How to Use optional in a Sentence

optional

adjective

• Jackets are required at the restaurant, but ties are optional.
• Many optional features are available on this car.
• Registration is optional, not mandatory.
• In the model home, the optional third floor has a full bathroom.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• All of the resort's menu items are plant-based, with some optional meat add-ons.
  — Karen Cicero, Parents, 8 Mar. 2024
• The optional bacon adds a brawny heft here, but the stew will be just as hardy without it.
  — Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
• All the work is optional and will not count toward a student’s grade.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• The question box includes a space for your name, but this is optional.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
• Many have made the tests optional, and some won’t consider them at all.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 2 May 2023
• Add an optional piece of gray cardstock cut into a thin rectangle to the right side of the card.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 31 May 2023
• One’s for the keyboard itself, and the second is optional but enables the board’s passthrough USB-A 2.0 port.
  — Jon Porter, The Verge, 16 Feb. 2023
• An optional finished basement adds 765 square feet to the open floor plan.
  — Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
• The mirror is adaptable, with an optional floor stand or wall mount set-up.
  — Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 14 July 2023
• This was an optional add-on with last year's S7 MaxV Ultra.
  — Chuong Nguyen, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2023
• Rear-wheel drive is standard on the base model, but all-wheel drive is optional there and standard on the rest of the lineup.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2023
• Most public schools plan to keep masks optional this fall.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022
• Their next step was to add optional learning days — two each during the winter and spring breaks.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• And the optional services are one of the reasons that the program has been successful.
  — jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2022
• The fresh rosemary can be subbed out for dried and the parsley is optional, just for a little extra green.
  — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
• Save the Harbor/Save the Bay collects cash donations at the end, but that's optional.
  — Steph Solis, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
• Now Hyundai is launching the 2024 Sonata in the United States with a sharp new look, bigger screens inside, and optional all-wheel drive for the first time.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 30 Aug. 2023
• Plus, the music—and the multi-color light—are optional.
  — Christin Perry, Parents, 10 May 2024
• The box includes a space for your name, but providing it is optional.
  — Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
• The use of an optional adapter and a third-party CO2 cylinder, however, allows the beer to stay fresh for up to 30 days.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 15 July 2024
• The box includes a space for your name, but providing it is optional.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
• The box includes a space for your name, but providing it is optional.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2024
• Setting up the Kubuntu Focus for the first time, you're met by a wizard that can walk you through each (optional) step.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2024
• Where things get a bit iffier is with an optional device known as the Beacon.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2024
• Like many districts around the country, and most in the D.C. metro area, Montgomery County has made masks optional.
  — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2022
• Participation in the program is optional and travelers can opt-out and instead choose to go through a standard identity verification process by a TSA officer.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024