How to Use assorted in a Sentence

assorted

adjective
  • Near the front of the store is a large bin with assorted clothing items.
    Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Sharp announced to the assorted girls, gays and theys who’d come out for the premiere.
    Vulture, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The omakase box with assorted sushi and a can of sake, which left him craving just a bit more.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024
  • My room had a box of assorted fruits and a tray with a bottle of mezcal.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Maria will give us the last week of Callas’s life, with assorted flashbacks.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
  • On the back of his hand are five butterflies of assorted sizes.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Like their equipment, the drone hunters are an assorted bunch.
    Michael E. Miller and Anastacia Galouchkam, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The new assorted donut holes are available in 10-count or 24-count cups.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
  • There was a gift bag of assorted prizes for each member of the winning team.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
  • There is also a small bistro that serves wine, beer and assorted snacks.
    Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Aug. 2021
  • With the last minute, just a couple of assorted random quick things.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
  • The new assorted donut holes are available to purchase in 10-count or 24-count cups.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024
  • Cut enough 6×12-inch pieces of assorted crepe papers to cover all the foam balls.
    Kim Hutchison, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The white tux, with tails, has been festooned with assorted patches and pins, plus 400 tiny lights (for night games).
    Brian Albrecht, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Chocolate lovers will go crazy for this assorted box of sweet treats.
    Becca Miller, Good Housekeeping, 20 Oct. 2022
  • That’s when this defense saved the day and all the other assorted goodies.
    Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • It’s got to be layered with trappings skimmed off the top of assorted genres.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The haul mostly includes bits of fences, chairs and assorted pieces of scrap metal.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2023
  • At the end of the night, he was spotted walking unaided to the team bus flanked by Brown, a few players and assorted staffers.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The ravenmaster feeds the black birds twice a day with a special diet of mice, chicks, rats and assorted meats.
    David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2021
  • But which of those former Housewives and their assorted hangers-on will make the cut?
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The three-ply masks come in a pack of 50 assorted prints and are recommended for children ages five to 14.
    Christina Butan, PEOPLE.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The set is available in a pack of either black and white stripes or assorted multi-color stripes.
    Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2023
  • The glaciers of the last ice age spared this region, and thus spared it the drift — the silt, the boulders, the assorted debris — common throughout much of the northern hemisphere.
    Washington Post, 11 June 2021
  • Shopping for a shade sail can feel overwhelming, as there are a ton on the market in assorted sizes and shapes.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 18 June 2022
  • Second place receives a set of Dog Butt push pins, the adorable inch-long rears of five assorted breeds plus a bonus half a fire hydrant.
    Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
  • There are assorted beer portables, dessert carts and liquor bars throughout the ballpark.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2022
  • At stake for the winner: Gomez’s own junk drawer, filled with assorted goodies from her home.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2024
  • During his next half-century in Springfield, Madigan saw four governors go to prison along with busloads of legislative colleagues, judges, Chicago aldermen and assorted rogues who held public office around the state.
    Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Researchers have found microplastics in assorted types of human tissue—including within the brain—with scientists concerned about the potential health impacts.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025

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