How to Use merit in a Sentence

merit

1 of 2 noun

• She saw merit in both of the arguments.
• The study has no scientific merit.
• But the high court didn't rule on the merits of the case.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024
• The Boy Scout for the past nine years has earned 36 merit badges.
  — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Rancho Bernardo, 17 May 2018
• The appeals court judges did not rule on the merits on the case.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
• But the justices did not rule on the merits of the issue.
  — Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2018
• If this fight were fought on the merits and the facts, Trump would have no hope.
  — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 8 Oct. 2019
• This doesn’t mean the concept of test-to-treat lacks merit.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2022
• But a the moment there are still new 10 gauges in stock and the 10 still does have its merits.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Mar. 2024
• The standards are the same for both genders to earn merit badges.
  — Krista Torralva, ExpressNews.com, 30 July 2019
• The city and state have said the lawsuits are without merit.
  — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 27 Sep. 2022
• But to him, the questions of motive and merit seem beside the point.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2023
• Put their ideas out there and let the people judge their merit.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2021
• The 49ers will rise or fall on their own merits and emotions.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 8 Jan. 2020
• This is where there’s merit to the winning-cures-all thought process.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 6 Nov. 2020
• But a federal judge found no merit to the claims and threw out the case last year.
  — Kelly Cannon, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020
• But a restaurant’s merit goes beyond the food and drink.
  — Allyson Reedy, The Know, 15 Jan. 2020
• But not all are convinced by the merits of closing the New York space.
  — Christy Choi, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
• Those two names alone merit rolling out the red carpet.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 July 2021
• The team believes that the Ivory Lady made it to the top through her merit and achievements in life.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 July 2023
• If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it.
  — Shelby Deering, Woman's Day, 31 Jan. 2023
• The Pac-12 says the lawsuit is without merit and plans to defend against it.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
• Some of the protests have merit, but the vast majority do not.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 May 2022
• This week, at least, let’s hope they merit at least a question.
  — Alex Ward, Vox, 30 July 2019
• Huntsville won this selection process fair and square based on the merits.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 31 July 2023
• But to your greater point, yes, there is some merit to seeing where this youth leads.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• Sternlieb said in an email that the complaint lacked merit.
  — Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021
• Learning new facts and techniques may have a great deal of merit.
  — oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2020
• Not all dogs are house-trained and not all friends merit invitations to stay the night.
  — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2021
• The county said her lawsuit over the photos has no merit.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2021

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merit

2 of 2 verb

• His good work merits a raise.
• She did well enough to merit a second interview.
• The attention she received was not merited.
• These issues merit special attention.
• Both ideas merit further consideration.
• Those have to be merited -- through the course of the season, through the course of games.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2019
• This one had to be good enough to merit being called the best.
  — Julie Giuffrida, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
• Davis and Vaughn have done enough to merit roster spots.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2023
• The first two weeks of June seem to merit attention on those grounds.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 15 June 2018
• As a group, that is not a body of souls who merit special treatment via the tax code.
  — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 7 June 2021
• In fact, the delicate skin on the neck might merit as much, if not more, TLC than the skin on your face.
  — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2023
• But others on the list didn’t seem to merit their spots, either.
  — Griff Witte, Washington Post, 15 May 2018
• No cause was too large — or small — to merit the high beam of her attention.
  — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 17 May 2017
• That job is important enough to merit its own 12-page guide from the state.
  — Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 31 May 2018
• And trust me, the ends get disastrous enough to merit the use of crossbows.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2021
• But Beck knows he’s got the tools to merit the comparison.
  — C Jackson Cowart, charlotteobserver, 15 June 2017
• If the news from Moscow didn’t merit the name, the news from Kyiv was short on detail and long on hoopla.
  — James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022
• Still, the fact that Ramaswamy merited any oppo prep says a lot about the field.
  — Time, 25 Aug. 2023
• The tweet that merited an on-air mention talked about food.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2018
• This just did not seem like one that that should merit this kind of a discussion.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2022
• Previously, the ball had to cross the goal line to merit a touchback.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• On the one hand, the bulls claim that today’s high P/Es are fully merited.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2018
• As a tool, litigation should be used when merited by the facts and the law.
  — Martha Coakley, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2023
• There was at least enough there to merit clearing your next few Sundays to find out.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, 10 Sep. 2017
• And those kinds of comments don’t merit off-the-record protections.
  — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• Holland should hope to do enough to merit a practice squad spot.
  — Ryan O'Halloran, The Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2019
• Any discussion of the BLT’s origins merits a nod to its sister-cousin, the club.
  — Farideh Sadeghin, Saveur, 14 Sep. 2023
• For gastronomes who crave their meals served with a dose of thrill, The Alchemist merits a visit.
  — Paul Jebara, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• And right now, none of these clubs would even merit a wild-card flotation device.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
• So the founders devised standards that would merit six and even seven stars.
  — Roger Trapp, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 9 May 2024