Riot meaning and sentence examples

Riot (raɪ.ət) meaning:

to take part in a riot

Riot sentence examples:

1. Students are rioting in the streets of the capital
2. Football fans riot in Brussels after Belgium lost to Morocco
3. Riots erupt in Belgian and Dutch cities after Morocco pull off WC upset beating Belgium
4. China’s Covid policy didn’t have to end in riot and protest. This is why it did
5. Clashes with riot police ahead of basketball derby
6. Brazil run riot on helpless South Korea
7. Who Trump is defending when he pledges amnesty for Capitol riot

Tax return meaning and sentence examples

Tax return meaning: 

A tax return is an official form that you fill in with details about your income and personal situation, so that the tax you owe can be calculated

Tax return sentence examples:

1. Income Tax Return filing deadline today
2. Pakistan announces one month date extension for tax return filing
3. Get Ready now to file your 2022 federal income tax return
4. Income tax return filing date expires on September 30
5. Govt is nudging tax evaders to file updated returns

Resort to meaning and sentence examples

Resort to meaning:

to do or use something because it is the only thing available

Resort to sentence examples:

1. If BNP resorts to anarchy, it will be handled strictly: Quader
2. Marketers resort to private depots, shortage hits NNPC
3. How to prevent bunions, treat them and when to resort to surgery
4. Healthifyme to resort to layoffs, 150 staff sacked

Curricula meaning and sentence examples

Curricula meaning:

(Plural of curriculum) the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college

Curricula sentence examples: 

1. Maths is an intrinsic part of the school curriculum.
2. The Romans aren't on this year's curriculum
3. Bucking regional denial, UAE to include Holocaust in school curricula
4. Policymakers urged to revamp curricula
5. Legal opinion on alternative curricula leaves independent schools fuming
6. Chinese language set for secondary school curricula
7. Climate change subject must be in school curriculum

Draw to a close meaning and sentence examples

Draw to a close meaning:

to come to an end

Draw to a close sentence examples:

1. The sun is setting and the day is drawing to a close.
2. Damaging 2022 Atlantic hurricane season draws to a close
3. Long-running saga over bus shelter to draw to a close
4. As midterms draw to a close, Biden stumps for Hochul in N.Y
5. As US midterm elections draw close, Bitcoin worth $3.15 billion floods exchanges

Retaliate meaning and sentence examples

Retaliate meaning:

to hurt someone or do something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you

Retaliate sentence examples:

1. If someone insults you, don't retaliate as it only makes the situation worse.
2. The demonstrators threw rocks at the police, who retaliated by firing blanks into the crowd.
3. His first instinct was to retaliate against the attacks.
4. Former BPD assistant chief says act of retaliation forced him out of law enforcement
5. Suspect killed man in retaliation for friend’s death on same street
6. Amazon Must 'Cease And Desist' With Its Retaliation Against Unionization Efforts, Judge Says
7. Man Sentenced to Prison for Threatening to Retaliate Against Witness
8. New York Employers Cannot Retaliate Against Employees for Lawful Absences
9. Russia to retaliate if Israel sends weapons to Ukraine
10. Retired trooper who claimed whistleblower retaliation goes to trial Monday
11. Will China retaliate against US tech sanctions?
12. Ukraine braces for Russian retaliation
13. 'Will retaliate': Iran warns Saudi Arabia its patience has limits

Row meaning and sentence examples

Row (raʊ) meaning:

a noisy argument or fight

Row sentence examples:

1. UK government moves to defuse parliamentary row over onshore wind
2. Portugal leader denies problems with Qatar after ‘hostile comment’ row
3. Row over insurance ends in resignation in Dracut
4. Train strikes: Drivers walk out in pay row
5. Fans unimpressed amid flag row ahead of Iran-US World Cup clash
6. Germany players cover mouths in team photo amid OneLove armband row
7. Drug dealer knifed rival to death over mobile phone row
8. India hijab row sparks rise in sale of Islamic clothing

Brawl meaning and sentence examples

Brawl (brɔːl) meaning:

a noisy, rough, uncontrolled fight

Brawl sentence examples:

