How to Use for instance in a Sentence

for instance

noun

• Let me give you a for instance.
• So, for instance, the Rosh Hashanah (the new year) doesn’t always fall on Jan. 1.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
• Last year, for instance, was one of the wettest on record in New England.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022
• Tyreek Hill, for instance, is on the books for $31 million next year.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
• Obama, for instance, did so much with the garden and for kids.
  — Madison Feller, ELLE, 25 Aug. 2023
• The gilded crown on the top, for instance, was carved from oak that was found on the HMS Victory.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2023
• One of his patients, for instance, is Vasiliy Lomachenko, one of the best boxers in the world.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
• The Eurasian eagle owl, for instance, is one of the largest and most widely distributed owls in the world.
  — Emily Harwitz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
• And though the details are obscured—the scene of the crime is a pet shop, for instance—the reference is plain.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
• While there are lots of great deals on things like mattresses for instance, that's just the tip of the iceberg.
  — Heath Owens, Good Housekeeping, 5 Aug. 2022
• The ones down the street, for instance, are tiny bungalows with taupe siding, white trim and gabled roofs.
  — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
• The outer pods in the lower front bumper, for instance, each contain a mass of logos.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 18 Apr. 2023
• None of this is normal—for instance, on a Pixel, every app runs at the max frame rate.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2023
• The film isn’t perfect: What ends up happening to Hawa, for instance, is a bit too tidy.
  — Shamira Ibrahim, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2023
• Ford, for instance, has lowered the price of the Mustang Mach-E by an average of $4,500 per car.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
• His older three kids, for instance, were all in Dances with Wolves as youngsters.
  — Elizabeth Leonard, Peoplemag, 22 June 2024
• Its mask, for instance, is made of bone, not some advanced metal.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2022
• There’s nothing wrong with a printer as a piece of hardware, for instance.
  — Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• Take, for instance, the Uvalde, Texas shooting that killed 19 school children and their two teachers.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2022
• Death caps, for instance, can look much like straw and Gypsy mushrooms.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2022
• In 2018, for instance, the Polish sausage was laid to rest, and in its place rose such un-food-court-like items as an açai fruit bowl with granola.
  — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022
• His team helped with the audio isolation on the new Revolver set for instance.
  — Corbin Reiff, SPIN, 29 Sep. 2022
• Take, for instance, the property’s exclusive art pieces, some of which hang from the ceiling in the lobby.
  — Carine Lavache, ELLE, 21 July 2023
• Maiwenn’s movie, for instance, is about the place of women in politics.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
• In Asia, for instance, in the big cities in China like Hong Kong, people tend to like to be in the office, because apartments are rather small.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 16 Oct. 2022
• Some of last year’s shelves will be replaced by circus wagons this year, for instance.
  — Paul Nicolaus, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
• New Asgard does exist in our universe, for instance, or in our film.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 6 Nov. 2022
• Auburn, for instance, offered sales and fuel tax breaks as part an agreement voted on in 2021 to land a Buc-ee’s.
  — John Sharp, al, 10 Apr. 2023
• Truitt, for instance, is interviewed in an ornate church surrounded by lit candles, and later episodes delve into his crime and his own happy ending.
  — Kelly Goodner, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2024
• Airbnb soon had agreements with more than a hundred cities, and when local politicians proved intransigent—leaders in Austin, for instance, seemed immune to Airbnb’s overtures—the company simply went over their heads.
  — Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024