How to Use entrance in a Sentence

entrance

1 of 2 noun

• The main entrance is on the left side.
• The ship passed through the narrow entrance to the bay.
• There are two entrances to the park.
• The thieves gained entrance to our house by breaking a window.
• She always knew how to make a grand entrance.
• He was denied entrance into the country.
• The book describes his entrance into politics.
• She applied for entrance at several colleges.
• The prom was held in a room just up the the stairs from the entrance to the union.
  — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2023
• The red neon sign was in place over the entrance and the shelves were neatly stocked with wines, whiskeys and vodkas.
  — Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• The bar and sit-down dining options are at the back of the lounge and not visible from the entrance.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2023
• My relative says that, near the entrance to the school, a sniper shot them both, killing Naseem.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• On one side, there’s a large entrance with a curtain that pulls back to reveal the inside of the tent.
  — Tanya Edwards, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023
• Marking the entrance to one shop was a stack of books run through with a sword, their pages warped from years of sun and rain.
  — Lorna Parkes, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
• The dining room itself is long and narrow, with the Heights Bar at the entrance and Urbano at the back.
  — Zoe Glasser, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
• Dark wood tables, booths and a full espresso bar stand near the main entrance.
  — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
• The first photo showed her NFL star husband standing at the home's entrance with hands up in the air.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
• The only entrance to the establishment would be from the new South 43rd Street driveway near the west end of the site.
  — Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
• Video from the agency showed the home fully involved with fire coming out of the roof and a back entrance.
  — Nathaniel Percy, Orange County Register, 3 Apr. 2024
• Instead, the couple had all of their guests join in on their entrance with a dance party.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024
• Rows of the plant lined the paved entrances of so many apartment buildings, shapes and colours winking at me from the sidewalk.
  — Hazlitt, 6 Sep. 2023
• Chapman pursued him and fired on him again at the entrance to RaceTrac.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 8 Sep. 2023
• Then, British divers who had set out from the cave’s entrance three hours prior happened upon the boys.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
• Other travelers must still add their names to the list in person at the lounge entrance.
  — Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• So was the police car on the corner and the candlelit memorial at the playground entrance.
  — Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• The video also shows what Lesufi said was the cylinder responsible for the leak lying on the floor next to the entrance of the shack.
  — Mogomotsi Magome and Gerald Imray, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2023
• The store at one time stationed a security guard near the entrance.
  — Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2024
• Kate then paced herself a step or two behind, allowing Anne to be the first to shake hands with their greeter at the entrance.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
• There are two entrances to the preserve so plan to go back several times to find new paths to explore.
  — Jen Guadarrama, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2024
• As a bus of Palestinian prisoners left Ofer prison, the crowd at the entrance surrounded the bus and cheered.
  — Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023

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entrance

2 of 2 verb

• They are as entranced by the Muppets as the rest of us.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 5 June 2023
• The part that shies away from nuance, entranced by glossy screens.
  — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
• We're just entranced with this mix of blues and neutrals.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
• The doll looked like a stripper, and Handler was entranced.
  — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2019
• But he was hooked on sports from a young age and entranced by the Chicago Bulls’ dynasty.
  — Marc Stein, New York Times, 7 June 2018
• Thus entranced, a female will lay eggs in her beau’s nest.
  — Quanta Magazine, 1 Dec. 2015
• The addictive earworm finds MAAD entranced by the idea of love.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2017
• Then Luhnow recalled a prospect who had entranced one of his scouts that year.
  — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 6 July 2019
• Just weeks ago, the sight of our toddlers entranced by screens first thing in the morning would have caused panic.
  — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
• On one level, you are entranced by the twists of the actual story.
  — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 May 2017
• Yet, during Ocean’s set, the crowd couldn’t help but be entranced by the big screen broadcasting the action.
  — Derek Lawrence, PEOPLE.com, 23 July 2017
• He was entranced by the prospect of stumbling onto good fortune.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2023
• She was frozen in the same spot where the pit ropes had snapped, not because of fear, but because she was entranced at the spectacle of it all.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
• Rome reaches for the shiny trophy, becoming entranced by the disco ball's lights in the sun in the last photo.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
• But she was also entranced by a class on the chemistry of living systems.
  — Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• Even if, as may be, the moment of greatest splendor has passed, a look about still entranced the eye with yellow and red and gold.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
• Growing up in San Diego, Friedman was entranced by music, even as a small child.
  — Paul Freeman, The Mercury News, 31 May 2017
• The boys are entranced with a bunny that has somehow invaded the garden.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 23 Feb. 2024
• When the chief is finally able to approach Poli’ahu, she is entranced by his rainbow.
  — Author: Crystal Paul, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2019
• But few have looked under the cape to see how the undead man became the fearsome legend that entranced readers.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
• Their music and the power of their unison was entrancing.
  — Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 6 May 2023
• My mother came to America in her 20s, entranced in part by the radical pride of the Black Panthers.
  — Carla Bruce-Eddings, The Cut, 13 Oct. 2017
• Of course, Bell isn’t the only celeb entranced with all-natural treatment.
  — Braelyn Wood, Health.com, 4 Apr. 2020
• Disney hadn’t had the entire family entranced since The Jungle Book in 1967.
  — Chris Nichols, Los Angeles Magazine, 31 Oct. 2017
• The sleeves of the dress were equally entrancing, with a small slit just below the elbows that was created to look like sequin cuffs.
  — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 5 Oct. 2018
• Zhao seemed entranced by Musk’s mystique as an evangelist of free speech.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 June 2023
• An hour before, I’d been entranced by a dead tree; now the houses and lawns and trash and lampposts and caulk cracks were starting to lose their vibrancy.
  — Morgan Meis, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
• His officers are a blend of experienced hands and bright-eyed youngsters still entranced by the thrill of war.
  — Dominic P. Papatola, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2019
• Free shuttle service is provided to entrance near the 19th Hole.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2023
• The lobby was well-lit and guests were entranced by the two flatscreens suspended side by side with Moet bottles decorated in faux flowers beneath them.
  — Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024