How to Use different in a Sentence

different

adjective

• The two brothers could not have been more different.
• He has a very different style of dressing.
• We need to try an entirely different approach.
• That movie certainly was different.
• They met with each other on several different occasions.
• There are a lot of different things that the precinct does.
  — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 14 July 2019
• This all could have been much different had the ball been a few feet to the right.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2022
• There were valances above, and the lights were different.
  — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 12 July 2018
• This year’s group is a lot different than Wolfe’s teams in the past.
  — Marcus Gutierrez, Houston Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2020
• If just one of those were true, the Mets would be in a much different place.
  — Michael Beller, SI.com, 4 July 2017
• Love of life is one of many different types of love in the novel.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
• That fell through, and a lot of things look different this year.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2020
• The images that have been used over and over have to be used in a different way.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2022
• How does the play get the audience to dig in in a different way now?
  — Liz Appel, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2022
• This episode is going to be a bit different from the rest.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2021
• The math is very different today, thanks to growth of Dane.
  — Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2021
• The taste is a little different at first but now I am used to it and love it.
  — Susan Brickell, Health.com, 16 July 2019
• And again, none of this is too different from what he’s said on air.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 3 May 2023
• This is why the light is different, and each thing has a Shadow.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 24 Aug. 2020
• And for each of those events, a different type of dirt is required.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2023
• But that was a different Issue 1 from the one on the ballot next week.
  — Leah Askarinam, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2023
• What struck me most was how different our prompts and queries were.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 14 May 2023
• Hirtzel has a different plan for the bathroom project on his list.
  — Mark Davis, kansascity, 1 Mar. 2018
• Last year, those eight weeks were hard in a different way.
  — Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey, Curbed, 26 Nov. 2021
• To be clear, both films couldn't be more different in tone.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2022
• Each game has its own shelf life, and this was no different.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 24 Nov. 2020
• Be brave enough to be different and allow life and Time to Evolve You.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 9 June 2023
• On the live-theater stage, things seem to be different.
  — Marilyn Bailey, star-telegram, 2 Nov. 2017
• In a closer game, or a different era of pitcher workload management, Glasnow might have had the chance to go the distance.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
• Maya Smith, a licensed cosmetologist and founder of The Doux, shares that breakage can manifest in different ways: split ends, thinning strands, and excessive shedding.
  — Larry Stansbury, Essence, 10 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024