How to Use enumerate in a Sentence

enumerate

verb

• Let me enumerate my reasons for doing this.
• I proceeded to enumerate the reasons why I would be justified in filing a lawsuit for negligence.
• That part of the mapping felt pretty clear to me: to enumerate is to name the world.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2024
• Nick marched me up the hill away from the house and just listened to me enumerate my fears.
  — Emily Ziff Griffin, SELF, 18 Dec. 2017
• By striving to enumerate flaws in the art rather than in the people who make it, for one thing.
  — Ty Burr, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• That statement loosely enumerated what remained on the club's to-do list as of that time.
  — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 12 May 2018
• Tait soon enumerated all the knots that had up to seven crossings.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
• Loyal fans can fiercely debate and enumerate the merits of each, like which has the best rides, fireworks and food.
  — Victoria Brown, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2021
• The rest of the book enumerates the many other wonderful things the season will present, in due time: An egg becomes a bird, seeds start growing.
  — Maria Russo, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2016
• The issue of free agency was ranked seven out of the nine issues the players enumerated.
  — Ben Baskin, SI.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• Sugarman enumerates the advantages of their new game; his girls will rent a car.
  — Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Sep. 2017
• In these cases, a markup language that enumerates just how much the artist wants to encourage fair use could help provide that choice.
  — Peter Wayner, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2013
• Colvin enumerates the financial metrics that prove it—at staying a step ahead.
  — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2017
• The scale of the challenge in parts of rural Oregon remains difficult to enumerate.
  — oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2021
• And there are no specific stream buffers enumerated in the plan.
  — oregonlive, 11 Dec. 2019
• Though fines were not enumerated nor cure periods spelled out, the ideas were discussed.
  — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2017
• The guidance doesn't enumerate which of the many outdoor camp activities should and shouldn't require masks.
  — NBC News, 28 May 2021
• Anyone on either side of the Tsushima Basin will only be too happy to enumerate those in more detail.
  — Jennifer Neal, The Root, 20 Dec. 2017
• Just don't try to enumerate its downsides to anyone who knows anything, because there aren't any that matter.
  — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 3 May 2019
• Ask Roger Federer to enumerate his few career disappointments, and the lack of singles gold tops the list.
  — SI.com, 24 July 2019
• The marker goes on to say that the building of the highway created forty-four new parks, and enumerates the rail, sewer, and power lines, and the roads, subways, and highways that the Cross Bronx Expressway cut through.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
• Over the course of forty-seven minutes, Trump enumerated American military conquests and the branches of the U.S. armed forces.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 5 July 2019
• Theories and counter-theories abound on the internet, far too many to enumerate here.
  — NBC News, 25 Dec. 2019
• In the past week, hurricanes and wildfires have caused additional delays as the bureau races to enumerate all households in the country.
  — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2020
• The Postal Service is so foundational to the country that it is enumerated in the Constitution.
  — Author: Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2020
• That August, the feudal system and tithes were abolished and the Declaration of the Rights of Man enumerated the principles of the revolution.
  — Merrill Fabry, Time, 13 July 2017
• So Inkfish is taking a moment to reflect on 2017 and enumerate some noteworthy posts.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2017
• So much of my existence, all of ours, could be easily enumerated.
  — Clare French, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2024
• There was a part of me that wanted Janet to take this opportunity to unload on everybody involved — to enumerate the layers of hypocrisy involved in the whole moral panic of it all.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2022
• There’s a journalistic quality to the movie, which delivers a readily digestible summary of Beckett’s life, with all the important moments neatly enumerated.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024