How to Use practice in a Sentence

practice

1 of 2 verb

• Have you been practicing your lines for the play?
• To be a good musician, you have to practice a lot.
• Practice what you preach—don't smoke if you tell your children not to smoke.
• Grandmother taught us to practice good manners.
• She had to practice flying in various weather conditions before she could get her pilot's license.
• Come to the studio to practice your moves ahead of the show or just to learn how to dance in heels.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• The judge hearing the case agreed, leaving Carr free to practice.
  — Amy Brittain, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
• That’s why the first step is to practice more empathy and less eye-rolling.
  — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• Have a home fire escape plan and practice at-home fire drills.
  — Makiya Seminera, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2024
• Once the player returns to practice, the team has three weeks to decide whether to put him on the 53-man roster.
  — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2023
• For example, the first time your kid gets behind the wheel of a car to practice driving.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2023
• Burke was first licensed to practice medicine in Colorado in 1981.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• The Patriots will practice Monday, a session that is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m. and be closed to the public.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023
• No one else was harmed in the shooting, which took place in the parking lot near the field where the Bad Boyz were practicing, Latimore said.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
• Column: Chicago Bears will practice in full pads for the first time Tuesday.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
• He’s written about gratitude and how it’s practiced in the Jewish faith.
  — Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
• The artist told him to hang a photo of Hitler in his kitchen and kiss it every day to practice unconditional love.
  — Megan Twohey, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• And testers did note that the zipper lock has a learning curve, so buyers should make time to practice before using it on a trip.
  — Chris Abell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2024
• Authorities said the co-pilot of a Germanwings jet that crashed in the French Alps in 2015 had practiced putting the plane into a dive.
  — TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
• This 30-pack of pool toys includes all kinds of shapes (rings, sticks, torpedoes), so kids ages 3 and up can practice their diving skills.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• Kupp did not practice last week because of what McVay had described as a muscle strain.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• Brown, who was barely a participant in the spring, had practiced in full the previous four days.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
• The Razorbacks have been practicing with a soundtrack of massive crowd noise piped in to prepare for their first road game.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2023
• Soon, Darrel was practicing for a couple of minutes a day.
  — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2023
• Some of these have practiced for years, while others took the leap shortly after medical school.
  — Christina Farr, STAT, 9 Nov. 2023
• During the meet-up, put down the cell phone, turn off the computer, make eye contact, and practice active listening.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 18 Sep. 2023
• In a post on Twitter, the weather service in Fort Worth urged people to practice heat safety as heat indexes rise over the week.
  — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 7 July 2023
• My dad never really missed a hockey game and rarely missed taking me to practice.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2023
• Half of the state’s 44 counties have no practicing obstetricians at all.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• The Sun Dance is a spiritual ceremony practiced by many Native tribes.
  — Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024

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practice

2 of 2 noun

• I'm sure you'll learn your lines for the play with enough practice.
• Burial practices vary around the world.
• The team's practices usually last two hours.
• Being a good musician takes a lot of practice.
• I'm late for trumpet practice.
• They'll get better with practice.
• It is common practice among my friends to not use capital letters in e-mail.
• She has made a practice of volunteering at a homeless shelter one weekend a month.
• The country's poor sanitation practices have led to widespread disease.
• The marching band has practice every Wednesday afternoon.
• The Beavers plan on holding practice inside for the rest of the week.
  — Aaron Heisen, oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2023
• The news came down Sunday morning just as the Sun Devils stepped foot on the practice field.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2023
• There also are five practice courts, weight room and film room.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
• The app is set up the same way as the webpage, with tabs for home, courses, live, practice, and your profile.
  — Madison Yauger, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
• The cars finish their practice in the wee small hours of the morning without any fans watching.
  — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
• The practice of growing and healing is holistic for me.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 27 June 2023
• My first week in town, a new friend invited me to go to a ranch for target practice.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
• The Colts claimed Muhammad off waivers in September 2018, but he was waived a month later and re-signed to the practice squad.
  — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2023
• But that practice can ruffle feathers with the owners of masters, and has led to disputes in the past.
  — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2024
• Denzel Burke and Jordan Hancock spent the 15 practices in the spring repping as the first-team cornerbacks and the same was the case on Day 1 of fall camp.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
• First, Draymond punched Poole in the face on camera during practice.
  — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2023
• Some cities have even used the practice to beautify their downtowns.
  — Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2024
• The participation rate in the practice of working four days a week reached 94%.
  — Ugur Yilmaz, Fortune Europe, 8 Apr. 2024
• But his versatility should earn him a spot on the practice squad.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2023
• Keep in Mind Novices may need some time and practice to perfect the technique of this manual opener.
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2024
• This is where the practice of mindfulness really comes in.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2023
• Vaughn also left an impression during a recent practice, when he was left alone in the backfield to pick up a blitz.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
• And the lawyer who has aggressively pursued the practice is trying to make cities in South Florida next.
  — Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
• Pope Francis has recently called for the practice of surrogacy to be banned.
  — Christopher Lamb, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
• This eclipse encourages you to adopt healing practices that enhance your physical well-being and bring balance to your daily life.
  — Glamour, 8 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024