How to Use alphabet in a Sentence

alphabet

noun
  • Nine letters of the Greek alphabet have been used to name storms this season.
    Paola Pérez, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • In a bare room, students seated on the floor recite the alphabet.
    Eileen Ng, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Four of the 12 US named storms were from the Greek alphabet.
    Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Nine Greek alphabet letters have been used, up to Iota.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Diagrams of the alphabet and solar system are taped to the beige stucco wall.
    Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Julian learned the alphabet and could count to 20 in English and Spanish.
    Melanie Asmar, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Numbers and the alphabet stamped on license plates inform Edgar Fischel’s life.
    Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 29 Nov. 2020
  • Caitlin Devan, 35, and her husband rely on an alphabet game to entertain their kids on road trips.
    Maressa Brown, SELF, 30 Nov. 2020
  • When 6-year-old Sam White recites the alphabet there is a beat and a message about possibilities.
    NBC News, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Then for only the second time in history, the Greek alphabet was used for the remainder of the season as Alpha formed the same day.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2020
  • The Greek alphabet storms alone produced enough ACE equal to that of a normal hurricane season.
    Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Iota's name marks the deepest the NHC has ever gotten into the Greek alphabet during one storm season.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2020
  • Forecasters had to go to the Greek alphabet for storm names for only the second time in history after burning through the regular list in September.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Its name comes from the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet.
    John Wayne Ferguson, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Some of you may have names that start with letters near the end of the alphabet.
    Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Rather, it is known as delta, the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet.
    Vimal Patel, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Watch Haim sing through the alphabet on Sesame Street above.
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 11 May 2023
  • If the Atlantic basin comes near that mark again the Greek alphabet won’t be used.
    Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 21 May 2021
  • By the end of the year, Julie taught the child the alphabet, how to type their name on a computer and sound out some small words.
    Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The omicron variant shares a name with the 15th letter in the Greek alphabet.
    Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2021
  • In classrooms, teachers used to have a poster with the alphabet.
    Jillian Kramer, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The second half of the alphabet will start back on Thursday.
    Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2021
  • There were so many storms that the Greek alphabet had to be used to name all of the storms for only the second time on record.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 1 June 2021
  • If there are more than 21 storms in a season, the names transition to the Greek alphabet.
    Angela Fritz, CNN, 1 June 2023
  • Then Chris [Kenopic], the guy who plays our father, was the one who would teach us the whole alphabet and other signs.
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The Cyrillic script, like the Roman one, has its origins in the Greek alphabet.
    The Economist, 8 May 2021
  • If the 24 letters in the Greek alphabet have been used up, WHO will move to a new naming system.
    Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 2 June 2021
  • One way to think about it is to picture peptides as the letters of an alphabet that are the building blocks of all the words in a book.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2023
  • This initial necklace is set in 14-karat gold and comes in all letters of the alphabet.
    Ellen McAlpine, Good Housekeeping, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The result is 27 pages, each featuring a letter of the Yup’ik alphabet and illustrations celebrating Yup’ik culture and heritage.
    Julie Depenbrock, NPR, 4 Sep. 2024

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