How to Use cancel in a Sentence

cancel

1 of 2 verb

• The event was canceled at the last minute when the speaker didn't show up.
• My flight was canceled because of the storm.
• The bank canceled my credit card.
• If you subscribe online, you can cancel at any time.
• She canceled her appointment with the dentist.
• We canceled our magazine subscription when we moved.
• I'm sorry, but I have to cancel. Can we meet next week?
• He canceled his insurance policy last month.
• We canceled our dinner reservation.
• To avoid this, cancel and sign in to YouTube on your computer.
  — Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023
• Delta said its Tel Aviv flights have been canceled into this week.
  — Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
• By the time the project was cancelled only a small number of prototypes had been built.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
• Many classes in the district were canceled last week due to the driver shortage.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Migraine isn’t a sign of weakness or an excuse to cancel plans, Dr. Loder says.
  — Alyssa Sparacino, SELF, 19 Mar. 2024
• Martin stepped in at the event after actor Kate Mara had to cancel due to illness.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
• Just because … all the sudden The Chicks were cancelled, don’t make the mistake of thinking their music wasn’t any good.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 7 June 2023
• Tap the left paddle and regen levels increase, but if you so much as tap the brake, the function is canceled.
  — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
• Amid the unrest, the French government canceled large-scale events around the country on Friday.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 1 July 2023
• That movie, which would have been made for Netflix and starred Mads Mikkelsen, was canceled just days before filming was to start in 2019.
  — Dave Itzkoff, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• But, Dead Pixie & Dixie canceled the rest of Randy’s day.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
• The agency has the right to cancel its contract with the staffing agency for noncompliance.
  — Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2023
• Amid the spike in deaths, jail reform advocates called on the city to cancel its contract with Wellpath.
  — Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
• All services can be cancelled before the end of the trial subscription.
  — Mike Rose, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2023
• The severe thunderstorm watch has been canceled locally and will be chopped to our south with time.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• Requires sellers and resellers to refund consumers the full cost of the ticket when events are canceled.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
• The school canceled a graduation ball that had been planned for Tuesday night.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 14 June 2023
• The right-wing network fired Carlson in April and cancelled his program, amid the Dominion fallout.
  — Marshall Cohen, CNN, 30 June 2023
• Tracy alleges the phone call with Tucker is what led to the second visit being canceled.
  — Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
• Springsteen later tests positive for Covid, forcing the singer to cancel his farewell show.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024
• Last month, when senior administration officials traveled to Chicago — the site of this summer's Democratic convention — one of the meetings had to be canceled because local leaders refused to sit down with White House staff.
  — Asma Khalid, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024

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cancel

2 of 2 noun

• Those are the things that are the classic tactics of the cancel culture.
  — Fox News, 15 Jan. 2021
• Leave it to Joe Budden to bring up cancel culture in the first place.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 June 2021
• The 35-year-old star also shared that the scandal taught her a lot about cancel culture.
  — Toyin Owoseje, CNN, 16 July 2021
• Bottom line: For the price, these cancel noise better than most.
  — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 24 June 2021
• What are your thoughts on stand-up comedy in 2022 and the cancel culture?
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2022
• The cancel culture is something that will 100 percent have to be weighed.
  — Chris Lee, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2021
• Most critics of cancel culture tend to come from the Right, but in one instance, the roles were reversed.
  — Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner, 4 Mar. 2021
• My version of cancel culture is just turn it off or change the channel.
  — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2021
• Feinstein isn’t on the ballot this year but the left-wing cancel culture is out to get her.
  — Dan Walters, SFChronicle.com, 26 Oct. 2020
• This is often due to concerns about cancel culture and the fear of being called out.
  — Michelle King, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• So much has been written about cancel culture in the past year that weariness sets in just reading the words.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
• The authors noted the rise of cancel culture, which was due in part to the emergence of the #metoo movement and the start of the Trump presidency.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2022
• Netflix has the lowest churn rate (a term used to describe cancel rates) of any subscriber.
  — Julia Alexander, The Verge, 5 Jan. 2021
• Some held him up as a high-profile victim of cancel culture.
  — Taylor Mooney, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2020
• Alex Levy makes a rambling speech about cancel culture.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
• That would be the case with the slide-cancel, which was effectively erased from the game and garnered the attention of pros Tuesday night.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2021
• Take the overlapping issues of cancel culture and free speech.
  — Frank Bruni New York Times, Star Tribune, 17 June 2021
• Knowland is not an epiphenomenon of cancel culture writ large, a hapless victim of the times.
  — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 4 Dec. 2020
• In the private sector, the tactic of message-sending came to be known as cancel culture.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
• The political class that gave us condiment cancel culture now aims to raise prices across the fast-food menu.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
• The comic weighs in on cancel culture and other hot topics in this stand-up special.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 10 July 2022
• Please do not fall victim to the cancel culture sweeping our nation.
  — Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2020
• The speed at which cancel culture can claim its victims is faster than ever before.
  — Yec, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
• There’s a slide-cancel mechanic that could become prominent in the Cold War.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2020
• Did the Browns cancel practice Sunday because a bunch of team members have the coronavirus?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2020
• Pope Francis isn't a fan of cancel culture, the pontiff declared in a speech at the Vatican on Monday.
  — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 11 Jan. 2022
• For the base, Gosar is suddenly a hero of free speech and the antidote to Democrats' pursuit of cancel culture and wokeness.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 18 Nov. 2021
• Now that she's been famous for some time, Cardi reveals that cancel culture has been taking a toll on her as of late.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 12 Aug. 2020
• The episode seems to almost be looking at cancel culture and what could be next after someone does something wrong.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2022
• In this cancel culture, the sin of being a Republican can't be overlooked.
  — Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024