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.
  • 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
  • The league might choose not to expand again in the near future, according to the report.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Underlying all this is the freedom to choose where to go, when to go, and whom to go with.
    Richard Morrison, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Rap artists should not have to choose between their First and Sixth Amendment rights.
    Priya Chaudhry, Billboard, 1 July 2024
  • This book portrays a woman’s journey to find her place in the world and to choose for herself for the first time.
    Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • Guests can choose between pan-fried or steamed dumplings with a light drizzle of chili sauce.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2024
  • So Moss, confident enough in himself, chose to take the coach at his word.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Schiff’s ad maker couldn’t have chosen a worse clip of her.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Biden chose to stand for office again, with Donald Trump knocking on the door.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 July 2024
  • In 2020, the city was chosen to host the DNC, but the in-person elements of the event were canceled due to the pandemic.
    Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 July 2024
  • Whether or not you are chosen for a loan will be based purely on luck — and your parents.
    Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
  • There are three options to choose from: dim, medium, and bright (default).
    Tom Warren, The Verge, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Ask him which plants work well in the bedroom, how to care for succulents and how to choose plants that are cat-friendly.
    Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
  • The Wings can choose between their own or Boston's first-round pick, which is from the Bertuzzi trade and top-10 protected.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2023
  • But in the end, who could criticize her for wanting the freedom to choose that troubled bargain for herself?
    Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2024
  • If the choice was between doing without and mailing a check to a publisher in New York City (publishers, stupidly, did not have warehouses in the middle of the country), many people probably chose to do without.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024

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