How to Use argument in a Sentence

argument

noun

• Don't you want to hear both sides of the argument?
• Let us accept, for the sake of argument, that she is right.
• I don't want to hear any arguments about whether you'll go.
• There were many arguments about the new design.
• They settled an argument that started in class.
• The committee presented strong arguments against building a new school.
• His argument did not convince his opponents.
• They made a compelling argument for our participation.
• They were always getting into arguments about politics.
• Police said the friends had a verbal argument that turned physical.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 10 Feb. 2023
• The shooting was reportedly over a dice game that ended in an argument.
  — Vulture, 5 Feb. 2023
• Many other readers simply thought that the argument was beneath notice.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
• Each of you is so entrenched in your positions—and so sure of your convictions—that the most likely outcome is an argument.
  — Byclaudia Lopez Lloreda, science.org, 31 Jan. 2023
• The city said the argument was irrelevant in light of the home being built in 1940.
  — Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2023
• Why is this same argument not true for police whose responsibility is to protect and serve?
  — WSJ, 7 Feb. 2023
• The way some Americans were shopping online in the aftermath of the election bolsters that argument.
  — Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
• One argument is that countries may have different information from their opponents.
  — Carla Martinez MacHain, The Conversation, 8 Feb. 2023
• This is the most convincing argument yet that The Last of Us is a show about humans first, and gory creatures a very, very distant second.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2023
• On the other, the argument that reducing poverty in America would increase student achievement.
  — Peter Greene, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
• Another ploy to spook women against soy is the bogus argument that soy causes calcium deficiencies and promotes osteoporosis.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 27 Jan. 2023
• These arguments go around and around, like the hands on a watch.
  — Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
• But that argument might not hold much weight in a court of law.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• To me, the instinct is never to try to win the argument.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
• There’s an argument to be made that the very best time to arrive at the Dolomites is at night.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2023
• The case out of Colorado is set for oral arguments on Feb. 8.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
• The justices on Tuesday will hear arguments in the case.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
• The arguments made in favor of him now are only that Biden is worse.
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 2 Nov. 2023
• Paid subscribers were able to see more of his argument ahead of the filing.
  — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
• On Tuesday, the court will hear arguments in a major test of the 2nd Amendment.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• Morat has little time for arguments about what punk is and isn’t.
  — Brett Martin, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024