How to Use per in a Sentence

per

preposition

• The car gets 32 miles per gallon.
• The speed limit is 35 miles per hour.
• Per your advice, I accepted their offer.
• He averages 15 points per game.
• At the same time, Hulu’s prices rose from $15 per month to $18.
  — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
• Fill power is the amount of space 1 ounce of down takes up per cubic inch.
  — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024
• Costs have increased more than 50% in the last two years to $89 per megawatt hour, the company said.
  — Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
• He’s been a pillar, logging the second most minutes per game (37.6) in the NBA.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2024
• The Pacers attempted 37 3s per game this year, which was the seventh-highest rate in the NBA.
  — Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 2 June 2023
• His current shares are worth $97 million while the stock is trading at $46 per share.
  — Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 15 June 2023
• Good to know: The Nick is a private club, membership card required, $5 per year.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 15 June 2023
• They can be booked for up to 10 players, starting at $39 per person.
  — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2023
• The Raptors will have to look within to find someone to take on over 70 touches per game and over 25% usage.
  — Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• The Commanders have allowed the most PPR points per target to slot receivers.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2023
• Sear each slice until golden brown on both sides, 1 to 2 minutes per side.
  — Florence O'Connor, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2023
• Jones says German cockroaches (the most common kind) can hold up to 90 nymphs per egg case.
  — Danielle Tullo, House Beautiful, 15 June 2023
• Under the new contract arrangement, up to $12.9 million per year will come out of that fund to pay for phone calls.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• His sparse output, with a classic verse or two per year, lines up with that self-assessment.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023
• Choose from several room types and suites with twin-size bunk beds (from $319 per night) in this Dolly-verse getaway.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
• So far, the peak daily count was 1,171 pollen grains per cubic meter of air measured in early March.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• New leaders must emerge for CAL to match last year’s defense, which allowed just 7.3 points per game and posted six shutouts.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 3 Aug. 2023
• The country has a goal of completing 40 procedures per year.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
• The program runs for 10 weeks, meets on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and costs $45 per student for the term, according to a news release.
  — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
• That could be trouble because the food bank is already feeding their max, which is about 1,000 people per day.
  — Joy Addison, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2023
• All for just a few dollars per month more than basic transportation.
  — Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 26 June 2023
• The Padres’ deal with Bally’s averages $60 million per year.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
• Expect to invest between $5 and $15 per package, depending on your location, the store, and the number of bags in the box.
  — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2023
• Achieving this goal might mean having at least one lamp per seating group, plus over any large tables in a living room.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2023
• In the deli area, the spray bottles of Sani Save sanitizer used to clean the slicers weren’t diluted enough and had a concentration over 400 parts per million.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2024
• Northern Gaza gets an average of 10 food trucks entering per day.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024