How to Use effect in a Sentence

effect

noun

• The effects of the drug soon wore off.
• He now needs more of the drug to achieve the same effect.
• The total effect of the painting was one of gloom.
• The color gives the effect of being warm.
• He was able to stop taking the drug without ill effect.
• The experience has had a bad effect on him.
• He achieves amazing effects with wood.
• The change in policy had little effect on most people.
• Computers have had a profound effect on our lives.
• This treatment causes fewer ill effects.
• The new rules will be in effect through at least Oct. 25.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2021
• The headline read something to the effect: Here comes one of the best months of the year.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2021
• The layoff didn’t seem to have much of an effect on the Chiefs’ first-stringers.
  — David Murphy, Philly.com, 24 Dec. 2017
• That is what negates the effect of the lack of gravity.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2019
• One of the plant's common names, dumb cane, refers to the effect of the sap if eaten.
  — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2023
• For now, though, events that might once have spooked the market don't seem to have the same effect.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 31 Dec. 2017
• Its effect on the planet will linger, too, in the world’s landfills and oceans.
  — The Economist, 22 June 2020
• As the play went on, the effect of that quick exchange lingered.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020
• There are a lot of moving parts, and a lot of effects going on.
  — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2019
• So much so, that drought status is no longer in effect for the Flagstaff area.
  — The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2023
• The singer goes on to talk about the effect that these sorts of stories have on young women and girls.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2018
• The law went into effect for the 2022 tax year, a start date long foreseen.
  — Mark Maurer, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
• Rather than grow and divide, cells in famine mode are, in effect, stalled.
  — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2018
• Larraín leans in hard on the fable part, to great effect.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2021
• The action was to take effect in March but was delayed.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 2 July 2022
• And the study found that there was no similar effect on men.
  — Emily Cassidy /, NBC News, 13 July 2018
• Lows tonight will be much milder than the past two nights, when there were freeze warnings in effect for part of the state.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 14 Nov. 2022
• But, like the cosmic rays, the beams of light have a marginal effect.
  — Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2020
• Another way to mimic this effect is by using a kitchen colander.
  — Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
• Lazaridis emphasizes that these findings raise concerns about the long-term effect of microplastics and nanoplastics, particularly for young people.
  — Susan Murphy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024