1. Brawl During Football Match In Russia Leads To 6 Red Cards
2. Venezuelan baseball league condemns violence after 2 brawls
3. Wedding reception descends into 50-person 'bloodbath' brawl
4. Massive Brawl in Scotland vs Argentina Thriller
5. England vs. Wales game heats up with brawl between fans before the game
6. Ecuador set to brawl with Senegal for round of 16 slice
7. Mass brawl between players at Scots youth football match caught in shocking clip
8. Game brawl leaves man thrown off railing

Tier meaning and sentence examples

Tier meaning:

one of several layers or levels

Tier sentence examples:

1. My wedding cake had four tiers, each supported by small pillars
2. I don't understand why you think we need yet another tier of management
3. Rangpur Division at top in tier 1 with one round to go
4. Two-tier Test cricket plans shelved
5. Application fees for low-tier govt jobs go up
6. Three-tier security for Jatiya Eidgah
7. Multi-tier security in city ahead of Ashura

Brew meaning and sentence examples

Brew meaning: 

If an unpleasant situation or a storm is brewing, you feel that it is about to happen

Brew sentence examples:

1. The political crisis brewing in India's richest state
2. The political brawl brewing over Miami’s airwaves
3. Row brewing in Scotland over prospect of privatising Channel 4
4. Is a rebellion brewing in Modi's BJP?
5. Bailing out of mayor de-escalates crisis that was brewing in Jaffna following his arrest
6. Tension brewing with China over US missile
7. Humanitarian crisis brews on Ukraine border
8. Anger brewing in Croatia after release of criminal
9. Tory revolt brewing over 'appalling' tiers plan

Erase meaning and sentence examples

Erase meaning:

to cancel the effect of an increase or fall in something such as an amount of debt, the price of shares, etc

Erase sentence examples:

Oil prices erase 2022 gains as China's protests spark demand worries

Doge Goes Down 11%, Erasing Weekend Gains

Chinese Stocks in US Rise, Erasing Drop Triggered by Protests

Germany hopes to erase debacle of 2018

Colorado Springs Massacre Suspect Had Tried to Erase His Dad’s Dark Past

US knows a win over Iran would erase past missed opportunities

UTSA erase 24-point deficit, defeat UTEP 34-31

Bucks erase big deficit to end Cavaliers’ four-game win streak

Stars erase 3-goal deficit, beat Blackhawks 6-4

Weigh meaning and sentence examples

Weigh meaning: to carefully consider, especially by comparing facts or possibilities, in order to make a decision

to have an influence or be important

Weigh sentence examples:

1. US weighs sending 100-mile strike weapon to Ukraine
2. Brands weigh supply options as inventory piles up on unsold fashion
3. US attorney general names special counsel to weigh charges against Trump
4. US Supreme Court to weigh Cuomo-era New York corruption cases
5. Japan’s Nikkei sinks as China COVID worries weigh
6. China's COVID protests weigh on European shares
7. China Covid Protests Weigh On Oil

News Sentences

Axiata Group dropped into the red in Q3, as a strengthening US dollar led to significant forex losses at many of its operating companies, offsetting revenue gains in its key Malaysia and Indonesia markets and infrastructure unit

 

Two-thirds Meaning and Sentence Examples

Two-thirds Meaning: Two parts out of every three

Two-thirds Sentence Examples

• Study finds 10% of US adults use TikTok to get their news regularly, up from 3% in 2020
• Almost two-thirds of Australians — including children — have had COVID-19, blood study suggests
• Two-thirds of US money for fossil fuel pours into Africa despite climate goals
• Two-thirds of UK’s biggest advertisers to cut television spend
• More than two-thirds of Americans expected to shop on Black Friday and through the weekend
• Two-thirds of European dietitians believe drinking coffee in moderation has clear health benefits
• Kent Police plans to cut number of PCSOs by two thirds
• Two-thirds of CEOs mull career change amidst mounting pressure
• Two-thirds of first-wave Covid patients had long-term symptoms: Study
• Two-Thirds Of The Entire World Population Now Have COVID-19 Antibodies
• Two-thirds of working mothers say their career stalled after having children, research reveals
• Two-thirds of people ready to give up Christmas presents as money worries grow
• Russia has used up two-thirds of its ammunition

