How to Use write-in in a Sentence

write-in

1 of 2 noun

• Still, Biden will take the most votes through a write-in campaign.
  — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Nevin received 75 votes; there were three write-in votes.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2023
• Luqman voted for Bernie Sanders in 2020, both in the March primary of that year, and in the fall as a write-in.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2024
• Quintana won less than 1% of the vote as a write-in candidate for the Green Party.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2024
• Gender can be a write-in field, rather than a selection from a list.
  — Time, 15 June 2023
• As a write-in candidate, his name will not be on voting ballots.
  — Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 3 July 2023
• His return meant a rush for tickets, which were available via write-in lottery.
  — Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
• So our poll listed 30 genre-spanning Michigan artists, along with a write-in option.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2023
• Craig still ran as a write-in candidate for the Republican primary and snagged 3% of the vote.
  — Leah Vredenbregt, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2023
• In fact, four of the current members of the Board of Overseers were write-in candidates who met the signature threshold.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
• The game features multiple choice, true or false questions and write-in answers.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
• The game features multiple choice, true or false questions, and write-in answers.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 21 Aug. 2023
• If Trump is kept off the ballot in a state, the former president could launch a write-in campaign, though the rules for doing so differ by state.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2023
• Durwood Sargent, 79, of Bow, cast a write-in vote for Biden and said he wasn’t offended that the president kept his name off the ballot.
  — Holly Ramer, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
• The current census has over 40 categories, plus a write-in option for race groups that may have not been included on the form.
  — Sandhya Kambhampati, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
• That means Drake is the only candidate whose name will appear on the ballot Tuesday, along with a write-in option.
  — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2024
• Unless a write-in candidate gains huge voter support, there will be no changes on the Council.
  — The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
• Three Democrats, three Republicans and two write-in candidates from the Green Party are vying for the open seats.
  — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2024
• Biden was not on the ballot in that primary, but a group of Democrats had organized a write-in campaign to show support for the president.
  — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• An attempt to draft write-in candidates for the election quickly fizzled.
  — Alexa Mencia, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
• However, write-in Democrat Biden won a higher percentage of votes in his party than Trump did in his.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
• Instead, the roughly 6,600 voting members each receive a write-in ballot to list their choices.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2024
• Phillips lost to Biden, who ran a write-in campaign, in the unsanctioned New Hampshire primary in January.
  — Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 1 Feb. 2024
• The third-term mayor ran as a write-in candidate in 2013 and has since held the seat during multiple presidencies.
  — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2024
• Biden won this year’s Democratic primary in New Hampshire via a write-in campaign.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
• The organizers launched a website to promote their write-in efforts with messaging that echoes Biden's pitch against Trump.
  — Mike Pappano, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2023
• Biden easily won last month’s New Hampshire primary as a write-in candidate, with Phillips getting about 20% of the vote.
  — Todd Richmond, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2024
• That would include write-in candidates who qualify for the ballot.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
• Because Baker had filed as a write-in candidate, the result was that Jordan’s name will appear on the ballot while Baker’s will not.
  — Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2024
• Antczak is running as a write-in after having been removed from the ballot over a paperwork error.
  — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024

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write in

2 of 2 verb

• Fran can’t think what to write in the card going around.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Jan. 2023
• Reading the book, there’s so much that Dahl writes in verse.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2023
• Not sure what to write in your caption to plant a free tree?
  — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2023
• Marks wrote in a memo at the peak of market pessimism in 2008.
  — Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 11 July 2023
• Well, as one fan of AD wrote in the comments section of E!
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2024
• This gift option has a large fill opening and the snap loop has a space to write in the contents.
  — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2022
• These are all perfect to write in a card or text message.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 13 Apr. 2023
• The Colombian singer penned a farewell to Barcelona, her home of the last eight years, in the caption, written in Spanish.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
• The star at the center of this system was much more massive than our Sun, the researchers write in their study.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Nov. 2022
• His father still has a copy of the letter Terrence wrote in middle school to...
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2024
• The menu, which changes daily, was written in red ink on a dry-erase board above my table.
  — The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2024
• There’s been a bunch of ideas floated, but nothing has been written in stone yet.
  — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 11 June 2024
• Said guest is a good sport elsewhere in that episode, but that sequence feels like it was written in 1987.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2024
• Laura wrote in a July 12 text, asking Sarah to call her.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• Clever is the enemy of smart, so write in plain English or simply make a list.
  — David Gaz, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• Sean's mom, Alana Stewart wrote in the comments section.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
• Iger wrote in his memoir that if Jobs had lived, Disney and Apple might have merged.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
• They are used to change lights from red to green and improve the timing of traffic signals along a street, Stephens wrote in an email.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
• Yoon wrote in an email that the nonprofit was not aware of the arrest until told by a Bee reporter.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
• As Stern writes in his new memoir Home and Alone, released May 21, the two spent some time together away from the set.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 1 June 2024
• In the picture, the couple holds hands and shows off their wrist ink, which features a pair of baby feet and the name Grace written in script.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
• Someone’s secrets written in the sky for all to behold.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 11 Apr. 2023
• Spears — who released her memoir, The Woman in Me, last month — wrote in her caption.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
• Try taking a walk, writing in a journal, or breathing deeply for a minute or two.
  — Debra Manzella, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2023
• Pernas wrote in the caption for the photo, in which Hartley smiles widely for the camera.
  — Katie Campione, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
• The three proceeded to the theater and watched from the director’s booth a rehearsal of the song written in King’s honor.
  — Larry Tye, TIME, 9 May 2024
• Taiwan’s de facto embassy in the United States wrote in a tweet on Monday.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2023
• Both songs are written in the same scale and their melodies are remarkably similar.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2024
• Get it in there before the new constitution is written in blood.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
• At the scene, the agency wrote in a release, officers located three men injured by gunfire.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Nov 2024