How to Use refer to in a Sentence

refer to

phrasal verb

• As with any start-up, there’s no track record to refer to.
  — Nicolas Stecher, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2023
• The name refers to the legend of St. Patrick expelling snakes from Ireland.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2024
• This condition refers to a high amount of fat in your blood.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 22 Dec. 2023
• The book’s title refers to the name of the movie Seymour is making, but the blood is also his own.
  — Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
• Sikhs use it to refer to God and the ten prophet leaders, or gurus.
  — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2024
• In the second volume of her diaries, Garner refers to the home again and again.
  — Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
• The pattern's name refers to the location where King John signed the Magna Carta.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2024
• The Santa Claus rally refers to the tendency of stocks to get a bump over the last five trading days of the year and the first two of the next.
  — Hardika Singh, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
• The officials often referred to the chaotic 2019 street protests to need for the new law.
  — Kanis Leung, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
• All charges from this time frame, please refer to the aforementioned.
  — The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2024
• That’s probably the last time anyone will refer to the 2023 Cleveland Browns as The Elfs.
  — cleveland, 10 Sep. 2023
• Though they could still be referred to formally as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
• This was not, in fact, what Netanyahu was referring to.
  — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2024
• Job hunters can refer to sites like Salary.com to get a sense of how much a particular role pays.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
• Archer was referring to the head of Burisma, who faced legal peril at the time.
  — Sarah Bedford, Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2023
• The room, referred to as the cloister, is known to house the tombs of several noble families from the 1300s.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
• Her uncle had raised her for the past seven years, referring to her as his daughter in the video.
  — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
• The easiest number to locate is the CFM, which refers to th-e amount of air moved in cubic feet per minute.
  — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2023
• Number of Jets Jets refer to the mix of air and water that cause the bubbly, soothing hallmark of a hot tub.
  — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2023
• Like other Venezuelans who’d lived in the Hall, Lozano Bracho referred to shelters as chetes.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
• The dud rate refers to the share of munitions that remain unexploded.
  — John Hudson, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023
• Trump referred to that in a campaign speech in Florida on Wednesday night.
  — Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• She is being referred to by her first name for privacy.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 13 Dec. 2023
• These white flowers are sometimes referred to as snowdrops due to their color and shape.
  — Ashley Martens, Redbook, 16 Aug. 2023
• The path of totality refers to the specific area on Earth where the total phase of a solar eclipse can be observed.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2024
• The culinary term refers to the combination of diced onion, carrots, and celery, gently cooked in fat.
  — Jessica Harlan, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2023
• Its title, in Mexican slang, refers to an over-the-top person who uses his words to make people fall in love.
  — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 1 Dec. 2023
• How much to tip movers The low end of the spectrum refers to a standard move for a middle-income family on a comfortable fall day.
  — Kevin J. Ryan, wsj.com, 2 Oct. 2023
• Older damage refers to data from Oct. 5 through Dec. 4.
  — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
• The name also refers to the brand's other aim: to make products that cater to and are accessible to those who are underserved in the beauty space.
  — Jill Lupupa, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024