Buoyant meaning and sentence examples

Buoyant (bɔɪ.ənt) meaning: successful or making a profit, happy and confident, 

Buoyant sentence examples:

• The housing market remains buoyant
• Buoyant consumer spending pushing up inflation
• Commercial Law Firms Report Buoyant 2022 Trading
• International buyers keeping Lisbon market buoyant
• WTI extends losses below $80 on buoyant US Dollar
• EU buoyant on 5G take off
• Share of commodities can stay buoyant longer
• Black Friday sales growth tipped to be less buoyant
• Global farm machinery sales remain buoyant
• ‘Buoyant demand’ powers Sixt to record quarter
• After reading the letter he was in a buoyant mood
• Clash of youth in store as buoyant England take on US

Aggravate Meaning and Sentence Examples

Aggravate Meaning: to make a bad situation worse

 

Aggravate Sentence Examples

1. Situation with container freight has aggravated further
2. Inadequate information flow aggravates flooding in Nigeria
3. Ukraine’s Success in Turning Back Russia’s Invasion Could Aggravate Global Food Shortages
4. Ukraine’s Zelenskyy accuses Iran of aggravating war impact
5. Punjab may face an aggravated smog problem

Advance Meaning and Sentence Examples

Advance Meaning: to go or move something forward, or to develop or improve something

Advance Sentence Examples

1. Advance tickets no longer available for Football games versus Iowa State and TCU
2. Looking for cheap airfares? Book a year in advance
3. GWR now offering advance fares for the festive period
4. Wakanda Forever has already made $45 million in advance ticket sales
5. Even Healthcare lands additional capital to advance primary care adoption in India
6. Russian troops ordered to retreat from Kherson in face of Ukrainian advance
7. Advance train tickets are sold out early online, then long wait begins at stations

Afoot Meaning and Sentence Examples

 

Afoot Meaning: in preparation or progress

Afoot Sentence Examples:

1. Plans afoot to raise Russian energy sector investments
2. Changes afoot for New York Giants as they prepare for Houston Texans
3. With rain threat hovering, plans afoot to avoid washout and save England vs Pakistan T20 World Cup Final
4. Whatever midterms bring, changes are afoot for Biden
5. District-level reviews afoot to assess progress of work in Kerala
6. Efforts afoot to make advertisement policy more transparent
7. Move afoot to get pipeline work restarted
8. Plans afoot to narrow gender pay gap
9. Talks on election date afoot
10. Strange things afoot in local sports
11. Contingency plans afoot for SSC exams amid load shedding
12. Plans afoot to rebuild New Delhi railway station on EPC model
14. Amazon shares slump, Big Tech peers stay afloat
15. Traders say they need government support and easy loans to stay afloat
16. Many small businesses are struggling to stay/keep afloat
17. Shadab Khan's all-round heroics keep Pakistani campaign afloat
18. Indebted farmers get 800mn to keep afloat
19. Majority of schools face making 'catastrophic' staffing cuts to stay afloat
20. $4mn to keep fish populations afloat

Administer Meaning and Sentence Examples

Administer Meaning: 

• to cause someone to receive something
• to give something to someone
• to control the operation or arrangement of something

Administer Sentence Examples:

• Pharmacies in France can now administer 14 more vaccines
• India has administered more than 610 million doses
• The president to administer oath of office to new chief justice of India
• Azerbaijan administers over 700 COVID-19 jabs in a day
• China begins administering inhalable COVID-19 vaccine boosters
• U.N. could administer over $3 bln in funds to aid Venezuela
• Dick’s House administers more than 2,000 flu shots to community this term

Acclimatize Meaning and Sentences

Acclimatize Meaning: to become accustomed to a new climate or new conditions; adjust

Acclimatize Sentence Examples:

• We found it impossible to acclimatize ourselves to the new working conditions. 
• Fans traveling from cool fall climates won't have adequate time to acclimatize to the heat of Qatar.