How to Use position in a Sentence

position

1 of 2 noun

• The child fell asleep in a sitting position.
• I was in an uncomfortable position and had to move.
• Return your seat to an upright position for landing.
• Actors, please assume your positions. The show is about to begin.
• From this position, you can see all of New York City's skyline.
• I was uncomfortable, so I shifted position.
• Lift the legs over the medicine ball to the left to return back to the starting position.
  — Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 30 Aug. 2023
• Yes, tight end is the same position Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, plays on the Chiefs.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2024
• Tonight’s vote on the SB263 shows those positions have not changed.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 24 May 2023
• His first day in the honorary position was Jan. 1 of this year.
  — Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
• Chapman stepped down from his position to take on his new role with the city.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
• Read on to identify the sleep position that's right for you.
  — Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2023
• This much is clear: The Bruins aren’t in position to allow someone to learn on the job.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
• Pause for a count, then rotate back to the starting position.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 18 May 2023
• The chef spent 10 years in the position at the Whitney before leaving his post to open Cuisine.
  — Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
• In North Little Rock, the Zone 4 position is open for election.
  — Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023
• He's played all three outfield positions for the Reds, mostly in right and left with one start in center.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 19 June 2023
• Push through all four corners of right foot to straighten legs, and step right foot back to meet left foot to return to the starting position.
  — Megan Falk, Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
• Buck held the position for four years and his predecessor for five.
  — Nick Anderson The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2023
• Over the last three and a half years, record numbers of people quit their jobs, many of them to pursue positions that were more highly paid.
  — Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• Especially for a team fighting to stay in position for a berth in the MLB playoffs.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2023
• How this position rates vs. the rest of the league: Jones is an elite returner, a game-changer who provided a jolt in all three phases of the game in 2022.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
• The Tigers — trailing 6-4 — put two runners in scoring position for Spencer Torkelson with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2023
• Shift the dumbbells to a supinated position, with your hands facing out, and raise one arm up to the top of a curl position near your shoulder.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
• When not in its lock position, the top doubles as a carrying handle.
  — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
• Now trench lines zigzag across positions intended to replicate the battlespace in Ukraine.
  — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
• There is, no doubt, a mix of pragmatism and principle in her position.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
• The Tigers finished 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10 runners on the bases.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2023
• Israeli police begin to take their positions in front of the mosque and around the Dome of the Rock, in preparation for the arrival of dozens of nationalist and religious Israeli Jews.
  — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
• The lack of recovery time after delivery played a part in her decision to pursue a less-intensive staff position.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024

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position

2 of 2 verb

• The shortstop was positioned well to make the play.
• He positioned the chairs around the table.
• She positioned herself by the door.
• The company is positioning itself to take advantage of a new market.
• The house is positioned to align with the sun's movement.
  — ELLE, 14 Apr. 2023
• The crew will position the vessel in the waters northwest of Mazatlan on the day of the eclipse.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2023
• The Stars are positioned to be the one that’s getting better.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
• So LaCour asked Nappo to position his iPad on a cart in the middle of the room.
  — Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• With less time on the field, will position players feel stronger as the season wears on?
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 24 May 2023
• Still faint, it will be positioned near Jupiter during the eclipse.
  — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
• The Parker probe was positioned to fly right through it.
  — Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
• They’re simply pegged in place and most often positioned right up against the eye of hook.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 Oct. 2023
• Caregivers position the sling on one shoulder and place the baby in the pouch.
  — Maya Polton Updated, Parents, 11 July 2023
• Not exactly where the team, and its fans, thought it would be positioned at this point of the season.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
• In addition, the court was shown a photo of the knife in Irizarry’s possession and how it was positioned in the car.
  — Danny Freeman, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
• To prevent against the Hail Mary, Miami positioned three of its defensive backs all the way back on the 15.
  — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Each infant was positioned on the researcher’s lap about 30 cm (~11 in) from a translucent screen.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
• Firefighters positioned themselves to the west of the fire — downhill and closer to the ocean — and sprayed the flaming grass, Blackburn said.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
• Her coach positioned her on the second-to-last bench of the dragon boat, where her hands kept slipping off the paddle and became numb from the cold.
  — Alexandra Difani, oregonlive, 23 July 2023
• Schumer also positioned the Senate last month to act on what could be a two-year increase in the debt ceiling.
  — Tony Romm, Washington Post, 8 May 2023
• My grandfather is the one who gave me advice as a singer, how to position my voice, how to breathe so as not to hurt my vocal cords.
  — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 28 Apr. 2023
• Christie has positioned himself as the G.O.P. hopeful who is most willing to attack Trump.
  — Maya King, New York Times, 9 July 2023
• However, the memo also is not the first time that Trump has moved to position Biden as the enemy of democracy and not the other way around.
  — Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 2 Jan. 2024
• Ecco bought the novel in an auction, with a six-figure advance, and positioned it as one of their big debuts of 2022.
  — Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2023
• Fun fact: today the Earth is positioned at its farthest distance from the sun in its annual orbit but that won’t take an edge off the heat.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
• Hopkin: The researchers positioned video cameras inside the birds’ nests.
  — Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 12 May 2023
• Hamas could position their fighters in strongpoints, heavy buildings made of concrete and steel.
  — Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
• Curtis positioned a giant, wall-leaning mirror beside the desk, on the far side of the space, to create the illusion of a larger room.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 8 May 2023
• For years, the Golden State was uniquely positioned at the forefront of the nation’s gun violence research.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
• League’s head and hands were removed and positioned near his legs, according to court documents.
  — Madeline Nguyen, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024