How to Use random in a Sentence

random

1 of 2 adjective

• Pick a random word on the page.
• We tasted the wines in random order and then rated each.
• A random sample of doctors from around the country were selected for the study.
• She collects random photographs that she finds in antique shops.
• The computer program generates a list of random numbers.
• Some of it was random, some of it the Jazz will need to fix.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
• The plan is to pick 385 households at random and test them for the virus.
  — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 30 Apr. 2020
• The point is, there are 10 pages full of random items to choose from, and all of them are cheap.
  — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
• The villains are plucked from a deck of cards at random.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• The idea for this study was not random: In the wild, parrots tend to live in large flocks.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2023
• William Cail told reporters that the killing seemed to be random.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 18 Aug. 2020
• Dense brush crowds the small creeks, while few tiny conifers seem to pop up at random.
  — oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2020
• This was not a random, all-of-a-sudden thought or idea.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2018
• Other times still, the cause isn't known, and the seizure seems to happen at random.
  — Patti Greco, Health.com, 9 Nov. 2021
• That part, on its own, is okay if your noise is random.
  — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
• Part of the price of maintaining that format is the random draw.
  — Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2018
• One showed a random member of the colony, while the other showed the test subject’s mate.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
• Bankston’s choice to name-drop Stone before the judge could have been random.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2022
• Pick a random shoe, poop in it, and then sit back and let the magic happen.
  — NOLA.com, 14 Dec. 2020
• Trump’s messy birdcage of a mind careers from one random thought to the next.
  — Graydon Carter, The Hive, 14 Oct. 2017
• It was led by the firm Wolvereye and was not based on a random sample.
  — Washington Post, 13 July 2020
• Cold-email, cold-call, don't be afraid to reach out to random people.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 13 May 2022
• Hence the random assortment of brand-new items in her bins.
  — Jennifer Egan, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• And that is determined based on a random set of traits.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• At the time Carter had been thinking a lot about random acts of kindness.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity.com, 14 June 2017
• In this case, the photon sets off one of the detectors at random.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2018
• But first, a random act of kindness sparks over a decade of giving.
  — Julius Lasin, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022
• Winners will be drawn at random and must be present to win.
  — Lainey Seyler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2018
• The app’s main feed can feel noisy, like jumping into a random conversation at the midway point.
  — Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
• Despite what’s reported on the news, those three locations aren’t random.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024

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random

2 of 2 noun

• The five balls are chosen at random from a set of 75 numbers, and the one Mega Ball is drawn from a set of 15.
  — Sheldon S. Shafer, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2017
• Even worse, the buggers appear at random from a draw bag as your exploration of the ship makes more of a ruckus.
  — Dan Thurot, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2020
• The names of qualified students would be picked at random until a class is filled.
  — Jeffrey Selingo, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2018
• Instead, the game has playlists, which serve up modes seemingly at random.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 29 Nov. 2018
• Making a passphrase random is only half of the solution, though.
  — Henry Williams, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2018
• At the start of the game, a hat that may be either blue or red is chosen at random from a large number of hats and placed on each contestant’s head.
  — Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2016
• GRBs appear seemingly at random in the Universe and rarely last less than a minute, making them hard to study.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 22 Dec. 2017
• Rich was shot and killed near his Washington home in July 2016 in what police ruled a random, botched robbery.
  — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2018
• Perhaps three judges would be chosen at random from a circuit court and the president would select one.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 June 2019
• Pick a number at random, Hogg suggested, and contact the company next to it.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• The studies would have to be carried out online, with participants in each drawn at random from a common pool.
  — Wired, 6 Dec. 2019
• Heck, people are reaching out to randoms in social media DM's.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• Chatfield sped away from police, running red lights, making turns at random.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 21 Oct. 2017
• Unless your idea of sexy is simulating intimacy while a bunch of randoms watch you, in which case more power to you.
  — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 6 Apr. 2017
• Then, create random dot designs on each nail using a dotting tool and shade Tribal Textiles.
  — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 1 Oct. 2018
• The conceit was this: You’d be paired with a conversational partner at random for a video chat via webcam.
  — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 24 Dec. 2019
• Miami police believe Reinosa chose the house at random, breaking in by shattering a window with a brick.
  — David Ovalle, miamiherald, 2 Nov. 2017
• The percentage of the deficit should also require that a matching percentage of members, drawn at random should be discharged with no further pay.
  — Cincinnati.com, 9 Aug. 2017
• The process varies from airline to airline, but some passengers reported a crew member said a computer chose at random.
  — Ryan Craggs, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Apr. 2017
• File this under random: Many people with a herniated disc don’t have any symptoms, according to the Mayo Clinic.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 11 Sep. 2018
• While actions like buying a last-minute one-way flight that is pricey or paying for a flight in cash could sometimes land you on this list, according to Skift, the TSA also said the selections can happen at random.
  — Talia Avakian, PEOPLE.com, 21 Sep. 2017
• Some 2,000 homes around town selected at random should be receiving a survey in the mail asking for views on how the city can improve its beaches, parks, recreation facilities and programs.
  — Fred Swegles, Orange County Register, 29 Mar. 2017
• Each institution would establish its own criteria for admissions and then all the names of qualified students would be put into a hat and picked at random until the class is filled.
  — Jeffrey J. Selingo, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2018
• The concert’s first half was disjointed, shifting styles and attitudes seemingly at random.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2017
• Normally, axions just hit at random, so the swing is always moving but not actually swinging.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2018
• Those customers, who were chosen at random, were asked about recent travel experiences.
  — Kate Silver, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2018
• What her doctor said next surprised her: Amanda had likely entered perimenopause, the five to 10 years leading up to menopause when hormones start to go haywire, spiking and dipping seemingly at random.
  — Meryl Davids Landau, Woman's Day, 27 Jan. 2020
• Each institution would establish their own minimum criteria for admissions and then all the names of qualified students would be put into a hat and picked at random until the class is filled.
  — Jeffrey J. Selingo, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2017
• Unfortunately there are plenty of reasons your eyes might suddenly spring a leak, even seemingly at random.
  — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 10 Jan. 2018
• Which brings us to her very on-brand commercial for McDonald's, above, which basically involves Chrissy leaving an awards show, heading to the drive-through, grabbing a massive bag of burgers, and passing them out to a bunch of hungry randoms.
  — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 8 Jan. 2018

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