How to Use derive in a Sentence

derive

verb

• Much of the book's appeal derives from the personality of its central character.
• The river derives its name from a Native American tribe.
• These restrictions derive from a fear of enraging a certain kind of customer.
  — Will Bedingfield, Wired, 25 Feb. 2022
• Humans draw heavily on concepts and context to derive meaning.
  — Mike Ryan, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• The logic of games is used to gamify functions and derive information that might not have been otherwise volunteered.
  — Ben Egliston, Wired, 1 Feb. 2022
• Jung originally sought to understand how people derive and orient their energies.
  — Cari Shane, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022
• Thrifty individuals derive some pleasure from spending money on themselves.
  — David John Marotta, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
• Things may not be that simple for the real world of CNN+, but the network could derive some inspiration from the scripted story arc.
  — Adario Strange, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2022
• Shareholders will have a duty to advance corporate purpose as well as their right to derive financial benefit from ownership.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 28 Jan. 2022
• Machine learning architectures can now even look at large cosmological data sets and derive a theory of gravity.
  — Quanta Magazine, 23 Feb. 2022
• And in any event, the Gingles factors derive from interpretations of federal statutes, rather than from the Constitution.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 20 Feb. 2022
• The results are untidy and unbalanced, but derive considerable energy from that eccentric approach.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 Jan. 2022
• Much of that peace of mind derived from the black cast on his left hand.
  — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
• The other way derives from the second light source at the rear of the image.
  — Robert E. Gordon, WSJ, 13 July 2018
• His nickname Gator derives from the swimming pool game of the same name.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
• Who among us hasn't felt the pang of longing that derives from the need to create art?
  — chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2017
• Babbitt seemed to derive a sense of mission from the Jan. 6 protest.
  — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2021
• Cow and beef both derive from *gwou-, a PIE root that referred to all things bovine.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2021
• Polyester, one of the most common fibers, is a plastic derived from crude oil.
  — Tatiana Schlossberg, New York Times, 24 May 2017
• These poems were derived as a means of coping in a strange land.
  — Ellen Piligian, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2020
• Some of the embryos were used to derive stem cell lines, which may also help to revive the species.
  — Rebecca Boyle, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2019
• The band's name is derived from the surname of its lead singer, who also writes or cowrites all their songs.
  — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 31 May 2018
• Most of the profits are derived from the state, where the tax burden is not as cumbersome.
  — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2018
• Any Italians protest that tribe derives from tribus, naming the three tribes of Rome?
  — James Fallows, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2017
• San Diego State doesn’t shine in any of the variable stats where favorites derive their edge.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2021
• To bottle this, woody, green notes, derived from Resin Galbanum, were the keys.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 18 June 2024
• The movie’s title, The Kitchen, derives from the community in which the plot revolves around.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 19 Jan. 2024
• Some of his tennis skill set does derive from his mother, and some of it is his own.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2022
• These terms are believed to be derived from the blood of hunting or the changing color of fall leaves.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2024
• Latex Latex mattresses are made of a foam material that can be man-made or derived from rubber trees.
  — Suzy Forman, SELF, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024