How to Use period in a Sentence

period

noun

• We have had two power failures in a five-month period.
• Children go through many changes during the period of adolescence.
• We are studying our country's colonial period.
• The period between Christmas and New Year's Eve is a very busy one for us.
• Strome scored the game’s first goal at 11:12 of the opening period.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
• Eichel was in pain and went to the dressing room for the remainder of the period.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
• For a period of time, any 14 to 17 year old didn’t even know my name.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
• The bowls were easy to clean and seemed durable during the testing period.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
• For context, The City of Gold only had 58 sales in the same period last year.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
• Stranger Things borrows scenes and themes straight from the famous movies of the 1980s period it’s set in.
  — Aden Ikram, Fortune, 29 June 2023
• In France, over the same period, the cost of fresh vegetables rose 18%, and in the US margarine was up 17%.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 29 June 2023
• Here, readers found the first mention of periods in the young-adult genre.
  — Nell McShane Wulfhart, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
• At the end of the egg’s baking period, toast your bagel or bread if desired.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
• The Clippers went up by six midway through the first period.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
• Everyone needs a break and there's just a period on it right now.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
• There’s a period of the bends and depressurizing, on top of how well the last one did.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2023
• Just make sure to break them in before wearing them for longer periods of time.
  — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 2 Feb. 2024
• The team said the new agreement could be pushed through 2041 if the ballpark lease is extended through that period.
  — Tom Withers, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
• That period is now ending and those users will have to pay the higher price in January.
  — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• During that period, either party may choose to close the deal, not close the deal, or renegotiate the terms of the deal.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
• Blinken commented on the three-week period that has passed since Navalny's lawyers have heard from their client.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 23 Dec. 2023
• And these levels of sound usually last for long periods of time – two or three hours.
  — Cory Portnuff, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
• Kevin Thozet, a member of the investment committee at Carmignac in Paris, says the boom period may have run its course.
  — Ksenia Galouchko, Fortune, 4 June 2023
• So much had changed in the cruise industry and our company over that 30-year period.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
• Both teams chased each other down in the first period, but David Pastrnak quickly earned the lead for the Bruins on the power play at 4:41.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024
• And not all at the hands of gun violence, but just violence, period.
  — Michel Martin, NPR, 15 Apr. 2024
• That’s when Heinz decided to make the sauce a reality, at least for a short period.
  — Kate Krader, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
• The Knights were dominant early, taking a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals from Marchessault and Martinez.
  — Mark Anderson, ajc, 6 June 2023
• The president’s poll numbers among Arab Americans have, in a short period of time, dropped like a stone.
  — Hafiz Rashid, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
• There is a long waiting period to buy one of the 600 pieces the firm produces annually, yet business is strong.
  — Michael O’Donnell, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024