How to Use idea in a Sentence

idea

noun

• My idea is to study law.
• He has an idea for a movie.
• Buying the car was a bad idea.
• Whose idea was it to leave so early?
• My idea was that if we left early we could beat the crowd.
• She's always full of new ideas.
• Starting her own business seemed like a good idea at the time, but it turned out badly.
• It's a good idea to talk to people who have actually been there.
• I'm not sure what to do next. Do you have any ideas?
• I have some ideas for redecorating the room.
• Send ideas and tips to [e-mail].
  — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
• Send ideas and tips to [e-mail].
  — The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2024
• Please email ideas to [e-mail] and [e-mail].
  — Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024
• With the show, there’s a huge gap between the idea and the laugh.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2022
• The truth is that Putin is afraid of the idea of freedom.
  — Time, 7 Oct. 2022
• For more present picks, check out all of the best gift ideas of 2024.
  — Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 5 Nov. 2024
• The best ideas tend to start with wanting to learn more.
  — Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
• Story tips and ideas can be sent to [e-mail] and on X: @s_rumpfwhitten.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2024
• And then there was the Drip God, which was never my idea.
  — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
• Yes, Palm Springs is always a good idea, the scenery seems to agree.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2023
• Here are some ideas about what to say to a grieving friend.
  — Malaka Gharib, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
• So, too, is having fresh ideas — the more out there the better.
  — Jeff Gage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• Dhillon took an idea of Sanon’s and blended it with one of her own.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 May 2024
• To one politician, the time was ripe for a bold idea: a four-day workweek.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
• In the United States, the very idea of drug rights strikes most lawyers as outlandish.
  — David Pozen, TIME, 25 Apr. 2024
• This whole idea that teenagers barely work now is crazy to me.
  — Jamie Ludwig, Spin, 29 Sep. 2023
• Allen said the idea to rent the car came from Williams, who Achille said was the getaway driver.
  — CBS News, 9 Feb. 2023
• Enough time to be fond of it but also to let this idea run its course.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
• Lately, the test is treated as a historical idea rather than a current one.
  — Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
• Rain and a few of her friends live and work out of a home in South Florida — the Bop House, a money-making idea that formed organically.
  — Tracy Wright, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025