How to Use group in a Sentence

group

1 of 2 noun
  • She presented the idea to the group.
  • It'll be easier if we go there as a group.
  • She joined a discussion group.
  • A select group of scientists has been invited to the conference.
  • We like to let these students work in groups whenever possible.
  • She belongs to an environmental group.
  • The group is in the process of raising funds to build the ballfield.
    The Aegis, 13 July 2018
  • The control group, with no dough on the line, showed the least change.
    Molly Shea, Glamour, 17 May 2018
  • Tayshia gets the group date rose, and no one jumps over a fence.
    Amanda Mitchell, Marie Claire, 12 Feb. 2019
  • Scratch and claw their way out of the group stage, then exit in the round of 16.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
  • But how would Dana Altman fill out the rest of the group.
    oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Add a sing-a-long to the agenda of your next friend group hang.
    Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Kings of the New Age marks the pop punk group’s fifth album.
    Ian Blau, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2022
  • But The Contours were the kind of group who could sing that and get away with it.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The group is calling for the three other girls to be charged.
    CBS News, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Even non-locals in the dance world have checked in and made sure the group is OK.
    Leah Asmelash and Eileen McMenamin, CNN, 8 July 2020
  • For now though, the group could relax and gain their sea legs.
    Francesca Street, CNN, 12 May 2021
  • The dancers, though, are a more diverse group — both in terms of skin tone and styles.
    New York Times, 16 June 2021
  • The show confirmed that Neil’s voice remains a weak point in the group.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024
  • In an instant, one of the boys grabbed the money, and the whole group bolted down a side street.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Landry may not want to hear it but the success of the theater group may hinge on her.
    Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • That, that would just slow down the process of putting this group together.
    Staff Reports, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022
  • And those groups are also putting feet on the ground this weekend.
    Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2017
  • Kurpasi and his group of six men got there on April 25.
    Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2023
  • The group was also joined by Oliver and Erinn's three kids.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Bring a group and order as much as will fit on the table.
    Condé Nast, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2024
  • By the time of my visit, their last group had numbered around 25.
    Aaron Cantú, The New Republic, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Shootings have claimed the lives of 15 children in that age group so far this year.
    Rob Frehse and Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The analysis didn’t show a heightened risk of diabetes or heart disease in either group.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 13 Apr. 2024
  • There will be a no-host brunch and discussion group for peoplewith Parkinson’s disease and their care partners.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
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group

2 of 2 verb
  • My two best friends and I were grouped with 20 strangers.
    Marie-Noëlle Bauer, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2018
  • But it is still grouped with teams ranked in the coaches’ top 20.
    David Wharton, latimes.com, 28 June 2018
  • They are grouped by sport, taking up blocks or floors of rooms.
    Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, 17 Feb. 2018
  • The key to arranging leaves is to group them by size and color.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • In most years, my household would be grouped among the Advent snobs.
    Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Skulls were grouped elsewhere, and some of them were stacked on top of each other.
    Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Chutkan grouped the suits together as The Hopi Tribe, et al.
    Abe Streep, Outside Online, 1 May 2018
  • Why does the wine world want to be grouped in with Picasso and Mozart, anyway?
    Brian Palmer, Slate Magazine, 12 June 2017
  • About half of those whales have been grouping by the entrance to the canal since Saturday.
    Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
  • There are no grades, and students are grouped in mixed-age classrooms.
    Alia Malik, ExpressNews.com, 26 Dec. 2019
  • In this simple pairing, the rules of grouping plants by their ilk are thrown out the window.
    Adrian Higgins, sacbee, 8 June 2018
  • And, sure, this guide is grouped by flower, but that’s just to simplify things.
    Jennifer Goldstein, Marie Claire, 7 Oct. 2019
  • People live in isolation, afraid to group up in cities.
    Matthew Gault, Time, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Humans decided to group the rise and fall of the sun into discrete days and weeks.
    New York Times, 20 July 2021
  • The honorees will be grouped based on focus of volunteerism.
    Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Rancho Bernardo, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Some states lack data and have been grouped in with surrounding states.
    Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The hospital has no choice but to group the sick together.
    New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Rows of griffins and what look like monkey faces with wings line the building, each grouping framed by a stoic crowned face.
    San Antonio Express-News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Then tightly group a strand of lights to cover a section of a wire wreath frame, attaching the strands with zip ties on the back side.
    Sunset Magazine, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Write the answers on sticky notes, group them together by theme, and then discard the ones that don’t resonate.
    Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • If released into the wild, goldfish can group up into what’s called a school.
    National Geographic, 20 Oct. 2019
  • The cars were grouped into classes, and the winner of each class was eligible for best in show.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Campers will be grouped into leagues by age and ability.
    Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 28 May 2018
  • The requests can be temporary or permanent, and are grouped by ZIP Code and year.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
  • This comes in handy during the colder months when fish are grouped up around a piece of deep structure or in a wintering hole.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Or, smaller groups of friends can registered together and be grouped on the same team.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 17 Feb. 2024
  • There’s a side gallery that groups together Colette—essentially the birth of the concept store—the iMac, and the Fendi Baguette.
    Amy Verner, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2023
  • When those diagnoses were grouped together, the first group home for them was in my house in Brooklyn Heights.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2023
  • On Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, shelter is grouped with air, water and food as one of the bare necessities for human survival.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Children will be grouped into three age categories — 4 and younger, 5-7 years old, and 8 and older — and are given the opportunity to collect marshmallows for prizes.
    Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024

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