How to Use bucket list in a Sentence

bucket list

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  • If Hawaii is on your bucket list, now is the time to start planning your trip.
    — Rebecca Shinners, Health.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Here are 12 ways to do that — think of it as a winter bucket list, of sorts.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Something that is on your bucket list can easily be checked off.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Riddell's family said this flight was on his bucket list.
    — CBS News, 3 Oct. 2019
  • This has been a year of total personal bucket list challenges met.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2019
  • On Machu Picchu: No doubt a wonder of the world and a check on my bucket list.
    — Joanna Hillman, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The grieving mother shared that taking on her son's bucket list has also given her purpose since his death.
    — Escher Walcott, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • If venturing to a real dark-tourism attraction is on your fall bucket list, tread lightly.
    — Natalie B. Compton, The Know, 27 Oct. 2019
  • It is often featured on travel bucket lists as an experience to have at least once in your lifetime.
    — Anquanette Gaspard, Essence, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar's latest role definitely checks a major bucket list item off her list.
    — Julia Moore, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Since then, he's helped seniors from across the country cross off bucket list items like skydiving, race car driving, parasailing and flying over the Grand Canyon.
    — Meghan Dunn, CNN, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The shop has become a staple for prominent romance novelists on tour, as well as a bucket list destination for readers who for far too long felt marginalized within the greater literary world.
    — Samantha Leach, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2019
  • And one of the things on my bucket list was to make fire.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Think of it as your bucket list for the next 6 months or year.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Kyle Brown is down to the last item on his bucket list.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 2022
  • So, this was on my bucket list; this and going to the ocean.
    — Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2022
  • The All-Pro player was able to cross one of the two off his bucket list.
    — The Enquirer, 27 Jan. 2024
  • What to do: If Hawaii is on your bucket list, now is the time to go.
    — Jennifer Konerman, Sunset Magazine, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Going to the Super Bowl is at the top of Jeanie’s bucket list.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Ahead, 13 stretches of sand to add to your bucket list.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Here are just a few for your bucket list and tips on where to scope them out.
    — Bailey Berg, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2021
  • What’s on your bucket list for the remainder of the year?
    — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Here are 28 things to in and around Charlotte to add to your fall bucket list.
    — Laura Barrero, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The Galapagos had been at the top of my bucket list for many years.
    — Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
  • More calories burned for you, and a check off of your bucket list.
    — Nicol Natale, Woman's Day, 8 May 2020
  • More calories burned for you, and a check off your bucket list.
    — Nicol Natale, Woman's Day, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Criss says the new album was a check off his bucket list.
    — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • But the world is a big place and your bucket list no doubt gets longer every year.
    — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 27 June 2023
  • The new year could be a great time to take a bucket list trip, or fly to a nice beach somewhere.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Share your ultimate metro Phoenix bucket list items with us today.
    — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024

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