How to Use given in a Sentence

given

1 of 2 adjective

• Those in the study had to assess whether a given face was a threat or not.
  — Helen Shen, Scientific American, 28 June 2018
• There’s no given end date to this sale, so this deal can end at any time.
  — Pcworld Staff, PCWorld, 28 Apr. 2017
• On any given evening in New York City, there are hundreds—maybe thousands?—of events.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 22 June 2017
• At any given moment, there’s a little voice in my head . .
  — Blake Bakkila, Health.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• Gase could call a run or pass designed for either on any given goal-line play.
  — Adam H. Beasley, miamiherald, 26 May 2017
• This is the chaotic scene on any given weekend at Bixby Bridge.
  — Nick Rahaim, SFChronicle.com, 5 July 2019
• But as Venkatesh points out, all the elephants in a given area know the sugar cane is there but only some of them dare to go after it.
  — Justin Mott, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2020
• Never had they been expected to land the top free agent fish of any given summer.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 29 Apr. 2020
• At any given moment, a herd of deer might cross the road in haste, or Highland cattle may decide to take naps in the middle of it.
  — Danielle Bernabe, Fortune, 26 May 2021
• My guess is there’s just a BLE beacon broadcasting that at any given moment that the iPhones pick up on.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 26 Mar. 2021
• At any given moment, a leader will need to leverage their EQ.
  — Jenn Lofgren, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
• Wisconsin works off a quota system that limits the amount of hunters in a given unit each week of the season.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 29 Apr. 2020
• At any given moment, your home office may have a handful of devices that need to be charged over USB.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 27 June 2022
• At any given moment, one of us recognizes the music is right in our wheelhouse and takes charge.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2021
• Trademarks give the holder monopoly rights to a brand in a given market.
  — Washington Post, 31 May 2017
• At any given moment, about 4,000 patients are waiting for a heart.
  — Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2017
• And that’s the most challenging part of assessing this franchise in the given moment.
  — Scott Kushner, NOLA.com, 4 Feb. 2021
• At any given moment, hundreds of gamers are watching graphics card alert livestreams on YouTube and Twitch.
  — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 27 July 2021
• At any given practice, there might be one coach for every player.
  — Ailene Voisin, sacbee, 18 Feb. 2018
• How did the American left—conceived to bring more compassion and justice to the world—become so given to hate?
  — Shelby Steele, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2018
• So much for ideas that have actual culinary merit, or at least the potential to please a few of the people in any given room.
  — al, 4 Apr. 2021
• On any given evening, the average American drifts off to sleep at 11:24 p.m., according to the folks at the smart-alarm clock, Sleep Cycle.
  — Maggie Gordon, Houston Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2017
• At any given moment, there are a million things going on in Avondale.
  — Tara Massouleh, AL.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• In any given arcade, about 75% of total points came from dunks, layups and 3-pointers, the most valuable shots in basketball.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2018
• One of the most disarming aspects of Roberts' vocals always has been her tendency to shy away from the peak notes in any given melody line.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2017
• At any given moment, my garage is loaded with at least a dozen rolls of foil and an assortment of disposable foil pans.
  — Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 23 Nov. 2020
• The report did not specify which agencies took any given view.
  — Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2021
• At any given wedding or patio party, there are so many whiskering about the shoulders.
  — Maggie Lange, The Cut, 28 June 2018
• The deadlines are shorter, the turns are quicker, and at any given moment, an agency-specific bundle of variables can be stacked against you.
  — Maria Orozova, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• These are the iron, fit-to-size cages in which the creatures, about six million of them at any given moment in our country, are kept almost completely immobilized for all of their lives, unable to walk or even turn around.
  — Matthew Scully, National Review, 11 July 2022

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given

2 of 2 noun

• In our system it is a given that all are equal before the law.
• Of that group, Friedrich and Cosart are far from givens to return – at least on major league deals.
  — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• As the second half of the bill will explain, the emotional givens are only part of the equation.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
• Social media is all a curated view, and good taste and judgment aren’t, let’s say, givens.
  — Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 17 May 2017
• The school has a very active group of parents and emphasizes science and technology — things that are not givens in many city schools.
  — Kristen A. Graham, Philly.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• Although people are born with some biological givens, the brain has many blank pages.
  — Rob Verger, Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2014
• Getty There are a few givens in the life of a professional tennis player: constant training, a calorie-pinching diet, and global travel for 11 months out of the year.
  — Jeryl Lippe, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2018
• And though both are givens in fashion drops around their respective season, corduroy still hasn't totally shed its nostalgic veneer.
  — Ana Colón, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2018
• Those are givens – magnets for homebuyers looking to raise families in a pleasant environment.
  — Theresa Walker, Orange County Register, 15 May 2017
• In our system it is a given that all are equal before the law.
• Of that group, Friedrich and Cosart are far from givens to return – at least on major league deals.
  — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• As the second half of the bill will explain, the emotional givens are only part of the equation.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
• Social media is all a curated view, and good taste and judgment aren’t, let’s say, givens.
  — Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 17 May 2017
• The school has a very active group of parents and emphasizes science and technology — things that are not givens in many city schools.
  — Kristen A. Graham, Philly.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• Although people are born with some biological givens, the brain has many blank pages.
  — Rob Verger, Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2014
• Getty There are a few givens in the life of a professional tennis player: constant training, a calorie-pinching diet, and global travel for 11 months out of the year.
  — Jeryl Lippe, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2018
• And though both are givens in fashion drops around their respective season, corduroy still hasn't totally shed its nostalgic veneer.
  — Ana Colón, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2018
• Those are givens – magnets for homebuyers looking to raise families in a pleasant environment.
  — Theresa Walker, Orange County Register, 15 May 2017
• In our system it is a given that all are equal before the law.
• Of that group, Friedrich and Cosart are far from givens to return – at least on major league deals.
  — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• As the second half of the bill will explain, the emotional givens are only part of the equation.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
• Social media is all a curated view, and good taste and judgment aren’t, let’s say, givens.
  — Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 17 May 2017
• The school has a very active group of parents and emphasizes science and technology — things that are not givens in many city schools.
  — Kristen A. Graham, Philly.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• Although people are born with some biological givens, the brain has many blank pages.
  — Rob Verger, Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2014
• Getty There are a few givens in the life of a professional tennis player: constant training, a calorie-pinching diet, and global travel for 11 months out of the year.
  — Jeryl Lippe, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2018
• And though both are givens in fashion drops around their respective season, corduroy still hasn't totally shed its nostalgic veneer.
  — Ana Colón, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2018
• Those are givens – magnets for homebuyers looking to raise families in a pleasant environment.
  — Theresa Walker, Orange County Register, 15 May 2017

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