How to Use section in a Sentence

section

1 of 2 noun

• This section of the road is closed.
• The siding comes in five-foot sections.
• Do you want to sit in the nonsmoking section?
• The dictionary includes a section on signs and symbols.
• Section 1123 of the bankruptcy code.
• The two friends both took to the comments section to show some love to Gomez.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 30 Dec. 2023
• Be sure to place your votes for the championship in the next section.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
• Scroll way down the page to the section for customer reviews.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
• News stories These are what fill the news sections of cleveland.com and most of The Plain Dealer.
  — Cquinn, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
• The town library has its own small Willa Cather section.
  — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023
• The top section of the new menu is the Family Style Platters, where meats are sold by the half-pound.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
• And then there is a section that’s a 50-foot wall, just a vertical piece of ice.
  — Samantha Walravens, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• The freeway sections that would be repaired date to 1974.
  — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2024
• In the Elite, the bench's center section can be removed and stored under the cargo floor.
  — Marc Urbano, Car and Driver, 9 Aug. 2023
• The section has its own bar, drink rails and charging stations.
  — Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
• Or the tough-looking new logo fans chose last month for the Browns’ famed Dawg Pound section.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• The plight of the Morrises was featured in a column in the Business section last month.
  — Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
• There is actually a lot of preschool that is watched in the adults section.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2023
• At one point, a section of trusses toppled over with a pull from the backhoe.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
• Both items will also be available at Taste of Chase in section 130.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
• The larger your sections, the more likely your hair will come out with uneven curls or ones that don't hold.
  — Maria Goldbach, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023
• Be warned: Scenes in this section of the story, rife with menace, are intense.
  — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2023
• TikTok users came out hard in the comments section and in response videos.
  — Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
• In the comment section, a handful of famous friends chimed in to send the couple well wishes.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
• Send feedback about the comments section to [e-mail].
  — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
• The film will have its world premiere next month at Cannes in the Directors Fortnight section.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
• With the prints pinned up on the first two sections of gallery walls in a strikingly relaxed format, the show feels akin to a tour of her studio.
  — Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2023
• That finish blew the roof off Paly’s already rowdy student section while Kitch fumed on the bench.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
• Yeoh swept most of her shiny curls to the side, leaving a section of hair falling past her chest while the rest cascaded down her back.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 29 Sep. 2023
• Celebrity friends were quick to celebrate the Dune actress in the comments section of her post.
  — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023

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section

2 of 2 verb

• She was sectioned by the judge.
• Peel and section the orange.
• Section the chicken and marinate the parts.
• Use a comb to section off a 1-inch square of hair at a time.
  — Brooke Shunatona, Cosmopolitan, 10 Jan. 2018
• Routes for the Bike MS ride can be found in the fundraising events section at www.nationalmssociety.org.
  — Michelle Mullins, Elgin Courier-News, 14 June 2019
• Plus, the retractable pick at the end is great for sectioning my hair.
  — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
• There are flat panels on the bow and stern decks, sectioned into grids.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2015
• In the video, a woman is seen sectioning off her hair to give herself bangs.
  — Kelsi Zimmerman, Allure, 1 Nov. 2017
• Use it to section off an area or to create a makeshift dressing room in your bedroom.
  — Tierney McAfee, Country Living, 27 July 2022
• Crews dismantled the white fences that sectioned off the rings where champions were to be crowned.
  — Jonathan Bullington, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2020
• Ciara’s sleek sectioned off ‘do, was styled by Ceasar DeLeon Ramirez, who says the look was inspired by 90s glam.
  — Jennifer Ford, Essence, 9 Sep. 2019
• The ability to taste sweet, salty, sour and bitter isn’t sectioned off to different parts of the tongue.
  — Steven D Munger, Smithsonian, 23 May 2017
• Black people are four times more likely to be sectioned than whites.
  — The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
• The flat expanse of tall grasses bleached by the sun and the dry winter season was sectioned off by high chain-link fences and barbed wire.
  — Jason Florio, Smithsonian, 22 May 2018
• The ability to taste sweet, salty, sour and bitter isn’t sectioned off to different parts of the tongue.
  — Steven D Munger, Smithsonian, 23 May 2017
• Now section your hair from the part to the outer corner of your eyebrow and comb that section straight out away from your face.
  — Redbook, 29 June 2011
• Every summer, the bulls are let loose on a sectioned-off portion of the town's streets as part of a festival.
  — Julia Fair, Cincinnati.com, 9 July 2019
• At one end is a single bunk sectioned off by a red blackout curtain.
  — Danielle McNally, Marie Claire, 8 Sep. 2017
• Each night, strictly section off your time for the next day to focus on specific tasks.
  — Brian Cristiano, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• There’s a play area for kids to splash around, as well as the Lazy River, a sectioned-off portion of the pool shaped like a figure-eight with a slow and easy current.
  — Helena Oliviero, ajc, 5 June 2018
• Start by parting your hair at your natural part line, and then section off your hair with clips.
  — Samantha Driscoll, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2020
• That’s handled by using a moveable wall to section off part of the terminal.
  — Geoffrey Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2018
• Walls have been inserted to section off two bedrooms, but sliding doors mean that the space can be opened out or closed off.
  — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2021
• The processing center is sectioned off by pieces of cyclone fence attached in some places with bolts and zip ties.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, latimes.com, 10 June 2018
• For the cover, Gigi's hair is sectioned off, with some pieces teased into a large updo, and others left to frame her face.
  — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 29 Aug. 2018
• The worst call it Galactlitcos, and these tasteless few are swiftly sectioned.
  — SI.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• Some are very organized (like my skin-care), others are just sectioned off and filled with palettes.
  — Emily Rekstis, SELF, 24 Apr. 2018
• Pro tip: section your hair along your natural part and keep it intact while applying the curlers.
  — Talia Ergas, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2023
• In fact, there are ropes sectioning off certain areas in the forest and warning people about how they may get turned around.
  — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2018
• Fan zones have been sectioned off with barriers, while the streets surrounding the stadium are closed.
  — CNN, 2 June 2017

Last Updated: 3 May 2024