How to Use max in a Sentence

max

noun
  • The boat can hold a max of 20 people.
  • Of course, Tyler, and, more to the point, his agent, will ask for the max.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2022
  • An office is a place to live life to the fullest, to the max.
    Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Plus, the stronger the motor, the greater the max speed, Giordano says.
    Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Come on, store, just do the work for me and give me, like, a dozen max.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The Steelers have been taken to the max the last two weeks.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2020
  • From that point on, the mission was normcore to the max.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 1 Oct. 2022
  • These leggings are amazing and hold all the fluff in to the max.
    Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The deal is worth a max of $164 million, the person said.
    Fox News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Quantities can reach up to 350 ppm, the max for the U.S.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Griner is set to earn just under the W.N.B.A. max in the 2022 season.
    New York Times, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Our traders reviewed the over-the-max bet and offered to take it at the -150 odds.
    oregonlive, 11 June 2020
  • The Lakers still had enough cap space to sign Leonard to a max deal.
    Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2019
  • AmEx will credit you up to ten times, for a max of $50.
    Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 29 June 2020
  • Most people have come [to Cannes] for 24 to 48 hours max.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022
  • For those who are counting, that’s 34 spots, four more than the max.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The Colts allowed a max of 2,500 fans for their home opener against the Vikings.
    Cameron Fields, cleveland, 8 Oct. 2020
  • And, yes, that’s with all visual settings cranked to the max.
    Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 6 Jan. 2020
  • The Wolves also made a strong push, but their offer stopped short of the max.
    Chris Hine, Star Tribune, 23 Jan. 2021
  • All that will validate why the Suns didn’t give him the five-year max.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Williams and Pittman both need to have a full season of games to showcase their skills to the max.
    oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The Cavs gave him a max contract in the summer of 2018 for moments like that.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The limits cut down testers to five turns per session and a max of 50 per day.
    Richard Lawler, The Verge, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Muscled to the max and crazed with the grandeur of a god complex, Harry seeks his vengeance.
    Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Your palette will thank you, even if your stomach is stuffed to the max.
    Paulina Jayne Isaac, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2021
  • While the southern parts of the counties are still sitting at a max of about 1 inch of snow.
    David Wickert, ajc, 17 Jan. 2022
  • And, a half hour does seem to be like the max, generally.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The contract is worth the max that could be offered: $97.1 million.
    Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Wage scales based on the contract and is a nine-step scale until reaching a max at nine years.
    Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 30 May 2024
  • The company promises that each meal takes less than 30 minutes of prep time with a max of six steps to follow.
    Kristi Kellogg, SELF, 12 Aug. 2024

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