How to Use cast on in a Sentence

cast on

verb
  • Much of that peace of mind derived from the black cast on his left hand.
    Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
  • None of the products left a white cast on the skin once absorbed.
    Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Slip the first stitch that was cast on to the needle with the working yarn.
    Connie Chang, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2022
  • As a huge shadow is cast on Earth, Trump’s head comes to the fore.
    Armani Syed, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Brown played the game with a cast on his non-throwing hand.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Evan Hansen reached into the cast on his left arm and eased out a nip of whiskey.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The camera then cut to Vassegh in the stadium ... with a cast on his left arm.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Plus, finding one that doesn't leave a white cast on your ink is key.
    ELLE, 1 June 2022
  • Diaz’s first major role came in 2005 when she was cast on the soap opera As the World Turns.
    Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 26 Nov. 2023
  • There — to this day — is still a group email with the entire cast on it, that’s been going since 2010.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2023
  • In it, a woman with a cast on her arm tried to keep it out of the bubbling water.
    Amy Virshup, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2022
  • While he was cast on the series, Hartwell was not a part of one of the six couples who left the pods engaged.
    Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 14 July 2022
  • Votes on pledge cards don’t count until they’re cast on the chamber floor.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
  • With the weather setback, Sims worked with the dancers and cast on a soundstage instead.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 June 2023
  • The scene of the cast on the beach is receiving comparisons to Big Little Lies.
    Lindy Segal, Glamour, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The actress already had been cast on The Bear, but the show hadn’t been given the season order.
    Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The result is a lunar eclipse, also called a blood moon for the reddish shadow the Earth casts on the moon.
    Terri Robertson, Country Living, 31 July 2023
  • Following the footage, Ford joined the rest of the cast on stage to thunderous applause.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 27 July 2024
  • The alignment causes the moon's shadow to be cast on the planet's surface.
    Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Is there a vetting process to ensure exes aren't cast on the same season?
    Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • For his part, Morris had a great time playing specter with one of the funniest casts on TV.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Weitzman acknowledged the shadow the episode has cast on the San Diego shelter.
    Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Head over to The Independent’s website to read more from the cast on the film’s 30th anniversary.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Some can leave a greasy residue on the skin, and others often leave behind a white cast on darker skin tones.
    Neha Tandon, womenshealthmag.com, 1 June 2023
  • Her then-1-year-old daughter, Kaleia, is in the backyard, running with a cast on her broken right arm.
    Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 29 Dec. 2022
  • His father imposed a cast on him and demanded that the film be a Western, a profitable genre at the time.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • For decades, Arbogast even produced a version so small it could be cast on a fly rod.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • One was brought by Tran Dang, who was cast on season five, which followed people from the Houston area.
    Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 June 2024
  • Her task was to pretend she’d been cast on the next Bachelorette and ask if Ciara had any advice for her.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 2 May 2024
  • In 1903, her famous sonnet was cast on a bronze plaque and attached to the inner wall of the Statue of Liberty.
    Sari Beth Rosenberg, Parents, 5 Mar. 2024

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