How to Use bracket in a Sentence

bracket

1 of 2 noun
  • There are wall brackets in the garage for the rakes and shovels.
  • The shelf is held up with two brackets.
  • He earned enough to put him in a higher tax bracket.
  • She is taller than average for her age bracket.
  • She is now in a lower income bracket than before.
  • Measure from the top of the mirror to the bracket as well as the length of the bracket.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The base for the top bracket is schools with an enrollment of 2,300-plus.
    Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Free lunch will be served at noon and the knockout brackets start at 1 p.m.
    Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 11 May 2023
  • Keep in Mind The placement of the pre-drilled brackets may not align with the studs in your bathroom wall.
    Tabitha Britt, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Place the bolt into the bracket and thread the toggle (the wing piece) onto its end.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Car testers of the day saw quarter-mile time slips in the mid-to-low 14-second bracket—quick for the day.
    Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The prize puts Wednesday’s winner in the top tax bracket.
    Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • And the Heat assuredly are not planning to play from the play-in bracket.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Based on his total homers (21), García is the No. 4 seed in the eight-man bracket.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 5 July 2023
  • To open and close this gate, side hooks latch onto brackets.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 14 July 2023
  • Here's a look back on what last year's final bracket looked like.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The 6-foot-4 USC forward just walked by a bracket printed on a poster that stood taller than her head.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The state would still go from four to three brackets, with the lowest rate dropping to 3.5% and the highest rate being 6.5%.
    Scott Bauer and Harm Venhuizen, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2023
  • Plus, there are three lengths to choose from (short, regular, long) to fit all height brackets.
    Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The names Romeo and Cruz bracket a large angel, and Harper's name is tattooed on his neck.
    Celeste McCauley, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The shelf rests on adjustable brackets, one of which wasn’t fully seated in its slot.
    Barry Markovsky, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The set comes with two sturdy shelves and a heavy-duty mounting bracket.
    Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Remove the Pad Mounting Support Next, loosen the two larger bolts that hold the mounting bracket for the pads.
    Jeff Dengate, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
  • In each bracket, all nine Summit League teams will compete and 16 games will be played over a five-day span.
    Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2024
  • First, drill guide holes then fasten the brackets to the wall using a drill or screwdriver.
    Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The Wimbledon women's bracket has been full of surprises in the past two weeks.
    Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
  • The 96 Arizona teams trying to qualify for the big weekend will be placed in eight brackets with 12 teams each.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2023
  • Ardmore takes down Moody 4-2 and advances to the winners bracket final.
    Preps, al, 17 May 2023
  • Her Cloud scent has gone mega-viral because the spicy and sweet gourmand scent is beloved by people of all ages and tax brackets.
    Jamie Wilson, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 June 2023
  • Yes, this bracket has and will continue to deliver heartbreak.
    The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
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bracket

2 of 2 verb
  • I wouldn't exactly bracket your paintings with those of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.
  • Seabreeze, led by Crouch, advanced to boys bracket play as the No.
    Buddy Collings, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • That was bracketed by two bogeys on his way to a 38 on the front nine.
    Mike James, latimes.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • But then the rhetoric that bracketed those words made his point quite clear.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 19 June 2019
  • Without him, frankly, there isn’t a team in the West bracket the Spurs would be clear favorites to beat.
    Jim Lefko, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Kaos finished first out of a field of eight teams bracketed in the Super Group at the Rage Showcase.
    Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Mutton chops thick enough for gray jays to nest in bracketed a wide smile.
    Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Steep hillsides etched with streams bracket the valley floor.
    Michael Dunne, sacbee.com, 20 June 2017
  • What bracket the Firebirds will take part in is anybody's guess now.
    Richard Obert, azcentral, 26 Oct. 2019
  • At the front is a super-sized kidney grille bracketed by a pair of slim LED headlights.
    Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 28 June 2019
  • But Dallas patched up its wounds and strolled its way to a June Joust winners bracket final.
    Sean Collins, Dallas News, 10 June 2021
  • Regardless of where the Tigers get bracketed, Pearl's message to his team this week is clear.
    Tom Green, AL.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • The frames used to bracket history — and to place ourselves within it — are malleable.
    Washington Post, 7 May 2021
  • The consolation bracket semis tipped off the day's action.
    Daniel Boyette | Dboyette@al.com, AL.com, 28 Dec. 2017
  • But how does that somehow get bracketed with on-court coaching, a fundamental change to the very essence of the sport?
    Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • That’s just one of several winners bracket matchups with high stakes.
    Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Elliott won his next four matches in the consolation bracket to advance to the fifth-place match.
    Jon J. Kerr, chicagotribune.com, 28 May 2017
  • The story and the colors are used to bracket the beginning and end credits of the documentary.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 June 2022
  • At the rear, a diffuser-like finisher is bracketed by those large oval tailpipes, and a small, gloss-black lip spoiler adorns the trunk lid.
    Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2018
  • After his own cha cha with Koko Iwasaki was bracketed in the bottom three, fans voted, the judges weighed in and Walsh was walking.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The sophomore was also 3-for-4 with two RBIs at the plate in the 7-2 winners bracket victory over Appalachian.
    Dennis Victory, al, 18 May 2021
  • The Empire play the Ultra at 5 p.m. Friday for an appearance in the winners bracket final.
    Sean Collins, Dallas News, 17 June 2021
  • These fraught welcomes bracket the show, open but wary, tinged with violence.
    BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2021
  • But Staples’s complaints about the small pond of hip-hop are bracketed by wider discontent.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 June 2017
  • Often ships will spend days waiting out the storms in the Vanylvsfjord or the Moldefjord, the narrow inlets that bracket the cliffs of Stadlandet.
    Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2017
  • The Hawks will be using a box-plus-one zone defense, in which four defenders bracket the slot and the fifth defender chases.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • If assigning Humphrey to Brown was not an option, bracketing Brown with two players might have been.
    Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Vocally, the first and last wives bracket the show with two astonishments.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Also, there was no way the Chargers could bracket both receivers with two defenders.
    Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2022
  • For instance, scholars know precisely where T. rex falls on the technique's branching trees, bracketed by crocodilians on one side and birds on the other.
    Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023

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