How to Use principal in a Sentence

principal

1 of 2 adjective

• She is the principal cellist of the orchestra.
• Vegetables are the principal ingredients in this soup.
• Next, Adam James Phillips, the principal hair stylist for the show, would set and dress the wig with the help of the full team.
  — Hannah Morrill, Marie Claire, 12 Jan. 2021
• The principal grape of Lavaux and of the Vaud as a whole is Chasselas.
  — Ray Isle, Smithsonian, 23 May 2018
• Laya is one of the principal way stations along the Snowman Trek.
  — Chris Jones, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2020
• The principal odor map, as the team called it, is unprecedented for the sense of smell.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Sep. 2023
• Principal horn Jonathan Boen, for whom it was written, was the soloist.
  — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2017
• Statutes said that the principal deputy would become the acting DNI.
  — CBS News, 14 Feb. 2020
• Charles Johnson is the principal owner, with a stake of about 26%.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 7 Nov. 2020
• If the interest is not paid, it’s added to the loan’s principal balance.
  — Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• There are no principal payments for the first two years of the loan and no interest payments for the first year.
  — Christopher Rugaber, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2020
• The first day was all the principal actors, the writers and the entire production team with the scripts and reading.
  — Charles Curtis, For The Win, 11 May 2018
• Your payment amount and terms will be completely new and based on the new principal amount.
  — Paco De Leon, refinery29.com, 4 Jan. 2022
• The principal argument against the plan was that boosting state taxes solely on the wealthy would prompt them to flee the state.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 6 Oct. 2022
• This determines how much the loan will cost you in addition to the principal amount.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022
• His daughter, Camille, 27, is one of its principal dancers.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2019
• Anne Schuchat, the principal deputy director of 30-plus years.
  — Lev Facher, STAT, 10 Nov. 2021
• Both of those shots were not part of the principal photography.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 1 July 2022
• At the principal’s office, she was told that the child’s hair was too long and in violation of the district’s dress code.
  — Paula Rogo, Essence, 15 Sep. 2019
• That’s a reality that has dawned on some of the principal actors at Bucharest in 2008.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
• Murder is not its principal subject, nor is the mind of the serial killer.
  — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 31 Oct. 2017
• From the start of the film, the principal characters recoil from one another.
  — J.r. Jones, Chicago Reader, 1 Mar. 2018
• The class is taught by former principal dancer, Zack Grubbs, who was bullied as a young male dancer.
  — Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• The bankruptcy judge said one of the company’s principal assets is in Texas, making the state at least one of the proper venues for the case.
  — Alexander Gladstone, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
• The kitchen retains marble details from when the space was the mansion’s principal bathroom.
  — Julie Lasky, ELLE Decor, 22 Mar. 2023
• But there is at least one principal thing, which is common for all of us: Our nation became stronger.
  — Alexander Motyl, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2022
• There are eight principal characters; each gets a full character arc over the course of the story.
  — Marcus Crowder, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2018
• Justin Bestor will take on an associate principal role at the high school.
  — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2018
• Altogether, the principal pad comprises five bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2024
• The principal type of neuron in the cerebellum, called the Purkinje cell, is widely branching like a fan coral, yet flattened and nearly two-dimensional.
  — R Douglas Fields, WIRED, 31 Mar. 2024

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principal

2 of 2 noun

• One of the principals in the assassination plot has been arrested.
• Dunlap runs the class with the ease of the son of a principal.
  — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• The principal slammed the door to keep the bear out of the school, which was in session.
  — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Feb. 2023
• The principal said the cooking club tried out the recipe last week.
  — Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 Nov. 2020
• The principal of the high school had been a student there in the early years of the race.
  — Devin Kelly, Longreads, 19 Jan. 2022
• Then the loudspeaker crackles and the voice of the principal fills the room.
  — TIME.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• The principal knock against D’Amaro might be through no fault of his own.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
• As the case went to a grand jury, none of the principals made a statement.
  — Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 9 Nov. 2019
• And the next day, [my grandmother] walks with me to class and talks to the principal.
  — NBC News, 2 Mar. 2020
• Her parents had to work with the principal and teachers to change the name in the system.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021
• Hogue, who was speaking to the board for the first time as principal, was hired in May and started the job Aug. 1.
  — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2023
• This year, he was hired as the principal of a public school.
  — Joseph Coleman, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2022
• The principal there did not respond to emails sent on June 4.
  — Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY, 5 June 2020
• This is a film in which the principals seem to control the flow of information and the tone.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023
• His father’s son — the son of an art-school principal — Paul was a painter.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Jan. 2023
• Payan said he was informed the same day by the principal that his son was the victim of the attack.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2023
• The father left with the girl, then returned to confront the principal.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2021
• The principal would only say that the school had done nothing wrong.
  — Abigail Kramer, ProPublica, 4 May 2023
• The principal said the student had also made threats the day before.
  — Bianca Padró Ocasio, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• This was for the entire school, and my coach and principal, and all my friends at home rooting for me.
  — Jason McDaniel, Houston Chronicle, 30 June 2018
• Ohio is one of the states where a teacher can bring a gun to school with the approval of a principal or district.
  — NBC News, 19 June 2018
• Even a sharp word can fuel a complaint to the school principal.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2019
• That’s because the principals have been able to avoid talking about it for more than a decade.
  — Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, Twin Cities, 11 July 2019
• But Dannaoui said the school principal told her that teacher wouldn't do this to a child.
  — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2018
• The father was told this and left, but returned later to speak with the principal.
  — Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2021
• Julie Craven, the school principal, is working to break out of such cycles.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2021
• What would cite as the principal sources of inspiration on the movie?
  — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 10 May 2018
• By the end of your loan, more of your monthly payment goes toward the principal.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 30 Jan. 2023
• If your coach insists on this shaving rule, take it to the principal.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2020
• Students and staff waited on buses while police searched the building, according to emails from the school's principal, Jenna Harer.
  — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024