How to Use establish in a Sentence

establish

verb

• The film established her as a star.
• The word is now established as part of the English language.
• As a young doctor he worked hard to establish himself in the community.
• They want to establish their children in the family business.
• The company has established itself as a leader in the industry.
• The two countries established a mutual trade agreement.
• She established a reputation as a hard worker.
• Investigators are trying to establish if anyone knew about these problems before the accident.
• She established a system of tracking expenses more accurately.
• My to-do list of restaurants is dozens of names long, a mix of the new and the established.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
• The Café has established a unique presence in the city.
  — Nancy Miller, The Courier-Journal, 26 Dec. 2017
• Dennis was one of the agents who helped establish the firm in 1979.
  — Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 10 Sep. 2019
• The city is firmly established as one of the most beautiful in the world.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2018
• Crews were able to establish and hold boundaries on the fire.
  — Emily Wilder, The Arizona Republic, 24 Aug. 2020
• And a lot of it will tie back to the rhythm quarterback Nick Foles is able to establish.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 17 Oct. 2020
• My plan was to cut the trunks back to one trunk and then try to establish new cordons this year off of that trunk.
  — oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2023
• What followed over the next three hours would not just establish the results of the race.
  — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2022
• The city started the pause in February, to give it time to establish the new rules.
  — Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2023
• Why didn’t LyBrand try to establish even a hint of a rapport?
  — Longreads, 22 Jan. 2018
• This game established Barkley is one of the nation’s most promising prospects.
  — Steven Ruiz, For The Win, 26 Apr. 2018
• Ta and Whitener hope to re-establish brunch service in the future.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2021
• And to me, that is a condition for thought: to disturb what's established.
  — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 16 Apr. 2018
• Spring planting allows them to get established in the ground in time to survive the winter.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 26 Aug. 2019
• It was established two years after Diana’s death in a 1997 car crash in Paris.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
• Even the stars agree: Saturn in Pisces wants to teach us all how to establish and maintain boundaries.
  — Emily Newhouse, Allure, 22 Nov. 2023
• How did the two of you come together to establish Monarchs?
  — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2021
• With light pressure and short strokes establish the cut.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
• Green Bay will hope to re-establish that playoff dominance in the next month.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
• Three years later the town of Telluride was established.
  — Alex Bhattacharji, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Dec. 2018
• Thousands served, fought and died to establish and preserve that right.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 9 May 2024