How to Use salient in a Sentence

salient

adjective

• So black and white are the most salient, then red, and so on.
  — Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2017
• But even the most salient cultures need legs to stand on.
  — Kartik Mandaville, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
• Barack Obama and Bill Gates are both big fans of Harari—is the salient point.
  — Christian Wiman, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
• Now the cost of keeping that base may be a more salient concern.
  — Laura Forman, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2019
• Her first and last names, the most salient parts, look and sound as white as her features.
  — New York Times, 5 May 2020
• Of course, the salient issue is the ambit of the president’s duties.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 17 Sep. 2019
• Below are some salient points of contention and what Babs has to say about them.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
• But Trump ensures the issue stays salient by talking about it all the time.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 17 May 2018
• Of course, in the real world, voters will hear a few other salient facts.
  — David Roberts, Vox, 22 June 2018
• This is probably the most salient part of the argument.
  — Rani Molla, Vox, 14 Aug. 2019
• Here's a helpful guide to the latest ones, and how their salient features stack up at a glance.
  — Lisa Eadicicco, Time, 5 Oct. 2017
• But the more salient point is that to be a true version of the Shanahan offense, the fullback should be out there.
  — J.p. Pelzman, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
• That brings me to the most salient point: Like all of JLab’s buds, the Minis come at a pretty amazing price point of $40.
  — WIRED, 10 Nov. 2023
• Each sense has been tuned over millions of years to detect the most salient range of stimuli.
  — Allison Parshall, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2022
• Why do salient quotes have the power to imprint on one’s psyche?
  — Philip Chard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2018
• The ones that don’t work as well tend to skirt the issues instead of squarely landing a salient point.
  — Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
• The salient issue is the time away from home and its impact on the relationship.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2023
• Lightly oblique eyes, small nose, black lank hair, sparse beard, salient cheek bones.
  — Longreads, 1 Aug. 2017
• Whether or not that's a fully salient argument is meant to be open.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2024
• The scenes from it are as salient in my memory as those from my own childhood.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2019
• Though the models were made nearly a hundred years ago, the theme is as salient as ever.
  — Myles Karp, National Geographic, 27 Dec. 2019
• They are asked to email their achievements over the past six months and send screenshots of their most salient lines of software code.
  — Martine Paris, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2022
• But nowhere did Long report the salient fact that the top marginal rate used to be 70 or 90 percent.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 2 June 2022
• Trump’s response to Covid-19 may be a more salient issue for voters this fall.
  — John Tozzi, Bloomberg.com, 15 Sep. 2020
• The more salient effect was that men would be freed from the burden of committing to women.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 30 July 2021
• The tension between Dax and Mack boils over in one of the more emotionally salient moments of the film.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
• The report determined six of the most salient impacts of climate change.
  — Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2021
• Markets and culture are more salient than climate change for the farmers, and that’s also true for the eaters.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 31 May 2018
• These are simple products and the main salient feature is the interest rate.
  — The Economist, 27 July 2019
• The private sector must encourage ministers toward constructive engagement and raise the most salient issues to their attention.
  — Thani Al Zeyoudi, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Oct 2024