Example sentences for: putting

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

  • All we can say is that Microsoft has made all the right noises on this subject, and we look forward to putting the company's hands-off commitment to the test.

  • Only in Switzerland did I find someone who truly tried to get it right, but the effort involved putting his tongue out at me and concluded with an overly explosive final consonant; but he got all the bits in there.

  • Pressured by Gina's spooky uncle (a superbly restrained turn by Burt Young) into auctioning off a paranoid son's painting--a resurrected Jesus putting holes in disloyal disciples with a submachine gun--Michael must simultaneously keep the gangsters happy, his fiancee (who'll pull the plug on the engagement if she finds out he's enmeshed in the family business) in the dark, the FBI from discovering the collusion, and--most important in farce--a semblance of dignity.

  • The paper clearly has a Jones Jones, also reporting that she emerged from Saturday's deposition "clearly elated," dining out, drinking champagne and laughing, and putting a second Paula piece on the front, about how the public is taking the whole thing.

  • You're spot-on, by the way, about the thrill of putting one over on the "experts," as I'm sure any of the regular contributors to Slate's Fray would happily tell you.


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