How to Use ex in a Sentence

ex

noun
  • Illinois nurse who was terrorized by her ex turned to the court for help.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Sure, the driver of that ride happens to be Che’s ex, to whom Che happens to still be married.
    Time, 22 June 2023
  • For sure, people should not date their best friend’s exes.
    Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Set up five hula hoops on the floor and assign a point value to each (ex: the closest hoop is 10 points and the furthest hoop is 50).
    Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2023
  • On the plane after dropping her children off to her ex, the lyrics would pour out of Kelly Clarkson.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
  • That could be a hacker, a jealous ex, a relative or even your boss.
    Kim Komando, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Ambrosio shares 10-year-old son Noah and Anja with ex Jamie Mazur.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023
  • But screwing up and sleeping with your ex is something that many, many people have done.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
  • One of his exes, Linda Lawrence, notes Jagger’s awe of his way with women, and Richards’ awe of his way with a guitar.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The lawsuit states Jesse Hooven wanted leverage to use against his ex in this custody dispute.
    The Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Who hasn’t cried over an ex during their birthday party?
    Vulture, 10 June 2023
  • The guardsmen took an initial consignment of 10 ex-army BTR-4s.
    David Axe, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • His ex, Andrea, is a good person and tries really hard.
    Annie Lane, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
  • In the tenth and final episode of Glamorous season 1, so much happens with Marco, his ex, and his team at Glamorous by Madolyn.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 25 June 2023
  • Like many people after a breakup, SZA got blocked by her ex on social media and told others about it.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 1 June 2023
  • Relatives said Sanchez was Juan Diego Cruz’s ex-girlfriend and that the two had been involved in a custody dispute over their son.
    Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • This adds a layer to how Shakira's and Karol G’s right to express themselves is being seen both by the public and by their exes.
    Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 11 May 2023
  • Fox was officially divorced from her ex-husband, Brian Austin Green, at the end of that same year.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Four years later, Milian announced her first pregnancy with her ex, The-Dream.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Her ex, Hubert (Hubert Deschamps), who is her child’s father, can’t get Janine out of his mind.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The actress was seen standing alongside her ex-boyfriend from 2018, Brendan Wallace.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Alas, he’s lured in by Rebecca’s ex-husband Rupert, who hires him to coach a rival football team.
    David M. Perry, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
  • He’s been very open about it and his story matches with information that a mutual friend (of his ex’s) has told me.
    Shon Faye, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Episode five sees Petey’s past and present collide when her ex and his new fiancee decide to hold their wedding on New Utopia’s picturesque farm.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2023
  • Some of his tunes have made it onto film soundtracks, but those films were all produced by his ex-friend Harvey Weinstein.
    William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Babyface had shared the house with his now ex-wife, Nicole Pantenburg — the two finalized their divorce in February of this year.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Ali can’t resolve all his feelings, from guilt to regret and back again, regarding his ex, Alice (Chiara Mastroianni), who takes care of Rachel most of the time.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • More from Carolyn Hax From the archive: An abusive ex is terminally ill.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
  • And her ex-husband, a top manager at the state-run channel Russia Today, was seeking custody of their two children.
    Constant Méheut, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Choose a comfortable position to relax the anal sphincter (ex: spooning, riding), and start slow.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 Sep. 2023

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