How to Use way in a Sentence

way

1 of 2 noun

• Which door is the way in?
• The back way was blocked.
• This door is the only way out of the room.
• Let me explain it this way.
• We'll try doing it your way first.
• You can pay for your purchase in one of two ways: by cash or by credit card.
• That’s the first of six stages on the way to peak bloom, the tweet said.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
• At the time of the call the mother was on her way to the house, police said.
  — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2023
• That Naval Air Station, by the way, was the first in the country.
  — Patricia Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• And by the way, this was before Time’s Up and before #MeToo.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2023
• Note, by the way, that all of their early patients were men.
  — Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2023
• On its way down the river, the ship would slip beneath the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
• FuboTV's packages are priced in a way that includes add-ons.
  — Kelly Laffey, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2023
• But also, the circumstances of the world and the way that Jews are perceived are at odds with that, sometimes.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023
• What is the best way to stay private, secure and anonymous while browsing the web?
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2023
• There’s so much good to be done, and music is a great way of helping people.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
• In 2024, that has been no exception, with a flood of new flavors making their way to the city.
  — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2024
• Smalls and other union leaders campaigned against the election, but the vote didn’t go their way.
  — Haleluya Hadero, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
• There's a way to soften it up and not hurt people's feelings.
  — Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
• There’s no give up in this team and it’s been that way all year long and even today when things didn’t go our way in the fourth quarter.
  — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2024
• The way to Stedman Graham's heart is through his stomach.
  — Elizabeth Leonard, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
• But much of the talk Tuesday revolved around the excitement of a new women’s league getting off the ground at the right time and in the right way.
  — Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
• For those patient enough to find their way inside, the party was — pretty good!
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
• She’s broken in many ways, but one of them is her fame and power and isolation.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
• But the cast and crew fail to incorporate it into the story in a way that’s not laughable.
  — David Zimmermann, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
• There are 26 mantras throughout the book that highlight the different ways bodies ebb and flow.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
• Our Spanish friends have suggested that if there’s a way to bend a rule, a Spaniard will be the first to figure out how.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2023
• There’s the way that Fran and Robert fight to find connection, and also in the way that the people around Fran reveal themselves to her.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
• To avoid the latter, focus on pressing the weight all the way up in a straight line so that your biceps are parallel to your ears.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 5 Dec. 2023
• The exterminator said that means they might be nested in the walls, in which case the only way to remove the nest was to rip open the wall.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024

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way

2 of 2 adverb

• We sat way back in the last row.
• They live way out in the country.
• I missed a week of class and fell way behind.
• He is way ahead of the other runners.
• Your parents are way cool.
• The maze was dug by hand, by a monk, way back in the distant past.
  — Liza Lentini, Spin, 22 Sep. 2023
• The pitches that aren't good are the ones that are just way off the plate or way up right out of the hand.
  — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 20 Mar. 2024
• So very lucky to be able to work with people that are way smarter than me.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
• These shrubs or tree forms can be pruned way down to near the ground if needed.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2023
• And this is way better than getting four at-bats in the back fields.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Ticket sales are way up, and so are the prices for those tickets.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• This is way better than getting four at-bats in the back fields.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
• Both of these predictions were way off, but in a good way.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
• The cookies were way too salty and needed to be sweeter.
  — Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
• But the ideas go way beyond a simple piece of clothing to be matched.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
• Across the album’s 10 songs, Harlow dials it way back on the pop front.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2023
• Collectively, there was a sense that the science was way ahead of the ethics.
  — Gregory E. Kaebnick, STAT, 15 Sep. 2023
• To get the most out of summer sales, shoppers have to think ahead — sometimes way ahead.
  — Nerdwallet, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
• Again, way more pine than citrus, though there is a hint of pineapple.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 5 Feb. 2023
• Ryan Williams Williams was the first player in the class to commit, way back in October.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 24 July 2023
• Cosmic rays seem to be way better than Clinique for the skin.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
• Inflation is at an all-time high, and food costs are way up.
  — Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• The pushup is a standard bodyweight exercise that works way more than the chest.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
• Is this the ultimate proof that kids are growing up way too fast?
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Jan. 2024
• Their top players are still way down in production over the last 10-15 games.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2023
• As any kid will tell you, desserts are way tastier when they're made into a fun shape.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2024
• What a young, talented actor and a great friend — gone way too soon.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 Apr. 2024
• Alinea can keep their Michelin stars — this was way more fun.
  — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 1 Feb. 2023
• Jordan was taken from us way too soon, and his absence leaves a void that cannot be filled.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
• This week’s episode marked her entry into the Five-Timers Club — her first time hosting was way back in 2010.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024