Colorado based on soil samples, the sheriff's office said.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
• Similar to games, these apps require a steady stream of users to get hooked on samples of the programs and feel compelled to keep spending to see how the show ends.
  — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• The team waited until the agent was expected to be present in the air and then dispatched an airplane to fly over Japan and collect air samples.
  — Emily Baumgaertner Ariana Drehsler, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• After the zoo eventually got a hair sample of Siska, it was brought to a lab to be compared with those from Jaya and Berani.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
• The ominous Lou Donaldson sample used for the backdrop hits home every time.
  — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 1 Sep. 2023
• The sample and some of the skeletal remains that were found in 1996 were sent to a private lab for DNA comparison testing.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
• Medical staff may also have free samples of supplies and some medicines that can save you a bit of money.
  — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 31 July 2023
• Now, though, new techniques have made stool samples less likely to come back positive in the absence of cancer.
  — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2024
• Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points.
  — Dana Blanton, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2024
• The tests, which use either a blood or plasma sample, promise to return results in under half an hour.
  — Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 17 July 2023

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• A low percentage of the women sampled said that they smoked during pregnancy.
• She sampled everything the resort had to offer, from golfing to yoga.
• Five of the 20 schools sampled did not meet the standards.
• Place the wand with the stool back in the sampling bag and close it.
  — Sherri Gordon, Health, 1 Dec. 2023
• The beat would be used and sampled numerous times — the beat soundtracked the Ed Lover dance from the Yo!
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
• The probe is designed to sample ice and analyze it all on the same craft, much like a rover.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
• Meet Lopez, the managers and the staff while sampling appetizers from the menu.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
• Many French fry shapes were sampled, from steak to skinny.
  — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• And in my brief time sampling them, the QC Ultras felt very, very comfortable.
  — Chris Welch, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2023
• Be sure to sample the specialty xiao long bao (soup dumplings) at a few of the restaurants that claim theirs to be the best.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2023
• He’s been in recovery for years and can’t sample the new cocktails to judge them.
  — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
• Only the twin Voyager probes are far out enough to sample this cosmic stew.
  — Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 6 Mar. 2024
• This gave us a foursome for sampling some modern games.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
• Guests will get to sample 5 wines expertly paired with 5 kinds of cheese and hear about wine and cheesemakers from across the state.
  — Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024
• My six-year-old nephew, after sampling water from Australia with a TDS of 1,300, squints at me.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 5 July 2023
• The couple watch sheep having their wool sheared, sampled some of the local food produce, and Charles planted a tree.
  — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 21 July 2023
• In the future, ecologists might be able to sample forest soils to get an idea of what animals moved through the area.
  — WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023
• All the deliciousness is best washed down with any of the local beers, wines, and spirits available to sample.
  — Emily Cappiello, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2023
• But sampling on the recent Friday outing turned up snails and mussels.
  — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
• Water on the moon has become a very big business since both U.S. and China plan to send rovers to Luna to sample it firsthand.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
• Attendees will get to sample some of 2023’s Best of Beauty winners.
  — Annie Blay, Allure, 11 Aug. 2023
• Critics and locals alike showed up to the take-out window in masses to sample krapow smash burgers and Chiang Mai chi dogs.
  — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 14 Dec. 2023
• But some of the stuff that sampled and incorporated our music has made my skin crawl.
  — Vulture, 17 July 2023
• The company also wants to give users a chance to sample the offering, and for the company to see how it’s being used.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023
• Question 5 of 8 Which street drug are American adults most likely to have sampled?
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
• Read on to sample some of the dishes that will be available to chow on while cheering on the Current — kickoff is at noon on Saturday, March 16.
  — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
• For results based on subgroups, the margin of sampling error may be higher.
  — Noam N. Levey, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
• Despite the wheel rotating only once every four years, a lever is used to sample the notches and steps.
  — Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Don’t miss sampling the guava pastelito ice cream at Chill Bros., an ice creamery where everything is made in-house.
  — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2024
• Hang outdoors or in the taproom, sampling brews and enjoying live music.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024