How to Use write in a Sentence

write

verb
  • Please write your name at the top of each sheet.
  • The note was written in blue ink.
  • She wrote “tag sale” on the sign in big letters.
  • Write the number as a decimal instead of as a fraction.
  • I'm writing an article for the school newspaper.
  • She wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime.
  • She wrote an essay comparing two poems.
  • I don't have anything to write with. Could I borrow a pen?
  • A lot of kids wrote on the inside for the thrill of writing.
    — Matt Thompson, Spin, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Which is one of the reasons City of Hope helped write the bill.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022
  • Michael Lesslie will write the script, based on Collins' 2020 book.
    — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2022
  • Josh Singer, who penned Spielberg’s The Post, would write the script.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2022
  • In his case, the researchers write, the idea isn’t so hard to believe.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • There are trends that write themselves, and this is one of them.
    — María Munsuri, Glamour, 12 Oct. 2024
  • There is no good case here for the Treasury to write yet more checks.
    — The Editors, National Review, 14 June 2022
  • This year alone, the author has managed to write half of the top 10 books in sales.
    — Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2022
  • All of us will talk and write about this Buckeye a ton over the next three months.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Of the writers who came to write for the movies, how many tried to understand the place?
    — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • But the lies written on the chart by Trump’s campaign have cost lives.
    — Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 28 July 2024
  • Scott wrote on a follow-up post of himself and his bride to be.
    — Chris Barilla, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • That would have left less than one full day to research, write the letter, and drop it in the mail.
    — Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
  • That night Hamasa Parsa, the Afghan captain who loved to read and write fiction, had a dream.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Now the Pattersons write songs and make videos on their lunch breaks.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Nolan wrote the screenplay and produced the film with Emma Thomas.
    — Abigail Lee, Variety, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Many of our Black authors are able to write about a wide range of topics.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Everyone has a choice how to write the rest of their story.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 14 Feb. 2022
  • And Phoebe sets out to write a Christmas song for her friends but struggles to get it to rhyme.
    — Eric Todisco, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Born deaf, he is supposed to have never learned to read or write.
    — Briana Miller, oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Frantz writes that Homestead was a perfect counter to the Pinkertons’ self-mythologizing.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 15 June 2025
  • Interestingly, more people bet on the first half’s total points—about 2.3 million tickets were written—but the average amount bet was about half that of first- and third-quarter point bets.
    — Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 15 June 2025

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