How to Use instance in a Sentence

instance

noun
  • They have decided not to oppose the decision in this instance.
  • In most instances the disease can be controlled by medication.
  • These delays are just another instance of bureaucratic inefficiency.
  • In this instance, in their judgment, the contact did not rise to the level of a foul.
    Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
  • This isn’t the first instance of the two companies clashing in court.
    Mia Sato, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023
  • There were instances in which a passerby threw an egg and poured a cup of urine on workers.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The most recent instance was a month ago — courtesy of a younger couple.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
  • And these instances harm Google’s public image and trust amongst users as well.
    John Hall, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
  • In some instances, women who refused to do so lost their parental rights.
    Shoshana Walter, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • In one instance, the cat will encounter an artist staring at a blank canvas.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • In one instance, a school was set on fire; in another, a mosque was ransacked.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • These haven’t been the first instances of nations dipping a toe into the mesopelagic.
    WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
  • In some instances, cities will auction off cars that have been sitting in lots too long unclaimed.
    Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In one instance, Wallace witnessed a crash when a car cut over the divider in front of a semi, which hit it broadside.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
  • In this instance, the Dodgers will have to pay Orix $50.6 million, Passan reported.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • In some instances, brows were laid flat (ie: brow blocked) using a glue stick or special effects glue.
    Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The Prince and Princess of Wales are known to clear their calendars when their kids are off from school, and this instance is likely no different.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
  • In the first weeks of school in the fall, central Indiana County saw more than half a dozen instances of students bringing weapons to school.
    Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
  • There are no verified instances of orcas killing humans in the wild.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
  • In some instances, scar tissue after a heart attack can cause changes to one’s heartbeat.
    Christopher Desimone, M.d., Ph.d. Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • McHale went on to describe an instance in which outside viewers were dumbfounded by the cast’s jokes.
    Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
  • On and on it went, with as many as five or more instances of plagiarism in every single sermon.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In many instances, the migrants are finding ways to cook their own food in their rooms, records and interviews indicate.
    Jay Root, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Even so, there are instances when the drug is not effective in clearing an infection.
    Jenny Sweigard, Verywell Health, 16 Nov. 2023
  • But that line is moving farther and farther up the mountain, and this disease is being transmitted all the way to the top of the mountain in some instances.
    Catrin Einhorn Thea Traff, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • In one instance, a white employee told a Black employee that Black people are lazy, the lawsuit says.
    Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • In this instance, Meghan styled the brand's paperbag trousers with a coordinating silk trench coat and classic beige pumps.
    Jennifer Chan, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • In one instance, the chapter helped to get a Black principal hired at a predominantly Black school in Harlem.
    Keisha N. Blain, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
  • In general, deer catch EHD while livestock catch blue tongue, but deer can also contract blue tongue in rare instances.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Backgrounds look soft with few distractions in most instances, though a more characterful, busy look emerges for scenes with bright specular highlights.
    PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024

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