How to Use column in a Sentence

column

noun
  • Add the first column of numbers.
  • The error appears at the bottom of the second column.
  • She writes a weekly column for the paper.
  • The article takes up three columns.
  • Just a thought: Clip and save this column for the future.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2023
  • This year is all about the column dress...and the martini, of course.
    Meg Donohue, ELLE, 28 July 2023
  • Grand white columns flanked the front door to the red brick building.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024
  • There was a big column in between the kitchen and the living room.
    House Beautiful, 1 Dec. 2022
  • This will be the subject of the next column in this series.
    George Calhoun, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The one thing missing from the last two games were notches in the win column.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023
  • At the same time, a third climber in the group, a 34-year-old male, fell about 40 feet when the ice column fractured.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But while that may seem like too many checks in the pros column for the method, consider some of the cons.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 10 May 2023
  • To read his recent columns, go to freep.com/sports/jeff-seidel.
    Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2024
  • So that math explains that the more the Point God gets hot from the 3, the higher chances the Suns will remain in the win column.
    Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Read more Taste-off columns at www.mercurynews.com/tag/taste-off.
    Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In Tango, the objective is to get each row and column of the grid to have the same number of suns and moons.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The Lions, ninth in the NFC, are two games back in the loss column of the seventh and final playoff spot.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Doric columns are the same type of column that would have been at sites like the Parthenon in the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
  • We're tempted to leave the rest of this column blank and let John Deering's work speak for the paper.
    Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Something that’s been a downside for a few years running is now back in the pros column.
    Chris Welch, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2023
  • That reader’s question was in boldface at the top of the column, but the commenter must have read right over it.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Out of caution, her name isn’t being used in this column.
    Joseph Goodman, al, 27 July 2023
  • The complex blend features pot and column still rums that range from unaged to 10 years old.
    Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 2 June 2023
  • David Marchese is a staff writer for the magazine and writes the Talk column.
    David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 16 July 2023
  • Just last month, three Sherpas died when they were hit by a column of ice at a glacier near the mountain’s base camp.
    Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 7 May 2023
  • Welcome to Wayward Watching, a column on the seen and unseen in film.
    Martin Amis, Hazlitt, 7 June 2023
  • On top of a nearby hill, next to the old water tower, there’s a curving line of white columns.
    Serena Lin, AZCentral.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The weekly column takes you behind the scenes and shines a spotlight on unique stories.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The weekly column takes you behind the scenes and shines a spotlight on unique stories.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024

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