How to Use verify in a Sentence

verify

verb
  • He verified that the item was in stock.
  • Can you verify whether I am scheduled to work or not?
  • She verified her flight number.
  • And, of course, their claims have been verified by the court.
    NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • There was no way to verify any of it, but just in case, the team rolled out with three massive rigs.
    Thallman, oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Bose: And to really verify what’s killed the whale, Joy and a team have to dig inside the body of the whale itself.
    Tulika Bose, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The Washington Post was able to verify the location but not the date of the video.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Simply verify your status with ID.me and add it to cart.
    Samantha Jones, Good Housekeeping, 9 May 2023
  • As far as the number of cars and workers on the bridge at the time of the collapse, Homendy said that information needs to be verified.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The app asked users to verify their school email addresses to create an account.
    Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The Washington Post verified the location of the videos but could not confirm when they were filmed.
    Claire Parker, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
  • There is no need to leave your cherished items and valuables in the hands of movers who are not vetted or companies that have not been verified.
    Chris Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The New York Times was unable to verify the provenance of the weapons and equipment in the images or assess the claim of the command center’s existence.
    Iyad Abuheweila, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • If an item is turned in that matches your description, you will be contacted to verify details of the item.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The company said technology deployed in the exit area of the club will take photos of carts and verify all items have been paid for.
    Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
  • But according to police, the location of Ly and Tran couldn't be verified.
    Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Videos verified by The New York Times show at least one car engulfed in flames in front of a high-rise building after the explosion, as dozens of people gathered in the area.
    Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Since anyone can inspect and probe the design, the theory is that bugs are more likely to get noticed and the bug fixes can be verified.
    IEEE Spectrum, 13 Feb. 2024
  • SpaceX test fired the nine engines powering the Falcon 9's first stage to verify the booster's readiness for flight.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • In videos posted to Instagram and verified by The Times, other bodies lay exposed, and people walked past them in search of loved ones.
    Yousur Al-Hlou, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • His promise was verified in the next morning’s Tribune.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • So, out the researchers go to verify temperature readings and make new ones.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2023
  • Such stories are impossible to verify but are a glimmer of hope people want to cling to.
    Sarah El Sirgany, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The claims about beheadings, difficult to verify, have continued to spread thanks in part to the lack of clarity.
    Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • This isn’t the first time the US government has sought to restrict access to adult content by requiring websites to verify users’ ages.
    Casey Newton, The Verge, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The Israeli prime minister’s office has verified 17 pages of documents for The Post.
    Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Dating platforms use different ways to verify that the person in the pictures is real.
    USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Harden leapt up and checked a nearby computer to verify the numbers and then laughed and applauded.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The claims from both sides could not be immediately verified.
    Michael Levenson, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Szabo said the law’s rules forcing platforms to verify the age of users under the age of 18 would, by definition, also result in the verifying the ages of users over the age of 18.
    Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2023

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