How to Use idea in a Sentence

idea

noun

• My idea is to study law.
• He has an idea for a movie.
• Buying the car was a bad idea.
• Whose idea was it to leave so early?
• My idea was that if we left early we could beat the crowd.
• She's always full of new ideas.
• Starting her own business seemed like a good idea at the time, but it turned out badly.
• It's a good idea to talk to people who have actually been there.
• I'm not sure what to do next. Do you have any ideas?
• I have some ideas for redecorating the room.
• Send ideas and tips to [e-mail].
  — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
• Send ideas and tips to [e-mail].
  — The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2024
• Please email ideas to [e-mail] and [e-mail].
  — Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024
• For more present picks, check out all of the best gift ideas of 2024.
  — Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 5 Nov. 2024
• Story tips and ideas can be sent to [e-mail] and on X: @s_rumpfwhitten.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2024
• Yes, Palm Springs is always a good idea, the scenery seems to agree.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2023
• So, too, is having fresh ideas — the more out there the better.
  — Jeff Gage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• Dhillon took an idea of Sanon’s and blended it with one of her own.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 May 2024
• To one politician, the time was ripe for a bold idea: a four-day workweek.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
• In the United States, the very idea of drug rights strikes most lawyers as outlandish.
  — David Pozen, TIME, 25 Apr. 2024
• This whole idea that teenagers barely work now is crazy to me.
  — Jamie Ludwig, Spin, 29 Sep. 2023
• The New Historians looked to break free from old ideas about the events of 1948.
  — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• Best of all, these bathroom tile ideas aren't just for floors.
  — Anna Logan, Country Living, 9 May 2023
• That turns out to be a bad idea, of course, as the serial killer then kills her.
  — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2024
• Check out more stocking stuffers and last-minute gift ideas here.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
• Yes, the eyes are never straight; this is an idea that came from kabuki.
  — Amy Verner, Vogue, 12 June 2023
• In the horse-centric culture of the Pampas, her first idea is to gallop hard.
  — S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
• But again, older children and teens found the seats to be cramped, so that idea went by the wayside, too.
  — Hannah Drown, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
• But in recent weeks, a once-obscure idea has come to the forefront.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• This is not my idea of a president, or a leader, or a man.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024