How to Use affect in a Sentence

affect

verb

• La Niña doesn’t affect the whole of the U.S. in the same way.
  — Ciara Nugent, Time, 31 Dec. 2020
• The new rule will affect any flight to, within, and from the US.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 27 Sep. 2022
• The point is that a small thing can affect a big thing.
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• What happens in Ukraine will affect us and the rest of the world for years to come.
  — WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
• And there’s no way to know how Covid-19 will affect you.
  — Madelyn Fernstrom, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2020
• So, school board members have the power to affect true change on the city.
  — Hannah Sparling, Cincinnati.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Even if a shot or two doesn’t go down, don’t let that affect you.
  — Jabari Young, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Apr. 2018
• Read on to learn how the next Fed rate hike could affect your money.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2022
• Klisch said none of the changes will affect the brewery’s recipes, tours or events.
  — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023
• The judge said there was nothing Adler had said that would affect the case.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2022
• The truck rolled over on the side of the interstate, which helped not affect traffic as much.
  — Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Oct. 2022
• What are the pros and cons of the subject, and how does that affect the market value?
  — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022
• That's not to say that having breasts didn't affect my day-to-day life back then.
  — Kenny Jones, SELF, 24 May 2018
• Chefs weigh in on how that little green sprout can affect the taste of a dish.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2018
• Most of these events are too far from Earth to affect our planet.
  — Claire Hogan, Science | AAAS, 12 Aug. 2021
• Rain is in the area, and could affect the racing toward the finish.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2021
• But things like drought and climate change affect his herd in strange ways.
  — Josh Haner, National Geographic, 29 June 2018
• The middle school and high school will not be affected.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 14 Jan. 2020
• Things that are systemic and affect a large swath of people in the system.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 13 July 2018
• Teams will now begin the process of deciding how the new rules will affect them.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022
• That is gun control that does not affect all of us, just the nuts like this recent scum ball.
  — Fox News, 20 May 2018
• Don’t assume it’s not going to affect your area and not check on it again.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 26 Aug. 2021
• The coach did say Zappe’s solid play the last two weeks would not affect the timetable for Jones’s return.
  — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2022
• The change didn’t affect the bottom line for the players involved.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 5 Feb. 2023
• The good news is this injury should not affect his career.
  — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• The question is how will this loss affect the Vikings' future.
  — Sid Hartman, Star Tribune, 27 Dec. 2020
• Boutt said the study could affect how scientists look at such events in the future.
  — Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2019
• Gil, who allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits and four walks and struck out six, said that did not affect him.
  — courant.com, 18 Sep. 2021
• The concern is that a physician shortage could affect access to care and create long waits in the emergency room.
  — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
• The city also did not answer questions about the status of its recovery from the attack and what systems are still affected.
  — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024