How to Use dart in a Sentence

dart

1 of 2 noun

• He was hit with a poisoned dart.
• Her favorite game is darts.
• The bullpen still has a throw-a-dart-and-hope-for-the-best feeling.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2022
• Through the mess of my note-taking my eyes dart back and forth.
  — Kole Fulmine, refinery29.com, 20 July 2022
• The Chug Bug can spit, dart, chug, walk-the-dog, and of course, rattle, in the water.
  — Mark Modoski, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• There are a few reasons why the dart throw might be worth it.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
• Backed up to its own 1-yard line, Allen threw a dart to Davis for a first down.
  — Dave Skretta, ajc, 17 Oct. 2022
• There’s no point in just throwing a dart at a list of stocks and hoping for the best.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022
• The teams try to shoot opponents with foam darts to earn points.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2023
• One of them will stick the other with the love dart and that injects an enzyme.
  — Clarissa Cruz, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2022
• Penn didn’t just throw a dart against a calendar to choose a night for the book signing.
  — Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2022
• Stafford threw a dart over the middle but Nacua, who was double-covered, couldn’t come down with the catch.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
• The 69-yarder was a deep, arcing pass to Sebro and the 7-yarder an outside dart to Ryan Weinberg.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022
• Patrons could throw darts, play billiards or watch a local sports game on the TV above the bar.
  — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2024
• On the next play, Bryce Young threw a dart to Jermaine Burton for a 19-yard touchdown.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 12 Nov. 2022
• The atlatl measured a little more than a foot and a half long, and the darts were between about 2 feet to 2 and a half feet long.
  — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
• The underrated highlight of the drive, though, was the 14-yard dart to Jaleel Billingsley on 4th-and-7.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 23 Aug. 2022
• Cap guns, dart guns and even water pistols are bad news.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2022
• And in an instant, the tranquilizer dart flew through the air and landed with force in the bear’s rear right thigh.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• And Hooker threw a dart to Princeton Fant for a 41-yard scoring strike.
  — Adam Sparks, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2022
• Jake Fraley played the ball well off the wall, shortstop Farmer tossed a dart to the plate and Garcia caught the ball on a short hop and applied the tag.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2022
• Shad darts have a conical body and a sharp sloping face.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• The only other shot the Bears hit down the field was a play-action rollout dart to tight end Trevon Wesco for a gain of 23.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
• Facebook The low-key bar was known for its games like shuffleboard, Skee-Ball, pool and darts.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2023
• The setup team might not be throwing darts, but sometimes the players are.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
• To use, your child simply needs to load three darts onto the top of the hammer and press the button on the handle to release them.
  — Tanya Edwards, Parents, 4 Oct. 2023
• The ability to juke a blitzing cornerback, sprint right and toss an on-the-move, sidearm dart?
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Dec. 2022
• And a 16-year-old darts player captures the world’s attention.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Jan. 2024
• The background Littler grew up in the Merseyside town of St Helen's, and joined the local darts academy at the age of nine.
  — Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 3 Jan. 2024
• All six pass attempts were completions, including the 19-yard dart in-between defenders to Jalen McMillan for the score.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024

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dart

2 of 2 verb

• We saw a deer dart across the road.
• The frog darted its tongue at a fly.
• The fish darted from the bottom of the pool in a silver flash, and the rod jumped.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 27 May 2020
• Talon darted into the crate — and back to the safety of their home.
  — Lisa Bloch, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
• As his eyes dart back and forth, a young man walks over to pee on the giant bush.
  — Vulture, 8 May 2023
• The strong scent of wild thyme and sage hung in the air, and reddish brown lizards darted among crevices in the walls.
  — Nick Romeo, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
• Bond found room in the middle of the field and darted from left to right to get into the end zone.
  — Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• Slight of build, with short cropped hair, Flores darted back and forth at the front of a stage.
  — José De Córdoba, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2023
• In the summer, children run around the space, darting between the swings and the playground.
  — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 15 Jan. 2024
• In the wild, these birds dart from flower to flower in search of nectar.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2021
• The welt, said Vargas’ source, was from an elephant gun — the kind used at zoos to dart big game.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
• A dozen pairs of eyes dart back and forth, giving concerned looks.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2020
• The sky is silvery blue, and birds dart low across our wake, swooping for fish.
  — Trish Lorenz, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2020
• In the scene, the camera zooms in on Corrin's shy face as her eyes dart away and back and smiles coyly.
  — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 20 Nov. 2020
• In the dead of winter, a tiny chihuahua darts out of a suburban home.
  — Julia Daye, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
• The occasional twitch of the rod tip will cause these lures to dart to one side or the other.
  — Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
• McVey couldn’t dart her in the optimal spot – the neck – because of the lid, so opted for her rump.
  — Karen Chávez, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2022
• My eyes would dart between words like the fruit flies sussing out the peaches and plums in my kitchen.
  — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2020
• About then, the eyes of the Angels flanking Sliwa began to dart to their right.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• The 10-year Treasury yield has darted toward some of the highest levels of the past decade.
  — WSJ, 15 Aug. 2023
• Beason, who was inches away, screamed and darted to the side.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
• Stockli darts in with a chainsaw to clear branches and brush.
  — Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
• My uncle lasted seven months, most of it on the run, darting from one safe house to the next.
  — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Work the rod quickly, and the Stick Shadd gets a mind of its own, darting up, down and side-to-side like a panicked baitfish.
  — Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
• The running back could dart into the Heisman Trophy race by halftime of the first game.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2022
• As the boat rocked, Warren and Hamilton huddled and came to a decision: The gusts were too great to dart #3629.
  — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022
• The Duchy of Lancaster is as slippery as some of the salmon which dart up the river on one of its country grounds.
  — David McClure, Town & Country, 26 Sep. 2020
• Whenever a customer entered, the stray would dart into the store and head straight to the toy section.
  — James Lileks, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
• His eyes dart around the room — kettle, phone, dad, kettle, dad, phone, kettle.
  — Gabriel Rom, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022
• About a mile from her home, a neighbor’s Border Collie darted in front of her vehicle.
  — Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024