How to Use denote in a Sentence

denote

verb

• Her death denoted the end of an era.
• The word “derby” can denote a horse race or a kind of hat.
• Large swaths were shaded light pink, denoting a county that had no local newspaper at all.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 20 Mar. 2018
• Jewish men and women alike had to wear a yellow item of clothing when outside the ghetto, to denote their difference.
  — Joan Nathan, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2018
• Even the word ‘hurricane’ comes from Huracán, a Taino and Mayan word denoting the god of wind.
  — Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
• White: White denotes purity and cleanliness and reflects more light than any other color.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2018
• Energy return denotes the amount of energy that shoe is able to retain when force is exerted upon it by a runner’s stride.
  — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 18 Apr. 2018
• Lines spoken in Mandarin appear white, while yellow denotes Yunnan dialect.
  — Richard Kuipers, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
• The beer garden is visiting 23 parks this year, up from 20 during the previous year (the * on the schedule below denotes a new park).
  — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• The Clift, which hosts three hives on its rooftop, features honey with cheese and charcuterie board appetizers, denoted by a small depiction of a bee next to each item on the menu.
  — Bailey Bischoff, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2018
• Lombino also said Bandidos went to his house to beat him and take any property denoting his membership in the Bandidos.
  — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Apr. 2018
• And after watching Matthews master it, the Michigan coach wanted to denote the effort by adding it to his colorful and eccentric lexicon.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2018
• Red orbs denote things like stop lines, cross walks and road signs.
  — Christopher Mims, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
• Lightly mark both sides of the joist, then make a third mark in the middle to denote the center point.
  — Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• The rugs may also be hung on walls to denote a space for worship.
  — Vanessa H. Larson, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
• Her title has been used by the monarchy since the 14th century to denote the wife of the Prince of Wales.
  — Emily Zemler, Allure, 13 Dec. 2023
• That’s a head fake: the word is used in the French sense, and denotes more appetizers.
  — New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
• Use fences and hedges to denote the garden's boundaries.
  — Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 13 June 2023
• In other words, a king can only be a monarch, while queen can denote monarch or the wife of a monarch.
  — James Hookway, WSJ, 9 Apr. 2021
• White lines denote a basketball court, and a sedan is parked on top of the blue painted area in front of the hoop.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2019
• This week, staffers have been zip-tying seats to denote where fans cannot sit.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2021
• One figure is a wash of blues and pinks, a few hazy lines denoting her waist and thigh.
  — Christina Cacouris, Marie Claire, 11 Sep. 2018
• The announcement did not denote the status of the agreement with ASC.
  — al, 26 Apr. 2023
• The button even glows blue, orange or red to denote cool, warm or hot.
  — Sarah Wharton, Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2022
• Noom claims that the colors do not denote good foods or bad foods but serve as more of a portion guide.
  — Good Housekeeping, 30 Nov. 2022
• Thread Count Thread count denotes the number of threads in a square inch of fabric, and how tightly woven the fibers are.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2023
• There were no tags to denote the top or bottom of the fitted sheet, which did seem a little baggy.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2022
• Four years on, tweaks to the grille, rear bumper, and wheel designs denote the '23 model, but bigger changes are afoot on the inside and under the hood.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 10 Nov. 2022
• This is a larger MacBook Air, with the 15-inch name denoting the screen size (not the overall laptop size).
  — Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 6 June 2023
• Since the sun denotes your drive and attitude, Sunday explains that those with a fire Sun sign love to stand out in a crowd.
  — Women's Health, 12 May 2023

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024