How to Use apprise in a Sentence

apprise

verb
  • But the viewer has been apprised in the first ten minutes that these deaths are linked to oil and Hale.
    Hazlitt, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Like the time that Trump tried to apprise the media of his nickname for the adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
    Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021
  • My main job was to pay for the food and keep senior management apprised of any issues.
    Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics, 27 Dec. 2019
  • There’s no night vision display, but lights and sounds will keep the driver apprised.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The lawsuit was dropped after the hotel's lawyer struggled to serve Johnson with the complaint and failed to apprise the court of his efforts to do so.
    Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Mason addressed Harsin and the team on Friday to apprise them of the situation.
    Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al, 22 Jan. 2022
  • One of the women connected with a 911 dispatcher, who via silent texts apprised the group of the gunman’s actions.
    Alexandra Rockey Fleming, PEOPLE.com, 6 June 2019
  • Smart was apprised of that tidbit during his appearance in the main media room.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 22 July 2023
  • Because of Hagelin's ties to the country, Sweden had been kept apprised of the operation since its outset.
    Greg Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Parks and Rec plans to keep the community apprised of its timeline for rebuilding the playground.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Flashbacks spanning decades apprise us of the voracious malevolence that has plagued the house.
    Tom Nolan, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Her sister had kept her apprised of everyone’s stances.
    Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • But the euphoria quickly dissipated once they were apprised of the scale of the recent attacks on U.S. soil.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
  • The judge directed defense lawyers to apprise him of any new potential conflicts that arise.
    Larry Neumeister, The Seattle Times, 1 June 2017
  • This keeps them apprised of new trends, opportunities, and risks.
    Tima Bansal, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Use tools like Feedly to keep apprised of what's happening in your industry.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But, clearly, there is a long way to go so that everyone is apprised of how much help the organization has to offer.
    Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Hancock-Whitney has kept customers apprised of changes on its website.
    Greg Larose, NOLA.com, 3 July 2017
  • The Attorney General's office has agreed to keep her office apprised as the process moves forward.
    Courant Community, 27 Mar. 2018
  • But to ensure the family of three — which includes their daughter, 10-year-old Brooklyn — is apprised of all the home’s goings-on, the LeBlancs have installed Control4, a high-tech, smart home system.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Players have always complimented Green on his attempts to keep them apprised of their roles.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Members of the club were apprised of the decision in an email Tuesday night from Riviera chief executive Megan Watanabe.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023
  • As Kesha’s team sought to renegotiate her contract with Gottwald in 2012, leaders of Vector kept Azoff apprised of their progress, or lack thereof.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Singh reportedly writes to union home minister, Amit Shah, apprising him of the showdown.
    Kuwar Singh, Quartz India, 24 Nov. 2019
  • The city hosted several outreach meetings last year to apprise residents of its plan.
    Julia Baum, The Mercury News, 4 May 2017
  • An OpenAI investor, who spoke with me on condition of anonymity, said that investors were not apprised of the developments.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Undoubtedly, when fully apprised, the legal system — and the public — will agree.
    Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Morrison, a longtime resident and the mother of a firefighter who has kept her apprised of the damage, spoke from an East Coast airport Wednesday.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Thanks to, among other services, TinyLetter, a division of the email marketer MailChimp, people who want to apprise a subscriber base of their thoughts and goings-on have a new, straight-to-inbox outlet.
    Teddy Wayne, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2016
  • Other senior Vatican officials who signed off on the London deal were never indicted, and the pope had been previously apprised of the transaction.
    Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023

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