How to Use member in a Sentence

member

noun
  • This bird is a member of the finch family.
  • She is a member of Parliament.
  • She is a member of the House of Representatives.
  • The club has 300 members.
  • This isn’t the first conflation among members of the band.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • When the song ended, one of the band members shot up his hand in what looked kind of like a Hitler salute.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The members of the group had a lot of different ideas about what language the lyrics should be in.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Here's what to know about the newest member of the Packers: How old is Jonathan Owens? 27.
    Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2023
  • The king and queen of Sweden were in attendance, though none of the band members were there.
    Chloe Veltman, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
  • This is not the first time a member of Trump’s inner circle has tried to get the 2019 lawsuit thrown out.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 6 June 2023
  • Burns had three wins last season and was a member of the Presidents Cup team.
    Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Current and former members of the team gathered—a call had gone out.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Two of those audience members were my friend Bruce and me.
    Al Pacino, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
  • Mays is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The newest member of Riva’s Fleet is ready to blow the other 82-footers out of the water.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 July 2023
  • Tyrel is one of the main members, while Tylen — who also goes by the name Domino Williams — is a producer for the group.
    Jamie Ballard, Peoplemag, 31 Dec. 2023
  • At the end of their previous run in 2016, Angus Young was the last legit member of the group standing.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The same rules go if you're being dropped off by a friend or family member.
    Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The board members opted to bet on taking 30 days to work it out with Ellison.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Wang, meanwhile, rose to household fame in China for being one of the three members of the boy band TFBoys.
    Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 22 Sep. 2024
  • An attack on her is an attack on every member of the alliance, and so forth.
    Max Barth, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Even my family members who don't care for dessert loved it!
    Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
  • This isn't the first time that a member of the Kardashian-Jenner clan has worn a risqué wedding guest outfit.
    Dayna Haffenden, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023
  • The members gave Mayorkas a deadline of July 31 to respond to their questions.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • This is the first Administration that Klain has worked in that did not have a member of the Cabinet leave in the first two years.
    Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Anyone over age 12 can join; children under 12 can use the lanes with a parent or guardian who is a member.
    Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The dead included two of Prigozhin’s close associates and three crew members.
    Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Sampson joined Bethel at 25 and has been a member since then, through three of its seven total pastors.
    Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The court does not have a police force of its own to make the arrests, but relies on member states to execute them, which state parties are legally obliged to do.
    Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
  • In the meantime, community members can provide feedback on LMPD's crime-reduction plan via a public survey.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024

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