How to Use be in a Sentence

be

verb

• So there were nine months of casting all over the world.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
• How can the stuff of stones and bones also be the stuff of thought?
  — Julian Baggini, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2021
• Looking over the rack, there were more and more things to like.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
• There were five people in the group: four adults and the toddler.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Sep. 2023
• There wasn't much offense from the Reds for most of the night.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 3 May 2023
• But there is also the joy of watching one man fly free.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2023
• At the same time, we’re supposed to be a nation of laws.
  — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2022
• Put that in the article, so the powers that be can read it.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2022
• But there are ways to be prepared and feel more secure.
  — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2023
• Or have the five best non-playoff teams be in a lottery for the first five picks.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021
• The hospital has warned that there is nowhere else to go for patients to go.
  — TIME, 18 Oct. 2023
• But the powers that be will have to speak on it sooner or later.
  — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 25 Jan. 2021
• Could the fountain of youth be lurking in our kitchen cupboards?
  — April Long, Town & Country, 6 Mar. 2021
• This seemed to get under the skin of the powers that be in Long Lake.
  — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2021
• Will Britain’s winter be mild and wet, or cold and dry?
  — Denise Roland, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2022
• She’s a girl boss pretending to fight against the powers that be.
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 29 May 2021
• We’re taught to be vigilant and courageous and seek the truth and shine light in very dark places.
  — Char Adams, The New Republic, 19 June 2020
• The powers that be put in a minority keep a lid on things.
  — Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2022
• So maybe the powers that be will pay attention this time?
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2022
• There are only five episodes, so this is one show to savor.
  — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2023
• But squeaky wheels also ought to know which lane they’re supposed to be in.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 17 Dec. 2020
• And the powers that be would have looked the other way for a time, if not forever.
  — Time, 19 June 2020
• Some of those can be quasi-invasive if they’re not kept in check.
  — Jennifer Konerman, Sunset Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
• There was a world where the clothes could have been ugly like big velcro stick-on clothes.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Dec. 2023
• You’re not allowed to be happy here very long, sports guy.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 9 June 2021
• And crucially: Will the size of his hands be a problem?
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022
• Maybe another team would be, but we’re not built to have fear.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Mar. 2022
• That’s up to the powers that be — my agent, whoever else.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023
• Maybe there is something about that sea air, after all.
  — Garrett Munce, Town & Country, 4 May 2023
• Then and now, there is no lid for hip hop’s sound, no cage for its platinum growl.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 23 Apr 2024