How to Use answer in a Sentence

answer

1 of 2 noun

• The answers are listed in the back of the book.
• That is the wrong answer.
• I didn't know the right answer.
• Do you know the answer to this question?
• They wouldn't give me a straight answer to my question.
• I asked him a simple question and he gave me a long and confusing answer.
• I didn't believe her answer.
• He knew the answers to only 3 of the 10 questions.
• The answer isn’t in the weight room or the meeting room.
  — oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2022
• The tighter the range, the more likely the answer will net more points.
  — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
• The answer to all of these: just enough to keep up with the times.
  — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 2 Oct. 2018
• The answer in regard to The Book of Clarence is: For the most part, yes.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024
• The answer, of course, was to be found in the pages of her novel.
  — Michael Cart, Smithsonian, 7 May 2018
• The answer is not easy to come by, so here’s the best way to find out.
  — oregonlive, 11 Oct. 2021
• And lots of the book comes from kind of finding out the answers.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• The answer to all of that is no, and that's in writing.
  — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2022
• For those who are new to the process, here are some answers.
  — Alfred Miller, The Courier-Journal, 31 Mar. 2020
• Glass may be the answer, but there’s still work to be done.
  — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 4 Nov. 2019
• The question is whether Cadiz is the answer to the problem.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• The answer must be up to the viewer and her conscience.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2019
• The answer: those that are well-managed across the board.
  — Rick Wartzman and Kelly Tang, WSJ, 12 June 2021
• One answer is two weeks ago, and the other is all the time for the last four years.
  — Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 10 July 2020
• The answer to great cranberry drinks is to go to the source.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2022
• Email your answer in the subject line to [e-mail].
  — wsj.com, 12 May 2023
• In terms of what can and does go wrong, the answer is: plenty.
  — Jim Probasco, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
• As for how many kids the duo want, Bieber had an answer for that.
  — PEOPLE.com, 20 July 2021
• Record the answers in a safe place and repeat each year.
  — Sarah Lyons, South Florida Parenting, 23 Jan. 2018
• The answer to all the above turned out to be a resounding yes.
  — Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2019
• So when Democrats ask if there is any hope, the answer is clear.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 25 May 2022
• My answer is this is a show that needs to be watched once and twice and three times.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 4 May 2022

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answer

2 of 2 verb

• No one answered the door.
• I knocked on the door but no one answered.
• Would somebody please answer the phone?
• When the police asked him his name, he refused to answer.
• Answer me this: where have you put my money?
• I sent her a letter asking for her help, but she never answered.
• She answered all my questions.
• The phone rang repeatedly, but no one answered.
• He answered only three of the test questions correctly.
• When I ask you a question I expect you to answer me!
• Does the vet take the time to answer all your questions?
  — Justine A. Lee, Health.com, 26 Aug. 2020
• The best news is that Phoenix has at least one more game to answer them.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2021
• Ross said the man would answer but not say anything for much of the time.
  — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2019
• Find the dogs, answer trivia, and the fastest teams each day will win prizes!
  — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Feb. 2022
• Quinn would have to answer for why the Rangers fell flat at the end of his tenure.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022
• That is the question your gut, mind, heart has to answer.
  — chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2021
• Then the touchy question, the one nobody wants to answer straight.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2019
• Colerain would answer with a run in the third, then broke the game open with a four-run fourth.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 19 May 2022
• Many do not answer their cell phones and do not call back.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 2 July 2020
• Here are all of your questions about the Alaskan king bed, answered.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 23 Oct. 2019
• There are a lot of questions that have not been answered.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Dec. 2019
• Reality+, being a short film, doesn’t have time to answer them.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 26 June 2018
• The fact is the show has thrived with new blood being given a chance to answer the call.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2021
• About a dozen skipped the question or declined to answer it.
  — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 27 Nov. 2020
• If answered correctly, the pair keeps the cash and continues to the next.
  — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
• And the dough will answer you and will come out extremely smooth.
  — Paul Feinstein, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2021
• That's the question the BabySeq study has been trying to answer for a decade.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• Please email us at [e-mail], and Carla will do her best to answer them.
  — Carla Lalli Music, Bon Appétit, 26 Mar. 2020
• Stokes’ emergence, though, would seem to answer at least some of that doubt.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2022
• This a question that each of you will have to answer for yourselves.
  — Emma Vequist, ExpressNews.com, 10 June 2020

Last Updated: 9 May 2024