How to Use b in a Sentence

b

noun
  • All of their children's names begin with b.
  • There are three choices for the first letter (a, b or c), two for the second, and one for the third.
    Quanta Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Blake Shelton takes the stage for the third time — and the last coach/artist duet of the evening — to sing with his final b, bodie.
    Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The single is available to pre-order now, though there is no word yet on what will feature on the b-side.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2023
  • The only remaining option is Sub. b: the court votes to act in closed conference.
    Jack Kelly and Matthew Defour, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The band also displayed the victims of police b—tality and r-cist att—ks .
    Ariana Garcia, Chron, 8 Oct. 2022
  • In the case of 40 Eri b, the signal previously thought to be a planet turned out to be activity on the star’s surface.
    Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2023
  • During those sessions, Queen recorded about 30 songs, but only 10 made it on the album (followed by a couple of b-sides).
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2022
  • In this equation, a, b and c represent the lengths of the three sides of a right triangle, a triangle with a 90-degree angle between two of its sides.
    Leila Sloman, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
  • In May, Clegg opened up about her son's health, revealing that he was diagnosed with b-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
    Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Water enters the pressure washer via a garden hose (a) and moves through a pump, which consists of a series of two or three plungers (b) arranged in a line or a circle.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The daily chart shows what could be a rising wedge formation, lines a and b, which is often a negative formation.
    Tom Aspray, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • Astronomers observed a hot, rocky exoplanet called GJ 486 b using the Webb telescope.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • The presence of water vapor could suggest that GJ 486 b somehow has an atmosphere, despite its heat and proximity to the star.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • This data is perhaps not surprising given that until recently, this area of focus didn’t include the ‘b’ (i.e. DEI).
    Kathy Caprino, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Referring to the diagram, the report took care not to leave out what, to Walter, was the heart of the matter: the centrality of deception in the Nazi method: The unfortunate victims are brought into hall (b) where they are told to undress.
    Jonathan Freedland, Time, 29 Dec. 2022
  • To mark the occasion, the Flaming Lips released a massive box set filled with demos, b-sides, remixes, radio sessions, and live recordings from the era, including over 50 tracks that hadn’t been previously released.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2023
  • An inevitable side effect of any system that has (a) been in use for an extended period and (b) has been changed and updated along the way, often by many different people, is technical debt.
    Brian Pierce, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • But for reasons of a) longevity and b) more importantly, contribution to society through responsible capital allocation, C – Warren Buffett – would be most people’s choice.
    James Early, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Some vitamin deficiencies can cause sleep problems, particularly b vitamins, calcium, vitamin d [13] and magnesium [14].
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2023
  • All of their children's names begin with b.
  • There are three choices for the first letter (a, b or c), two for the second, and one for the third.
    Quanta Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Blake Shelton takes the stage for the third time — and the last coach/artist duet of the evening — to sing with his final b, bodie.
    Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The single is available to pre-order now, though there is no word yet on what will feature on the b-side.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2023
  • The only remaining option is Sub. b: the court votes to act in closed conference.
    Jack Kelly and Matthew Defour, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The band also displayed the victims of police b—tality and r-cist att—ks .
    Ariana Garcia, Chron, 8 Oct. 2022
  • In the case of 40 Eri b, the signal previously thought to be a planet turned out to be activity on the star’s surface.
    Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2023
  • During those sessions, Queen recorded about 30 songs, but only 10 made it on the album (followed by a couple of b-sides).
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2022
  • In this equation, a, b and c represent the lengths of the three sides of a right triangle, a triangle with a 90-degree angle between two of its sides.
    Leila Sloman, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
  • In May, Clegg opened up about her son's health, revealing that he was diagnosed with b-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
    Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2022

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