How to Use nowadays in a Sentence

nowadays

adverb
  • People don't wear hats much nowadays.
  • The ball skills of players nowadays are so off the charts.
    Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2023
  • To be sure, a grand scheme on that scale seems quite a reach nowadays.
    William Pesek, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • But nowadays, drones are used all of the time and in daily life.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 4 Oct. 2021
  • And nowadays, the sisters are having more fun with the whole process.
    Madison Feller, ELLE, 4 Aug. 2023
  • His songs and films take us back to the wonderful time of Hong Kong which is not the same as nowadays.
    Kanis Leung, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
  • But his goal nowadays is to stick between 9-and 11-minute miles.
    Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 15 Oct. 2021
  • This seems to be true for most sanctions placed nowadays.
    Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, The New Republic, 13 Dec. 2022
  • That’s what most teams lack nowadays — a balance on their teams.
    cleveland, 26 Nov. 2021
  • There are a lot of projects with a few samples on them nowadays, but this is top to bottom.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Not to mention a reverence for the kind of craft rarely seen nowadays.
    Vogue, 29 Sep. 2021
  • But nowadays, things have changed, the mountains are crumbling, the ice is melting.
    Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety, 29 Apr. 2023
  • But nowadays, some of our favorite sock brands have made great strides in looks and comfort.
    Men's Health, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Hart may be best known for his movies nowadays but stand-up is where the greatness started.
    Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Parlays are one of the most popular ways to bet nowadays.
    cleveland, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Now nowadays, all weapons are checked before any blanks have put into the weapon.
    USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Of course, the most common object that people touch nowadays is a screen.
    Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Most of the fake pills seized off the streets nowadays contain a potentially lethal amount of fentanyl, the DEA said.
    Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Where can a girl get ahold of some Manic Panic nowadays?
    Alexis Gaskin, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2022
  • High-low mash-ups come cheap nowadays, but here the jokes converge to form a grander argument.
    New York Times, 12 Oct. 2021
  • But there are plenty of makes nowadays from that distance.
    Steve Svekis, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Nov. 2021
  • Most arenas nowadays put the traveling media in seats at the top of the lower bowl.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2021
  • The Bird Hill, once the home of vineyards from Maria Theresa’s time and abundant bird life, is nowadays cast in concrete.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Pretty much anything goes with Daiquiris nowadays as far as which rum can be used.
    Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 2 June 2023
  • Fuel Type Most of the gas ranges on the market nowadays are set up to connect to your house’s source of natural gas.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2023
  • There’s a wide range of meal kit companies nowadays, so choosing a meal kit can be tricky.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 27 May 2022
  • Of course, nowadays, lip injectables have become the norm, with stars of all ages getting them for a fuller look.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The pandemic’s constant presence is just part of the drill nowadays.
    Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Feb. 2022
  • One key that escaped shrinkage is the Microsoft Copilot button, found on every PC nowadays.
    PCMAG, 13 Oct. 2024
  • In some ways, these events still retain the foundations of their earliest iterations, but nowadays, no one would call them modest.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024

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