How to Use target in a Sentence

target

1 of 2 noun

• Tourists are often easy targets for thieves.
• Planes struck at key military targets.
• They set a target date of May 31.
• Our target amount for the fund-raiser is $2,500.
• Paris has been the target of terror attacks in the past.
  — Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024
• That stance has earned Mr. Rutherford a target on his back from the hard right.
  — Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2023
• For the most part, fashion is still not on track to meet its climate targets.
  — Emily Chan, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2023
• But police said witnesses thought the house seemed to be the target.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
• However, the targets of the new sanctions do not complete the job.
  — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
• The targets of the song’s vigilante threats seem to be scattershot., so to speak.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 July 2023
• Project Nimbus has been the target of protests by Google and Amazon workers for years.
  — Caroline Haskins, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024
• Indiana is also likely to be the target for eclipse chasers from Chicago to the north and Nashville to the south.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
• Their target audience is the 2,000 largest companies in the world.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Sep. 2023
• North America is down, and the next target is Australia.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
• Who is the latest target of his wratch, simply for doing her job?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
• Israel is not the perpetrator of a genocide but the target of one.
  — Mike Coté, National Review, 26 Oct. 2023
• Even her forecast for how the match would unfold landed on target.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
• Behind the wheel was their target, and one of the most recognizable figures on the planet.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 May 2023
• The fact that this teenage actor who’s coming in to make jokes about wearing a scarf is suddenly a target from an adult is crazy to me.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2023
• Some of these attacks emitted the acrid odor of antisemitism, as many of their targets were Jewish.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• The Secretary was the target of a Chinese hack in May related to her email account.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2023
• Palmer led the team in targets (eight) and caught three passes for a team-high 77 yards as Mike Williams’ primary replacement.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
• In this case, that’s by slowing down the United States’ ability to hit its own wind power targets.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 3 Feb. 2024
• The target of the strike was Marwan Issa, who is second-in-command in Hamas’s military wing.
  — Cate Brown, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• Simply fill with water, close, and toss them gently at a friend or target, and the balloons will open upon impact (or with a quick pinch).
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• Earth found that the majority aren’t currently on track to meet their targets.
  — Emily Chan, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
• The Clippers can’t afford for Hyland to be a defensive target.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• Sure, that might be a layer of the humor at times, but the host is careful to situate himself and his own discomfort as the real target of the joke.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
• The current target is for the Overture airliner to take its first flight by 2030, but getting there will be expensive.
  — Tim Stevens, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
• Some feared that Russia's decision to tear up the grain deal would make Odesa a long-term primary target.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2023

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target

2 of 2 verb

• The telecast’s targeted — but rarely met — length is three to three and a half hours.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2023
• In April, at least 12 schools in the state were targeted by a wave of school shooting hoax calls.
  — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• Both are designed to target tough stains and restore shine.
  — Taryn Mohrman, Good Housekeeping, 23 Mar. 2023
• The Rockets may target a slew of wings with any non-Wembanyama picks in June.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 23 Mar. 2023
• Train heists, for this reason, tend to target trains coming from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
  — Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2024
• Dozens of world leaders were later found to have been targeted.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
• Users raved about its ability to target the muscles in the neck and upper back and even take out stubborn knots.
  — Nicole Crawford, Health, 20 July 2023
• Pick the right virus protein to target, and the body turns into a miniature vaccine factory.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2023
• Who are the three women being targeted and named in lawsuits?
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 19 Feb. 2024
• Retinol helps get rid of congestion in the skin, so it can be used to treat acne while also targeting the signs of aging.
  — Lacey Muinos, Health, 4 Aug. 2023
• The villain also targets at least one of Matt's friends (Modine) along the way, leading law enforcement to suspect Matt himself is the bomber.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
• Most of his legal claims have been made on behalf of his father, targeting Peter and his children.
  — Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2023
• Shaw was targeted six times and caught all six passes, finishing with a career-high 126 yards and one touchdown.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
• The company is targeting revenue of $58 billion to $61 billion for this year.
  — Will Feuer, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
• Democrats perennially target Texas in hopes of flipping it blue, and this year is no exception.
  — Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
• The militants have sporadically targeted ships in the region, but the attacks increased since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
  — Rebecca Santana, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2023
• Critics see it as a way to unfairly target drag performances.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 13 Apr. 2023
• The Ministry of Health in Gaza said about 3,000 people were seeking refuge and that those attempting to leave were being targeted by snipers and fire from helicopters.
  — Lauren Izso, Abeer Salman and Tim Lister, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
• Putin will continue to target and destabilize Ukraine through all means available.
  — Norbert Röttgen, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023
• The league has been running its first-ever commercials during the tournament to attract fans and plans a marketing blitz to target alumni of schools like Iowa and LSU.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
• This drug is designed to target a specific genetic mutation that is found in many uveal melanomas.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Ukrainian forces, claiming to shoot down 26 of the 28 drones, said Russia appeared to be targeting a crucial grain terminal in Odesa.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
• The thing with Hasan that struck me as different is that the jokes — or stories — Hasan made that stretched the truth or were outright lies were ones that painted him as the victim or the hero because he was being targeted for his race.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
• There's been an uptick in those militia groups targeting the U.S. military in this region since the Israel- Hamas war began with around 170 attacks using rockets and drones.
  — CBS News, 4 Feb. 2024
• Although some have said the referendum was targeting crossovers and SUV, the new fee is triggered by weight not class, according to Autoblog.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
• While they are not targeted by commercial fisheries, the sharks may be mistakenly caught in nets and may face threats from pollution.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
• The vacuum has multiple modes to target specific areas that need service and as a bonus: There's also a mop feature.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
• Those wishing to target buffleheads, or for that matter, canvasbacks or goldeneyes, should set a handful of drake bufflehead decoys off to one side of the spread.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 2023
• On Friday night, the enclave was hit with some of the heaviest bombing yet, said by the Israeli military to target Hamas’ extensive network of tunnels.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• One firm targeted in the report is FirstEnergy, the electric utility.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024