How to Use be in a Sentence

be

verb
  • Keeping the costs down There are a few further ways to help ease the costs in the long-term.
    Amber Middleton, Fortune Europe, 13 Oct. 2024
  • There are not going to be any easy games left and only one team can raise the trophy at the end of the season.
    oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Then, of course, there is the mess with Jackson, who is set to be a free agent on March 15.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
  • There are many layers of shame that come from the unfair judgments people make about the severely obese.
    Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
  • No matter what Great Aunt Glinda says, there are certain things that just need to go.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2024
  • There are only a few vessels in the world, for example, that can lay the underwater cables.
    Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2024
  • There is clearly an enthusiasm among the two neighbors to be the first destinations of Charles's reign.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Luckily, today there are many simple and convenient ways to purify water from running streams and lakes along the trail.
    Jen Ator, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Recommendations from former co-workers and mentors can help in plotting a future career move, but there are other ways to be helpful, too.
    Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2023
  • There is no maximum number of entries a user can accrue and all bets must be placed between March 2 and March 26.
    Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • There is no sound reason that drumming must be either simple and rudimental, or oozing technique and virtuosity, with no middle ground.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The sheriff's office has a website where there's a contact form request option which can be submitted by anyone, according to the affidavit.
    Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Camping is popular with fans at Louder Than Life and all options have already sold out, there is a waiting list that can be accessed on the festival website.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2023
  • If travelers do come to rely more on generative AI chatbots, there is also concern about what could be lost if the voices of experts and locals become less central.
    Jd Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2023
  • But once again, there is a new Ford Capri in the world.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 13 July 2024
  • There wasn't much offense from the Reds for most of the night.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 3 May 2023
  • Looking over the rack, there were more and more things to like.
    Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
  • There were five people in the group: four adults and the toddler.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • How can the stuff of stones and bones also be the stuff of thought?
    Julian Baggini, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2021
  • So there were nine months of casting all over the world.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
  • This seemed to get under the skin of the powers that be in Long Lake.
    Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2021
  • At the same time, we’re supposed to be a nation of laws.
    Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Two weeks later, there was no longer any need to keep up the act.
    Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Will Britain’s winter be mild and wet, or cold and dry?
    Denise Roland, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Put that in the article, so the powers that be can read it.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Yet the powers that be still refuse to throw Dexter Jettster a cameo.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 4 Jan. 2023
  • And when there are more, there will be more recognition of the rules.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
  • If there were ever a year to subscribe to the Dave’s Picks series, 2024 is the year.
    Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2024
  • There is no shame in growing and learning along the way.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Or have the five best non-playoff teams be in a lottery for the first five picks.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021

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