How to Use syntax in a Sentence

syntax

noun

• In the fiction biz, of course, syntax is a matter of craft.
  — Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
• Keene had watched the show and marveled at its unique syntax.
  — Thea Glassman, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2023
• The bug is triggered inside of log messages with use of the ${} syntax.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2021
• More than the arms and moles of ex-wives, syntax and grammar excite him.
  — Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 10 Mar. 2020
• One of them is how much a structure matters, the syntax.
  — Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 17 July 2024
• But their brains are not equipped to follow our syntax.
  — Brian Resnick, Vox, 6 Dec. 2018
• Artists make objects steeped in meaning and are well-equipped to parse the grammar and syntax of stuff.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022
• His syntax has always been ragged; that hasn’t changed.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2021
• Carl Phillips turns the syntax of a sentence into something like the chords of a bagpipe.
  — Carl Phillips, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
• Play around with the examples underneath the input box to get an idea of the syntax.
  — David Nield, Popular Science, 30 June 2020
• Her focus these days is making phone calls from her Berlin studio to record the syntax of war.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022
• According to the House, Chiuri’s aim is to reassert the syntax and grammar of the atelier and get back to the essence of couture, which is to dress the body.
  — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• Toni didn’t say anything more—the weirdness of her syntax felt like warning enough.
  — Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
• There was no style but life, no syntax but life, its logic and illogic, its ebb and flow.
  — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
• My syntax has switched back and forth, without warning.
  — George McCalman, SFChronicle.com, 10 June 2020
• These gluten and syntax dye free Gummies have no high fructose corn syrup and come in a 90 count bottle--45 servings total.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022
• There are no braided points of view here, no too-pretty words, no splintered syntax.
  — New York Times, 14 Feb. 2022
• What made his music special was in the cleverness of his syntax, the modulation of his voice, the depth of his grooves.
  — Paul Thompson, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2021
• Gertrude Stein’s roundelay-like syntax and logic feel very present here.
  — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021
• Then start the search again but from a different perspective, to see how slight shifts in syntax change your results.
  — Wired, 18 Aug. 2022
• This is not meant to be a lesson in syntax, but a lesson in psychology.
  — Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
• The diction is matter-of-fact, the syntax conventional; the imagery is simple and bare-boned.
  — Donika Kelly, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2022
• My father insisted on the use of the right words, on calling things by their right names, and his syntax was powerful.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 29 May 2019
• Chatbots have learned style, syntax and tone, for example, all on their own.
  — Max G. Levy, Quanta Magazine, 12 May 2023
• The syntax of Hangul leaves much unsaid: subjects are implied; pronouns are rare.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
• This is unusual in English, but standard in French and Latin syntax.
  — Jonah Engel Bromwich, New York Times, 16 July 2019
• Many phishing emails no longer contain the egregious spelling or syntax errors that were once tell-tale signs of fraud.
  — Yec, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• But not many people can put a word to it — especially in terms of grammar and syntax and what kind of slant rhyme is going on.
  — Jordan A. Rothacker, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2022
• Make sure nobody can fault your grammar, spelling, and syntax with Grammarly, an app that works within your browser and on your desktop.
  — Brenda Stolyar Matt Jancer, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
• Even if discussions take place in a common language, multiple word meanings and ambiguities in syntax can impede progress and plant land mines that will later blow up a deal.
  — Thomas R. Pickering, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024