How to Use find in a Sentence

find

1 of 2 verb

• She found the courage to address the crowd.
• You must find time to do it.
• He found a dollar on the ground.
• She found the answer at last.
• We need to find a suitable person for the job.
• They claim to have found a more efficient way to run the business.
• I found a way to pay for college without taking out any loans.
• After an hour of searching, I finally found my glasses.
• The well diggers found a number of Native American artifacts.
• Debris from Xenia was found as far as 200 miles from the city.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
• As a cool-weather staple, the perfect pair of tights was not easy to find.
  — Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2023
• An autopsy found George died of blunt-force trauma to the head.
  — oregonlive, 2 June 2023
• The first deputies arrived within two minutes and found a man with a gun.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• Sak also found a map that the Russians had used to mark their minefields.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• The problem is driven by middle- and low-income countries, the study found.
  — Seth Borenstein The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2023
• No hire would be splashier than Harbaugh, who has found success in both college and the NFL.
  — Kevin Skiver, Detroit Free Press, 14 Jan. 2024
• While the boonie hat started as purely functional, it’s now found quite a home in the menswear space.
  — William Goodman, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2024
• And police were able to find evidence that Leon did not act alone.
  — Annabelle Allen, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024
• But even finding lawyers to do the work is a challenge, advocates said.
  — Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• For patrons who want to get a taste of Via Carota, but can’t find a way into the buzzy eatery, there are still a few ways.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
• David Gomes, 82, was found dead outside his home around 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4.
  — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
• Shops can be found along the state's biggest freeways and on its tiniest backroads.
  — Dana Jacobson, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2023
• Born and raised in New York City, Weil found her talent for writing song lyrics early.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2023
• In some cases, Fairfax found, beaver wetlands even stopped blazes in their tracks.
  — Ben Goldfarb, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023
• Our job as a league, as a membership, is to try to find a way to make that play competitive.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
• People the world over — strangers, students, friends — find Paul appearing in their dreams.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
• The survey found that belief in karma — the idea that people's actions come back to them in this lifetime or the next — was high, at 63%.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2023
• Justin was shocked at her confession and pointed out that the couple now only had a few days to find a home and move out.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
• If Amy was dealing with Stage 4 cancer and could find so much light in her life, what was their excuse, anyway?
  — Dan White, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
• Tens of millions of people are expected to see the total eclipse, and even those who find themselves in a location in the continental United States outside the eclipse's direct path are likely to witness the stunning celestial event in some form.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024

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find

2 of 2 noun

• That antique she bought at the flea market was a real find.
• That new secretary of yours is a real find!
• Ring in the new year with fresh skin-care finds from Youth to the People.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Dec. 2023
• The best bite of all is the pork steak, a rare find in the heart of Texas beef country.
  — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2023
• Get in on the cozy trend and shop our 10 favorite finds.
  — Sarah Ball, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• When friends fell in love with their finds, the pair put them in touch with the dealers.
  — Nina Roberts, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2023
• The line went quiet as Bore shared the image of his find.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
• At least as far as the rent and the layout of the rooms were concerned, this was a lucky find.
  — Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
• Check out our gift guide for dog lovers for more pet-themed finds.
  — Bellamy Richardson, wsj.com, 9 Nov. 2023
• Deep Sea Vision needs to return to the site to confirm whether the find is a plane.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
• Want a full day at the Old Kingdom necropolis of Sakkara, to see the new finds?
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
• She’s also been known to brake for a too-good-to-pass-by roadside find.
  — Kelly Ryan Kegans, Country Living, 10 Mar. 2023
• But there are some special finds that are just too great to keep to myself.
  — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 12 June 2023
• The find last Sunday was among three busts at the busy border crossing over the weekend.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
• At 63 percent off in the black shade, this affordable find is a must for the season.
  — Jennifer Chan, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
• At a thrift store, such a find might cost a couple of hundred dollars.
  — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• The Kimbell sculpture is one of the finds that identified the Olmecs as artists of the highest order.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
• Then keep scrolling to shop other must-have cozy finds from Amazon.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2023
• The find is the oldest example of this type of behavior.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2023
• The researchers who made the new find describe it in a study published on Wednesday in Nature.
  — Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2023
• Several of our favorite finds are on sale, and prices start at $10.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
• Nugget ice has always been popular, but used to be a rare find.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 25 May 2023
• The find yields a new understanding of the enormous harm of such a transaction.
  — ProPublica, 29 Dec. 2023
• There are still a few picks between now and then, but either one of them would be a good find for New England.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• Keep scrolling for more home finds for better sleep, then head to Amazon to check out the full curation.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
• Right now, the women’s section alone has hundreds of finds starting at just $9.
  — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
• And Shipshewana On the Road offers a treasure trove of unique finds in Warren.
  — Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2024
• Have kids collect flowers, leaves, and more, then arrange their finds on the light-sensitive paper and let the sun do the rest.
  — Kate McGregor, housebeautiful.com, 26 Apr. 2023
• The find is helping to fill the gaps in the evolutionary history of freshwater dolphins, which are incredibly rare in the fossil record.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
• Because high-quality jade is a rare find nowadays, this is limited to only 50 pieces this year, and 50 pieces next year depending on availability.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024