How to Use usage in a Sentence

usage

noun

• Seat belt usage in the state is now mandatory.
• Restaurant dishes must be able to withstand rough usage.
• I came across an uncommon usage I'd like to discuss with you.
• This word occurs in casual usage.
• The games against the Giants — even with Seattle the usage went up.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
• The Save Honolua Coalition has tried for years to have the State control boat usage of the bay.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
• His usage will likely be based on the concepts of each play.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024
• The cliché has proved too apt to discard—and its usage has long outlived both men.
  — W. Joseph Campbell, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
• Plus: Looking at BYU’s usage of the transfer portal and what the trends show.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022
• Smith plays tall and lacks the anchor and hand usage to keep from being mashed out of gaps by double-teams.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
• That’s the highest usage rate Butler has finished a game with since a Dec. 16 win over the Chicago Bulls.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2024
• That typically works out to about five or six weeks of the year, but users aren’t capped at that amount of usage.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 May 2024
• Are the coaches eyeing the future with Justin Fields’ usage?
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
• Read the product label and follow all the usage guidelines.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• The undisclosed usage of AI will become the lip-syncing scandal of the future.
  — Gideon Kimbrell, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2023
• Since Christmas, that clutch-time usage has dipped to eight percent.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2024
• He’s also slightly upped the usage on his sweeper, throwing it 7% of the time, up from 1% last year.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
• With the push of a button and about five minutes of usage five times a week, your skin should look and feel refreshed within weeks.
  — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
• This allows for prolonged usage that could keep the watch running for 18 years.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2024
• Howard said whenever there is free time, the consoles are in heavy usage.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
• Below are five of their responses to the question: What does the smartphone, and our usage of the smartphone, look like in 10 years?
  — WIRED, 15 Mar. 2023
• To increase usage of statins, Pollock said changing the perception of the drug is key.
  — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2023
• The region is the driest it’s been in 1,200 years, which has forced dramatic cuts to water usage.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2023
• That’s yet another reason to be open with your child about its usage.
  — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
• Hiya says that amount stands to go up as the usage of generative AI gains traction.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 13 Feb. 2024
• He’s pitched only 10 innings over those three starts, with the Mets being careful of his usage.
  — Abbey Mastrocco, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
• The same can be said for X, formerly known as Twitter, which has seen usage drop from 33% to 20% over the same time period.
  — Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• Over the last few weeks, usage of red alert apps has exploded both within Israel and abroad.
  — Bella Aldrete, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• Sill also grew up in an abusive home, and turned to a life of crime and drug usage as an escape mechanism.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
• What’s more, some counties that have seen large upticks in food stamp usage in recent years continue to vote for him, despite his attempts to shrink that program and others that people in these places rely on.
  — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024