How to Use enter in a Sentence
enter
verb- The river enters the sea near here.
- Knock on the door before you enter the room.
- The strike has now entered its second week.
- The medication will quickly enter the blood stream.
- The new battleship is scheduled to enter service next spring.
- Our son will be entering college next year.
- We've entered a new phase in our relationship.
- The country is entering a period of prosperity.
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This makes the affected areas appear white, but the white is from air being allowed to enter beneath the nail.
— Taylore Glynn, Allure, 5 Jan. 2023 -
Questions were raised about whether Vanney, who was entering the final year of his contract, was still the right man for the job.
— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024 -
The search for the gunman entered its third day on Dec. 6, and a suspect name hadn't been released by late afternoon.
— Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024 -
The Hardbody was popular enough to enter popular culture in the oddest way.
— Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 5 Jan. 2023 -
He was last seen, via surveillance video, entering Central Park, which is more than 800 acres.
— Juliana Kim, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024 -
That’s how thousands of Florida students enter state universities each year.
— Annie Martin, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2022 -
For months, Jet Airways, once India’s largest private airline, has been aiming to re-enter Indian skies.
— Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 4 Jan. 2023 -
At the same time, the U.S. will establish a parole program for migrants from these countries that will allow some to enter the U.S. legally.
— Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2023 -
The Getty Center minimizes the sense of a looming academic lesson that so many museums convey when visitors enter.
— WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023 -
Or even for those who are about to enter this stage in life.
— Kristine Kwak, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024 -
Moreno entered the race in April, at the start of the second quarter.
— Henry J. Gomez, NBC News, 10 July 2023 -
That friend stayed in the car, while Stanley and the third friend, in his early 20s, entered the store.
— Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024 -
The group also organized around-the-clock staffing in case the bear entered one of the traps.
— Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024 -
As a young man in the 1970s, Skaggs entered the world of bluegrass and got a feel for the genre.
— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2024 -
The same goes for who is allowed to enter the Olympic Village.
— Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024 -
Here's what to know about each raffle and how to enter.
— Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 16 May 2023 -
His daughter was too young to enter the theater, the clerk said.
— Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023 -
To enter, please fill out all of the fields in the form before noon on Thursday, April 6.
— San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2023 -
Of the 40 of us who entered the shelter, only 11 of us survived.
— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2024 -
All who enter receive a gift, and cash prizes will be awarded to the top three.
— John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023 -
Neither has entered a plea and both are set to return to court on Dec. 4.
— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2024 -
Trying to hold the car to 65 mph felt like entering limp mode.
— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 9 Sep. 2024
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