How to Use grid in a Sentence

grid

noun
  • The city streets form a grid.
  • The students plotted points on a grid.
  • The Big 3 are way off the trade grid and Beal has a no-trade clause.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Test Kitchen Tip: Don't fill the grids completely; the batter will spread to the edges when the lid is shut.
    Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2023
  • The two units at the plant provide 2,240 megawatts of electricity to the state’s grid.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Each Row contains two answers, side by side, which span the width of the grid and are clued in order.
    Patrick Berry, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Inside the tree, each little square on each grid is adorned with a number.
    Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Even turf can be put on drip with grid systems installed under the sod.
    Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In March, Silva shouted out her stepson Homer in a grid post.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • Russia and Belarus built new lines to strengthen their own grids.
    IEEE Spectrum, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Enerson tried to qualify for the 2021 race but did not make the starting grid.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2023
  • He was stranded on the starting grid when his car wouldn't start after Roger Penske's command to start the engines.
    CBS News, 28 May 2023
  • For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms.
    Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The wrap has grid lines on the reverse side to make cutting effortless, and the mini rolls are the perfect size for smaller presents.
    Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Kids just might enjoy putting away their socks in the old wooden grid formation if given the chance.
    Clare Miers, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Diners play against the preprogrammed plate, placing a green pea onto the grid.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Wordle, who did not attend college, stared up at his new wife from his five-by-six-square grid.
    Cora Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Mason turned the Galaxie into a fierce racer, one with a red-white-and-blue paint scheme that stood out on the show stand as well as the starting grid.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Since the blackout, Texas lawmakers say the grid is more reliable.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • But as the grid turns green, those emissions costs are rapidly decreasing compared to gas heaters.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2023
  • Some blogs get their hands on casting grids, too, which are used by agencies to track open roles across Hollywood.
    Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The back page of the update section will be a full-page prime time TV grid based on broadcast and streaming channels most aligned with our core readers.
    Cquinn, cleveland, 22 July 2023
  • The rigging electricians are the ones that actually put in the power grids that power the sets and set lighting.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2023
  • The state was divided up into 100 grid cells and each sample comes from a different cell.
    Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • For energy, it’s meant the grid can be optimized to send power where it’s needed.
    Coco Krumme, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Instead, mount a pegboard lined with hooks or hang a wire lattice grid and arrange a variety of hooks to suit your items.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The vulnerable nature of Hawaii’s grid has also been a concern for years.
    Brianna Sacks, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • That said, the corporate world can be slow to change, and most people are unaccustomed to seeing a bobbing head on the Zoom grid.
    Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Boy is, like, girl totally sees a future with new boy, otherwise girl would not post on grid.
    Jen Kim, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2023

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