How to Use get in a Sentence

get

1 of 2 verb

• It took us a while to get a taxi.
• She hasn't been able to get a job.
• I got a letter from my lawyer.
• She got a phone call from her sister.
• It took us a while to get the waiter's attention.
• Did you get my message?
• You need to get your mother's permission to go.
• I never did get an answer to my question.
• He got a new bicycle for his birthday.
• If you want to be successful you need to get a good education.
• The Neuralink patient is far from the first to get a BCI.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2024
• In the case of Vivek, what better place to get your name well known?
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 13 June 2023
• There wasn’t throw the ball in the post and get any production.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
• There needs to be something to fall back on when times get tough.
  — Dr Byron Cole, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• There is no timeline for getting over the loss of a child.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2024
• Scroll on to shop our top picks from the sale, or hit the button below to get right to it.
  — Micki Wagner, Popular Mechanics, 18 May 2023
• It’s always been such a blast and an honor to get to play Sidney in the ‘Scream’ movies.
  — Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 4 May 2024
• Older writers would get rough or chase the younger kids.
  — Matt Thompson, Spin, 26 Sep. 2023
• This year, Good Energy will get a chance to measure the impact of the show.
  — Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
• Arnold Schwarzenegger and his pet pig are getting their steps in!
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
• Alex … got a very good paycheck off of my brother's death.
  — Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2023
• But as the old saying goes, when white people get a cold, Black people get the flu.
  — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• The dummy still submarined under the rear lap belt and its head got close to the front seatback.
  — Andrew Beckford, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
• And…you’ve got to be in the Arctic and bits of the Arctic are melting in specific places.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 19 Aug. 2023
• Starting next year, dozens of birds will be getting new names.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
• But Shaq got fouled every play ... and Shaq fouled every play.
  — Shane Young, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• Here are a few good examples: Is there a way to get children to clean up their toys?
  — Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• In fact, many minutes of the film are spent talking about the ongoing schemes to get him into the room.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 29 Jan. 2024
• Things get worse when Olfa falls for a new lover—one who soon takes advantage of the girls, too.
  — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2024
• Once main-entrance staffers finally did manage to get to moving fans through and inside at a good clip, the band had nearly finished its half-hour set.
  — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2024

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get

2 of 2 noun

• The guys that practice the most play the least, and the guys that don’t practice the most get to play.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
• There’s a number of other things, but at the end of the day this is a get to and not a got to.
  — Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2023
• Kicking off the first night of the draft with Biles and Aly Raisman on stage would be a gold-medal get.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2023
• Right from the get go, the brass blares cacophonously while shrieking winds fly up and down.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
• Bryan is a massive get for the festival, now in its ninth year.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2023
• The flounciness of the get-ups worn by the female Evers has to be seen to be disbelieved.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
• Haley showed up in a full nurse’s get-up with smock and plastic stethoscope.
  — Sherry Mendelson, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
• David Alan Grier kicked off his fill-in slot with a little get-to-know-you segment.
  — Vulture, 11 Aug. 2022
• That had to be Fowler’s get-up for the Tuesday night pre-tournament party.
  — Adam Schupak, The Arizona Republic, 7 Feb. 2022
• With the Crimson Tide potentially losing a few safeties, this is a huge get for the Tide.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 21 Dec. 2022
• Michigan State football has reeled in its first big get for the recruiting class of 2024.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2023
• Paul never planned for the get-up to be worn outside the station, but suddenly a call came through.
  — Lilly Price, baltimoresun.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• This can include jumps with weighted balls, sprawls, and Turkish get-ups.
  — Women's Health, 21 Feb. 2023
• From the get, the young FBI trainee defies expectations.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2023
• On the football side of things, this isn’t huge, but adding Arizona’s basketball program would be a huge get for the Big 12.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2023
• Oh, and members of Detroit hardcore outfit The Armed crowd-surfed adorned in a mix of shirtless and clown-face-paint get-ups.
  — Dora Segall, SPIN, 20 July 2022
• Kaufman's reminds us of the impact Conrad had on Belly from the get go in Season 1.
  — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 13 July 2023
• And then our big picture is always…the big get is Beyoncé.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 Nov. 2023
• This battle-ready get-up couldn't have come with a better pair than this wet-look, low ponytail, and subtle makeup.
  — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 2 May 2022
• Take a peek below at our picks for the best party streamers and liven up your get together.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 26 Feb. 2021
• He’s also seen riders on their own get stuck, unable to get out, or riders that break off from their party and get lost on their own.
  — Brett French, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Rao’s, which originated from the popular Italian restaurant in New York of the same name, was a big get for Campbell’s.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
• Does Yo-Yo get to live that happily ever after in Memphis?
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 24 July 2023
• Others who were at this get together must have felt the same awe, watching a master do something few, if any artists could manage.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• The drama ran for one season and was a high-profile get for ABC when it was first announced in 2021, due to its Oscar-winning talent attached.
  — Joe Otterson, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023
• The photo's foreground features a get well soon note with crayon hearts signed by the couple's older daughter Helen, 5.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• Playing all of the male characters — husbands, door-to-door salesmen, pitchmen on the salon TV — Michael Oloyede gets his own share of remarkable get-ups.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• Aside from basketball and painting, he's tried his hand at martial arts, posing for a photo with his mom in matching martial arts get-ups.
  — Ellie Beeck, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2023
• This one from Homary boasts a low headboard and subtle spherical feet, giving it a glamorous edge and the perfect get for a feminine-forward space.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 22 Dec. 2022
• Casting K-pop superstar Jennie of Blackpink was the biggest get for Levinson.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024