How to Use major in in a Sentence

major in

phrasal verb

• Hisham’s love for it had moved Tahseen to major in the same.
  — Rozina Ali, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• Noni was white, a Jew from a small town in Iowa who’d majored in fine arts.
  — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2023
• Priya Krishna wrote about menus as a French major in college.
  — Terence McGinley, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
• Amherst will be the first liberal arts college in the country with its own major in the field.
  — Pawan Dhingra, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
• The groom is a helicopter pilot major in the Royal Brunei Air Force — and the wedding isn’t over just yet.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
• Maayan, a major in the unit whose last name the IDF said cannot be published for security reasons, said searches of the tunnels have so far yielded no sign of the hostages.
  — NBC News, 6 Nov. 2023
• Minjee Lee will seek to defend her title at the longest-running major in women's golf.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
• At Iowa State, Trice majored in animal husbandry and competed on both the freshman track and football teams.
  — Joshua Kagavi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
• With this title, Djokovic won three majors in a year for the fourth time in his career, his only loss coming to Carlos Alcaraz in five sets at Wimbledon.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
• Kaminsky was a history major in college, and working at a camp led her to accounting.
  — Bysheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2023
• Amal Clooney is a certified barrister by day, and majors in dazzling eveningwear by night.
  — Alex Kessler, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
• The next great breakup-song connoisseur is being forced to major in business for practical reasons.
  — Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2024
• Djokovic was attempting to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam by winning all four majors in a single season.
  — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• Neil promoted McGuffey to major in 2013, a year after he was elected sheriff.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
• And that can then set a stronger foundation for a STEM major in college and a high-paying career after graduation.
  — Talia Richman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
• McKenna grew up in segregated New Orleans, a high achiever who majored in math and became a math teacher.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• Many job postings require, or at least prefer, applicants to have majored in a related field.
  — Emma Whitford, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
• That culminated in attending the school, majoring in finance, and trying to walk on the Mountaineers’ football team.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2024
• For most of the time she’s been famous, Earle has been a full-time student, majoring in marketing at the University of Miami.
  — Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2023
• But that is of little consolation to her and her friends: Of her six roommates from university, who majored in different subjects, four of them have still not found jobs.
  — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 17 June 2023
• Ken was pursuing a double major in English and computer science, while Mindy Boam was a theater major.
  — Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2023
• As a college student at Barry University in the mid-1980s, Roberts majored in computer science and was focused on having a career in tech.
  — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
• But neither institution offers a full-fledged major in the discipline.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• Yet despite the plentiful job openings, students aren’t racing to major in accounting.
  — Jo Constantz, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
• All major fields of study experience increases, with the majority (55%) of students majoring in the STEM fields.
  — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Dex is the campus heartthrob, a classically handsome, posh Londoner who majored in partying and is looking forward to a year of travel.
  — TIME, 6 Feb. 2024
• Angie wants to become a lawyer, and plans to major in criminology as an undergraduate, before law school.
  — Mohammed Damtew, oregonlive, 23 July 2023
• Carol Miller said her mother majored in music at Howard University, was a skilled seamstress and had a way of making holidays unforgettable.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
• At Vanderbilt, McAllister went on to major in medicine, health and society with double minors in psychology and business.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 27 July 2023
• Both Ionescu and Grasu majored in general social sciences.
  — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 29 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024