How to Use register in a Sentence

register

1 of 2 noun
  • The register in a sense nods to the Village at large as a gay haven.
    Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The crew took a trash can from the store and grabbed trays of cards, along with the register, from behind the counter.
    Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Your account is charged with no need to scan the items or pay at a register.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Towards the end, the soloist drops down to its lowest register while the strings move upwards.
    Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • One change was adding more gifting options near the front by the registers.
    Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
  • That richness in the lower register of your voice, man.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The main bedroom, on the other side of the kitchen, is in a different register: decadent and moody.
    Max Berlinger, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The watch also has a black dial, a broad arrow, and a small-seconds register, just like the Grana.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The network becomes the largest system of trails listed on the register.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2022
  • In some device registers, the bit order is one, two, three.
    IEEE Spectrum, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Both the Aztec and Bushnell are on the national register.
    Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 7 May 2022
  • Chau, like Williams, can comfortably shift registers from project to project but does her finest work on a small scale.
    A.a. Dowd, Chron, 21 Apr. 2023
  • When heat comes out of the register, there's no humidity to it.
    Mackenzie Nichols, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Whether the way a phone registers everything is the only way to remember the way things were.
    Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Then one of them allegedly took out a gun and ordered the clerk to empty his register.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • This, some songs sit on a different kind of register, which was really cool to do and a much nicer thing to try.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 16 June 2023
  • Toothed whales use their phonic lips to produce sounds in all registers.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Send a text, leave a note at home and in your car, post a social media message and sign a trail hiking register.
    Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • The last time, the register at the original one was left open and empty, as if to let anyone who broke in know there was nothing left to take.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • The 33-year-old’s sharp register is stunning—a loopy lilt full of acrobatic twists and turns.
    Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2022
  • On the way out, Kate took a pocketful of cheap peppermint candies from the bowl by the register and crunched through them on the drive home, the windows open to the swimmy dark.
    Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The underwater call of the sperm whale, the earth’s loudest, registers at 230 decibels.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
  • In one video, Charli and Dixie stock shelves, ride in shopping carts and go to the register together.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The store employee said the woman failed to pay for 56 items while going through a self-checkout register.
    cleveland, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Many stores, including CVS, will also have it by the front register.
    Noah Weiland, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
  • On Thursday, a search for how to take money from a register without getting caught.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 19 July 2023
  • The wine-dark seduction of his gruff rumblings was thrown to the rough mercy of unattainable upper registers.
    James Robins, Vulture, 1 May 2023
  • In some cases, the card — which could still have money on it — might be declined at the register when the dollar value being charged against the card is greater than the amount that was put on the card.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The store’s 22 registers have been reconfigured with over half self-checkout lanes now.
    Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Someone entered an open business and used a screwdriver to forcibly unlock and open a closed register till.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024

register

2 of 2 verb
  • He registered the birth of his child.
  • Did you register to vote?
  • The car was registered under my name.
  • She registered her new car.
  • She is busy registering the students.
  • The team finally registered a victory after losing three games in a row.
  • The company registered its trademark.
  • Only 32 cases of the disease have been registered.
  • Roast the meat for two hours or until the meat thermometer registers 140 degrees.
  • Learn how to register to vote and find your polling place at city.milwaukee.gov/election/Voter-Info.
    Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
  • But in the end, the film didn’t register with Oscar voters.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
  • To register, go to www.beaumont.org/services/heart-vascular/heart-centers/student-heart-check/upcoming-dates.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2023
  • Taylor Swift wants to know — are Swifites registered to vote yet?
    Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The migrants were searched in an effort to find any IDs and taken to be registered.
    Geir Moulson, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Riehl took over in the first half, registering 16 points and eight rebounds.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • For details and to register, send an email to Kymara Seals at dsoutreach@gmail.com.
    Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Employees were more willing to sign up for the game when more leaders registered for the game as well.
    Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
  • His professor page linked to the site and the domain was registered to his home address in Moorpark.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Before that, teams could register players at any time up until the end of March.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • His all-caps posts, which would’ve led cable news in 2016, barely register in the press today.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The idea there is to find noncitizens who registered to vote.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Admission to the show was made free to anyone who registered.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Rudolf and Hedda and their offspring no longer register such things.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2023
  • In the immediate pain after the loss, the late run didn’t register with Jackson.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
  • But Christmas Day put both of those to thermal shame, registering a lofty high of 61 degrees.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The producer price index registered a 28-month low this past week.
    Benzinga, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2023
  • Students can register for the fast lane pass at Tijuana’s City Hall.
    Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
  • He was also traced to a Chevrolet Avalanche that was registered to him that was seen at the time of Costello's disappearance.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The changeup registered 16 swings and nine whiffs, per Baseball Savant.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024
  • Every person who plans to enter the greenhouse should register.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 9 May 2024

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