How to Use theme in a Sentence

theme

noun
  • The quest for power is the underlying theme of the film.
  • The album focuses on themes of love and loss.
  • The growing deficit was a dominant theme in the election.
  • A constant theme in his novels is religion.
  • The party had a Hawaiian luau theme.
  • Adventures are popular themes in children's books.
  • The playwright skillfully brings together various themes.
  • The rest of the house, though, must keep to a neutral theme.
    Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 15 Apr. 2022
  • And that was kind of part of the - the theme of his - of his revolt.
    CBS News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • By mid-March, the state’s theme parks and schools closed.
    Terry Spencer, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Such a clever—and fun!—use of space is a theme throughout the home.
    Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The song that is the whole premise of the episode is a rip-off of the ‘Benson’ theme.
    Lily Moayeri, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Guests were asked to dress in all black to keep with the black-and-white theme.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The woodsy theme carries through to the bedroom as well.
    Star Tribune, 7 July 2021
  • Green becomes the theme throughout, thanks to the tree leaves.
    Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Each box has a theme and ships free to anywhere in the US.
    Anna Hecht, CNN Underscored, 4 June 2018
  • The pen proving mightier than the sword is the theme of the book.
    Zenger News, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Her studded gold bracelets and black streaks were a nod to the punk theme.
    Jihan Forbes, Allure, 5 May 2018
  • Each artist will perform tracks tied to the themes of each episode.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024
  • The theme of the special is all about facing your fears.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Most of the trees are displayed in the great room on the first floor, and each one has its own theme.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Flag aside, the skull and crossbones theme is found elsewhere on the ship.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Graham returned to the theme at the end of his remarks.
    John Fritze, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The theme — and the color scheme — stayed the same throughout her set, with red lights bathing the long stage.
    Andrew Dalton, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • That Girl, that era of theme songs and a girl making it on her own.
    Jessica Derschowitz, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2022
  • And there’s still time to shop your favorite out-of-this-world theme.
    Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 15 Dec. 2017
  • There are a lot of themes in there that continue to track through the years.
    Dayna Evans, The Cut, 6 July 2017
  • Our operas have had such dark themes in the last few years.
    Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
  • If the venue alone didn’t make the theme clear, her aides have told reporters that the speech will lean heavily on Trump’s threat to democracy.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
  • There’s a theme of time travel, as Halsey runs through pop history and imagines herself as a character in every era.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024

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