How to Use about in a Sentence

about

1 of 3 adverb

• That's about all the time we have.
• It's about time to go.
• We're about ready to go.
• This one is about as bad as that one.
• We tried just about everything we could think of.
• That's about all I know at this point.
• Once your eggs are just about set, take them off the heat.
  — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 3 May 2019
• That’s what the outdoors is to me, and that’s what this song is about.
  — Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2018
• Here was the tourist strip just about every first-timer to the city comes to see.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2020
• Had no idea what was about, how to do it, how to do it.
  — cincinnati.com, 28 Jan. 2020
• But the loss of glaciers is about more than rising seas.
  — Time, 5 Jan. 2023
• By the end, no one can even say what the protests are about anymore.
  — Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2021
• Those planes have been back in service in the U.S. for about four years.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
• The slim package will just about cover the palm of your hand.
  — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
• Claus will be out and about on the beach to give away candy canes.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2019
• To Thomas though the tour is about so much more than one album.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021
• My mom is 86, a widow, and doesn’t like to open up about much.
  — Amy Wagner and Steve Sprovach, The Enquirer, 2 June 2022
• Kim notes that the mission of the restaurant is about more than just food.
  — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• The new age of space tourism is just about upon us, and so is the backlash.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 8 June 2021
• The largest one is about fist-size; there are dozens more that are about half as large.
  — oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2022
• It's been about a month since the war in the Middle East erupted on Oct. 7.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2023
• With all hope just about lost, the ship spots them and sends two sailors in a dinghy to scoop them up.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 13 Feb. 2023
• Take a scroll and check out our favorite celebs out and about.
  — Natasha Hatendi, Essence, 29 Aug. 2019
• This is about, in a sense, shedding dead weight in their mind.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2018
• The man faded into the crowd about 10 a.m., the review team found.
  — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
• Intel does have something to cheer about, at least in the short term.
  — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 5 Feb. 2020
• Guess who the first season of that new show Genius is about?
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 9 May 2018
• Bring about 2 quarts of water to a boil in a stockpot over high heat.
  — Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 13 Jan. 2020
• But that is not what this debt ceiling is about right now.
  — NBC News, 19 Sep. 2021
• The officer had been on the job for about three years, Cecile said.
  — Paradise Afshar, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024

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about

2 of 3 preposition

• The South is about all of those things and much, much more.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2020
• The protests were about George Floyd's death, but more than that.
  — Bill Laitner, Freep.com, 14 June 2020
• How about behind the wheel of one of the greatest sports cars of all time?
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2023
• The city approached the state about the site more than a month ago, Rose said.
  — Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2023
• Nobody had a bad word to say about him, and that was very nice to learn.
  — Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 21 May 2021
• This isn’t the first time Daly has shared details about his health.
  — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 16 Sep. 2022
• Maybe the toughest among us can teach us about true strength.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 10 July 2023
• But there are a few key pointers to keep in mind about them.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2020
• But some fans may not know about his behind-the-scenes work.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 22 Jan. 2022
• Talk to me about the power of travel to open hearts and minds.
  — Jacqueline Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2020
• Which, of course, is what the audience loves about her.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2021
• First, with a story about what’s what’s at stake for Louisville.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 19 Nov. 2021
• And what about all the mothers or fathers who want to stay home with kids?
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 May 2021
• Big-time kid, and big-time kids play well in big-time games, there’s no doubt about it.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 Dec. 2022
• But what about the reality of the past year and a half?
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 2 June 2022
• And soon enough, Pegues will think about his own future.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2022
• Chase’s teammates gave him a hard time about it all week.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2022
• Just about all of them include quite a bit of chopping.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
• This does not mean you shouldn’t be concerned about the blight.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2023
• It’s about time, because there’s a real job to be done.
  — WSJ, 21 May 2021
• And what if the movie is about a good deal more than simply scaring us?
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Apr. 2018
• These kicks aren't just for those who are all about that travel life.
  — Brittany Vanderbill, PEOPLE.com, 4 Apr. 2022
• The people who get mad about it are people who just don’t want to think about it.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2023
• After all, many here ask, who has not heard of the case and formed an opinion about it?
  — New York Times, 10 Feb. 2021
• In her caption, Cyrus gushed about her soon-to-be husband.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 26 June 2023
• My cast members and all my friends always rip on me about it.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2021
• Don't worry about the gold and black purse, girl's gotta carry stuff.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 16 Nov. 2022
• Here is more about how that motion works and what happens next.
  — Lindsay Wise, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2023
• All Nonna had to do was give Ariana Grande some advice about love to make history.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
• The investigations come amid concerns about the safety of thousands of U.S. bridges and days after more than two dozen river barges broke loose and struck a closed span in Pittsburgh.
  — Eric Tucker, arkansasonline.com, 16 Apr. 2024

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about

3 of 3 adjective

• As the flight was about to take off, the two kissed for the first time.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 18 Nov. 2021
• But all of that is about to change with a shot in the arm.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 18 Dec. 2020
• Hulman was about to go out for the tipoff to start the game.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 20 May 2021
• Jung Kook is about to bring the fire and set the summer alight!
  — Anna Chan, Billboard, 7 July 2023
• Life has been good for the spat for the last month, but things are about to change.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 2 June 2023
• There are two kinds of men on this beach: the dead, and those about to die.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 5 June 2019
• Things are about to get a lot … busier for us and a lot worse.
  — CBS News, 20 Oct. 2020
• The fan-favorite nuggets are about to get a spicy-spin.
  — Mary Honkus, PEOPLE.com, 25 Aug. 2020
• The two had just seen Rocky, and were about to go dancing.
  — Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2022
• Of course, Keke Palmer isn't about to let a man tell her what to do.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 8 July 2023
• Then Choose the Echo device that's about to get a name change.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
• Bob Odenkirk is about to be an agent of chaos once again.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2023
• Ford’s in-ring life is about to go through more changes.
  — Jay Reddick, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2021
• Yeah, [on] top of that, the kids were about to go to school but both their schools burned down.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2023
• But with men leaving for the war abroad, this was about to change.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2022
• But the fight for land, Kapu said, is about to heat up.
  — Reis Thebault and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2023
• Sign up here to receive an email right as the chat is about to start.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
• That, of course, means spring cleaning is about to be in full swing.
  — Micki Wagner, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2023
• The better deals will come later, when the lawn is clear and the garage door is about to be shut for the night.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
• Yes, the news leaked early, but even still this video is about to go bang.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2023
• Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau are about to find out.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2024
• But that could be about to change—as soon as this weekend.
  — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2020
• Zuiker is about to go to pilot on a talk show and a game show.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Oct. 2022
• Team Flash is about to go to through some very intense times.
  — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2022
• Xi Jinping is about to go on to his third five-year term.
  — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2022
• Jones, taking over at his 25, was about to change that.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2021
• This whole city’s always about to fall apart in some way.
  — Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2022
• That whole Laurel Canyon thing was just about to burst.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2023
• The world, the West, the United States were warning everyone, saying that the war was about to start.
  — TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
• In the exam room, Sam was about to get his first shot of Sublocade, an injection form of buprenorphine that lasts 30 days.
  — Martha Bebinger, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024