How to Use directed in a Sentence

directed

adjective

• In the firehouse, someone put cartoons on a TV for the kids and directed adults to a back room.
  — Amanda J. Crawford, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
• That kind of network is called a directed acyclic graph, or DAG.
  — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Jan. 2023
• Using this recipe from Food & Wine of a hatch chile salsa, my boyfriend and I made one with the directed hatch chiles and one with poblano peppers.
  — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 2 Sep. 2021
• Stanley Donen, who co-directed and co-choreographed it, didn't think the movie would do very well.
  — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• But even this footage doesn’t feel directed so much as captured, tiny moments that in the rear view appear huge.
  — New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
• Johnson had been with the department for four years and was assigned to the directed response unit at the time of his arrest.
  — Dallas News, 3 May 2022
• They're all gathered to watch the opening night of a play Oliver's directed (with the lead actor of the production played by Paul Rudd).
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
• Adhering to the state’s directed health measure, the zoo allows no more than 3,000 people in at a time.
  — USA TODAY, 16 June 2020
• The two grew closer over the making of their first movie together, Rare Objects, which Holmes cowrote, directed and stars in.
  — Nigel Smith, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
• In fact, some of the pyroclastic flows may have made it up to ~10 miles (20 kilometers) out from the volcano in a directed blast.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
• Judge Adrienne Davis made the ruling in a directed verdict without the defense having to put on a case.
  — Christy Gutowski, chicagotribune.com, 27 Oct. 2021
• The scion of wealth and former fiancé of actress Sophia Vergara, Loeb co-wrote, co-directed, co-produced and acted in the movie.
  — Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Apr. 2021
• Portion as directed and right before baking, sprinkle coarse or flaky sea salt on top.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2020
• But up to now, most studies have looked at whole-body vibration, not the more directed type that these devices deliver.
  — Katherine Hobson, Outside Online, 7 May 2018
• The bigger question, to my mind, is if, and when, does this metastasize into something more directed?
  — Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
• Wilson was inspired to sign up to become a non-directed kidney donor after seeing a friend’s post on Facebook.
  — Fox News, 17 May 2022
• Mancuso wrote, directed and stars in Música, and Mendes confessed that she was also drawn to him because of his leadership skills.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
• The council reviewed its rental assistance program and directed staff to begin working on options to phase out the program by June 2022.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2021
• On iOS, Siri Shortcuts can be created for directed room cleaning and saved favorites.
  — Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2022
• Lilly Wachowski, who co-directed and co-wrote the original films with sibling Lana, won't be back in the director's seat for this outing.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2020
• In addition to starring in Life & Beth, Schumer wrote, directed and executive-produced the show.
  — Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 14 Apr. 2022
• A few weeks later, The Super 8 Years, a documentary written by Ernaux and co-directed with her son, was released.
  — Town & Country, 12 Jan. 2023
• Instead, Patsy decides to pee in Tony’s pool—a more minor but still resonant act of directed revenge.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2021
• Others, in the business world, aim for a far more directed and efficient exchange of information.
  — Nicola Jones, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2021
• But most were offered for free or directed donations to their instructors.
  — NBC News, 19 Apr. 2020
• For season 1 of Squid Game, the Seoul native created, wrote, directed and executive produced the nine-part series.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 2 Feb. 2022
• Dearbhla Walsh of The Handmaid's Tale directed and executive produced the pilot.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2021
• Try a more active and directed approach by conducting a little scavenger hunt for your senses, Dr. Stryer says.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 8 June 2022
• My husband did some Googling of his own, more directed, efficient, unromantic, logical Googling, and found that Ray Holt had a website.
  — Sarah Fallon, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
• Absent a directed, sustained, and articulated policy of no daylight between the United States and Israel, the rift between America and her ally will widen and the world will grow more dangerous.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 30 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Sep 2024