How to Use dime in a Sentence

dime

noun

• Both of your cochlea would fit on the face of a dime with room to spare.
  — Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2022
• Morgan was now flying solo and had spent every last dime.
  — Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
• Pretty much all studio productions all over were stopped on a dime.
  — Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024
• There’s a feeling of fragility, like getting a bad health diagnosis where your world turns on a dime.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2022
• Even still, florists need to step up, and not clean their coolers out on your dime, or substitute carnations for roses.
  — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Dec. 2021
• The piece switches from quasi-reality to theatrical on a dime.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 27 Jan. 2022
• Also found were a Confederate flag etched in wood and an 1883 dime that was stuck to the cover of a bible.
  — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2021
• On a dime, Shauna reverts to a sunny, mild-mannered suburbanite, flashing the server a smile.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2022
• But market sentiment has shifted firmly back into bull mode lately, with emotions seemingly changing on a dime.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 3 Jan. 2022
• The stocked trout bite well on colorful dime-sized balls of Power Bait dough, a waxworm or two on a small marabou jig, or tube jigs and smaller spoons and spinners.
  — cleveland, 30 Dec. 2021
• This means recruiters seek applicants with an entrepreneurial mindset, who can turn on a dime and have the soft skills to build team cohesiveness in times of constant change.
  — Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
• With more than 60 breweries in the Greater Cincinnati region, seasonal beers can become a bit of a dime a dozen around the holidays.
  — Brooks Sutherland, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2022
• Every team plays a nickel and dime personnel, which allows Kenny Moore II to thrive in the slot position.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Jan. 2022
• After air-balling his first shot of the fourth, Irving showed off his elite start-stop ability, accelerating to the free throw line, stopping on a dime and pulling up for a jumper, putting the Nets up three.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2022
• Veils and hoods were a dime a dozen at the awards show.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
• Think George and Leonard would like some of those dimes?
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• The unit can turn on a dime to mow clean and straight 42-inch widths of lawn at a time.
  — Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2022
• Scheffler stopped his ball on a dime, three feet short of the hole.
  — The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
• This trader could be right 80% of the time and never make a dime.
  — Ryan Pannell, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
• The Good Nurse – True-crime dramas are a dime a dozen these days.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2022
• The state’s supreme court just ended union time on your dime.
  — Jon Riches, National Review, 16 Aug. 2024
• That’s a great match for the way musicals can change on a dime.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
• There are a lot of very wealthy people who choose not to share a dime of it.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2023
• Start with my guide to WiFi fixes that don’t cost a dime.
  — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
• The city, according to the records, hasn’t paid a dime to any of those drivers.
  — Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024
• Ford and Gildea told Arnold someone had dropped a dime on him.
  — Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
• In a world where wildlife docs are a dime a dozen, this niche focus stands out from the herd.
  — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
• Red, round chiltepín peppers, the size of a dime, have already come in.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
• Shead then stopped on a dime off the drive, and was able to create enough space to get off a clean shot at the buzzer.
  — Josh Criswell, Chron, 5 Mar. 2023
• And in many of these cases, these children don’t see a dime.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024