Example sentences for: delete

How can you use “delete” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Delete!

  • We delete negatives and say, I could care less , when we really mean, `I couldn't care less,' and we add gratuitous negatives and say, I miss not seeing her , when we really mean, `I miss seeing her.

  • The usage of these words is easy to spot: they all have an extra syllable or two that adds little but excess bulk (for usage , delete and substitute use ). Reporters at The New York Times , for example, often write of “subsidization programs,” when subsidy will do just as well.

  • A month ago, "Frame Game" that Steve Forbes had begun to delete the word "abortion" from his comments about abortion, substituting the phrase "the life issue."

  • And potential voters won't have to be concerned about establishing committees to determine if they should throw out their televisions and delete their bookmarks to e-zines until a more reasonable time next year.


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