How to Use online in a Sentence

online

adjective
  • The city libraries are all online.
  • He likes to engage in online chats.
  • Many of the comments used the argot of the online far right.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
  • The genre has even worked its way into the worlds of online rap and digicore.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The Ragnarok forums sent me on my first trips down the online rabbit hole.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2024
  • She is listed in online BOP records by her dead name, the name she was assigned at birth, and as male.
    Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
  • Liles has pleaded not guilty and a trial date has been set for March 4, online court records say.
    Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Psychics weighed in with their visions, and online groups played the Where-Is-Relisha game.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
  • And some pro tips to protect your website with free online tests.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But there’s one corner of the world where the very online penchant for micro-shorts has yet to take hold: Bermuda.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
  • The online retailer's iconic two-day sale brings out the best deals of the year for Amazon Prime members.
    Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 14 June 2023
  • Temple of Wings will head to a live auction in New York on June 14, in addition to online sales.
    Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 11 May 2023
  • Amazon had once owned a large piece of an online pharmacy called Drugstore.com, which rose and fell during the Web 1.0 era.
    Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 13 June 2023
  • After Filio raised the prospect with the mother in an online meeting, the mother’s screen went blank.
    Maggie Jones, New York Times, 17 May 2023
  • Making its way from the big screen to the online stream, the Avatar sequel is expected to hit the streamer sometime this year.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Breaking it up would send shock waves through the $500 billion online-ad market.
    Patience Haggin, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2023
  • The song was censored and the singer’s online accounts suspended.
    Li Yuan, New York Times, 4 May 2023
  • The designer presented an online poll to fans asking if the bike should be built.
    Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But, online, many journalists seemed to side with Merchan, and spoke up out of concern for the safety of the jury pool.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
  • One of the online subcultures that influenced the birth of e/acc are the Rationalists.
    Robert Evans, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The elastic bottom can also be cuffed if the length is too long, which some online reviewers found.
    Paula Lee, Glamour, 3 Jan. 2024
  • After the show’s premiere, online sleuths were able to track Harvey as the person who inspired the show’s stalker.
    Bruce Gil, Quartz, 7 June 2024
  • While that sounds like a lot of ice cream, the giveaway is online and valid across the Kroger family of stores including those in other states.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
  • The online empire carries thousands of name brand rugs from the likes of Ruggable to Rifle Paper Co.
    Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2023
  • One of our critical global tasks is to connect the 2.6 billion people around the world who are not online.
    Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The identity of the victim will not be released at this time out of respect for the family, the online release said.
    Samuel O’Neal, Idaho Statesman, 5 June 2024
  • The singer listed online shopping, her dogs and a phone app in response, before giving a special nod to her sports agent boyfriend.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The online court docket says McCaughan’s trial is set for March 11.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The baby pygmy hippo from Thailand quickly won over online fans after her birth on June 10 at a zoo near Bangkok.
    Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Many people are afraid of the capabilities of AI and the dangers of online interaction, which was proven by the Ashley Madison case.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024

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