How to Use choose in a Sentence

choose

verb
  • Which shirt would you choose?
  • They chose her as the team captain.
  • She was chosen from a long list of people.
  • We've chosen a different time to go.
  • He was chosen because he's qualified for the job.
  • You can choose from among a number of alternatives.
  • He chose his words carefully.
  • How do I choose when there's so much available?
  • The political party chose a leader.
  • Let everyone choose for themselves.
  • There are lots of different shapes of vases to choose from.
    Hannah Baker, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Luckily, with an 80-bottle deep sake list, there’s plenty to choose from.
    Lilit Marcus, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The best dressed stars of the week were those who leaned in on gala dressing—choosing looks that were formal in feel, yet entirely fresh.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Each day of the week, Crazee Burger has a different burger combo to choose from.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Or, choose to install stained glass windows to interior doors in your home like the door to your pantry, or closet, or sunroom.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The kind of evolution, perhaps, that might make a man facing his own end choose a word that still carries a lot of power — even in today's swearing, streaming world.
    Ted Anthony, ajc, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The kind of evolution, perhaps, that might make a man facing his own end choose a word that still carries a lot of power — even in today’s swearing, streaming world.
    Ted Anthony, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Spirit's website has an easy filter where travelers can choose their home airport, and even maximum budget, to find flight options available to them.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
  • While the service streams to phones and other smart devices, its pitch of commercial-free radio with a wide variety of channels to choose from is more tailored to commuters.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2023
  • MrBeast chose to respond to an aggregated news account, DramaAlert, to defend the product, and has stayed silent since.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Still, the rollback law did give the Fed the right to choose to apply the regulations to particular banks with at least $100 billion in assets.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Congress can shore up the program by cutting benefits, raising taxes or choosing a combination of the two, but so far politicians haven’t shown any resolve to make these hard decisions.
    Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The upshot: The central bank could choose to stay the course on rate hikes as a sign of confidence in its policy measures and of its unremitting commitment to lower inflation.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Lawmakers could choose to lower that requirement on a case-by-case basis, depending on a parking survey that examines the current availability of on-street parking.
    Teo Armus, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Make that list of goals, then choose two to three self-care items.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Plus, there are a plethora of scents to choose from to match your mood.
    Nerisha Penrose, elle.com, 2 June 2023
  • The glass comes in two colors, a subtle lilac and a rose pink, to choose between.
    Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Chris chooses not to use his but has never banned chairs from the set.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • God doesn’t choose to forgive, or to love; God is mercy, and love.
    Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
  • So, choose your favorites for your home while sales are live and prices start at less than $15.
    Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2023

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