How to Use represent in a Sentence

represent

verb

• The new prices represent a substantial increase over last year's prices.
• The company is represented by a local law firm.
• She hired an agent to represent her in the contract negotiations.
• He represented his company at the meeting.
• The court's decision represents a victory for small businesses.
• She represented the United States in figure skating at the Olympics.
• Senator Smith represents the state of Connecticut.
• When is the holiday and what does the Year of the Rabbit represent?
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Jan. 2023
• The two deaths represent the fifth and sixth homicides of 2023 within Pine Bluff.
  — I.c. Murrell, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2023
• The yellow represents a region where the kites may spend the winter and where a subspecies of the kite is found year round.
  — Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
• The funding that expires on March 2 represents four of those bills.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
• The dominos represent the muscles and joints that make up the kinetic chain.
  — Women's Health, 7 Mar. 2023
• Yet to the crofters, the spaceport has come to represent their independence.
  — WIRED, 31 Jan. 2023
• In a few of these, wine makes only a cameo appearance, but the songs represent the ways wine fits into our lives.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
• As one of two at-large positions on the nine-member board, the District 8 seat represents the whole school district.
  — Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Dec. 2024
• The ring has a reversible top and on the alternate top of the ring, the 49 points of rubies represent the number of players who held an active spot on the team.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2024
• Half the room cheers for the Eagles, representing Smith's hometown.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
• The union has come close to representing workers at the VW plant in two previous elections.
  — Tom Krisher, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
• Mejia’s sense of home is what the plaza is meant to represent, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said.
  — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2023
• The studied area represents just 0.08 percent of the entire Amazon.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
• Crypto does not represent a store of value and has too many risks, according to Mr. Stark.
  — Hannah Miao, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2023
• One tricky part is that while growth rings on trees represent years, the growth rings on octopus represent days.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2024
• Alexis Bailey, who was the first to take the stand, dropped 114 teal stones into a glass jar to represent each time Fucci stabbed her younger sister.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2023
• Some of the models look like hybrids—koalas crossed with wombats, say—that represent what could’ve been walking around with Noah thousands of years ago.
  — Oliver Whang, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• The second phase of the project is for landscaping and lighting at the site as well as a dozen outdoor touchscreen prayer stations at the site that will represent the 12 tribes of Israel.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 9 Apr. 2023
• The drop in labor action is due to a smaller share of workers represented by unions compared to the 1990's and earlier.
  — Sara Chernikoff, The Courier-Journal, 11 Aug. 2023
• Does the current governing coalition represent the future of the right in Israel?
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2023
• In the mural, the painting of a peacock represents her grandparents and a phoenix is a nod to Tsugawa’s Chinese heritage.
  — Acsah Lemma, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024
• The idea that the system represents a war between seniors and younger generations is just wrong.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
• This preview will examine which team offers the best value to represent the region in the Final Four.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024