How to Use usage in a Sentence

usage

noun

• Seat belt usage in the state is now mandatory.
• Restaurant dishes must be able to withstand rough usage.
• I came across an uncommon usage I'd like to discuss with you.
• This word occurs in casual usage.
• The games against the Giants — even with Seattle the usage went up.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
• The Save Honolua Coalition has tried for years to have the State control boat usage of the bay.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
• His usage will likely be based on the concepts of each play.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024
• The cliché has proved too apt to discard—and its usage has long outlived both men.
  — W. Joseph Campbell, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
• Plus: Looking at BYU’s usage of the transfer portal and what the trends show.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022
• Smith plays tall and lacks the anchor and hand usage to keep from being mashed out of gaps by double-teams.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
• That’s the highest usage rate Butler has finished a game with since a Dec. 16 win over the Chicago Bulls.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2024
• That typically works out to about five or six weeks of the year, but users aren’t capped at that amount of usage.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 May 2024
• Are the coaches eyeing the future with Justin Fields’ usage?
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
• Read the product label and follow all the usage guidelines.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• The undisclosed usage of AI will become the lip-syncing scandal of the future.
  — Gideon Kimbrell, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2023
• Since Christmas, that clutch-time usage has dipped to eight percent.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2024
• He’s also slightly upped the usage on his sweeper, throwing it 7% of the time, up from 1% last year.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
• With the push of a button and about five minutes of usage five times a week, your skin should look and feel refreshed within weeks.
  — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
• This allows for prolonged usage that could keep the watch running for 18 years.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2024
• Howard said whenever there is free time, the consoles are in heavy usage.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
• Below are five of their responses to the question: What does the smartphone, and our usage of the smartphone, look like in 10 years?
  — WIRED, 15 Mar. 2023
• To increase usage of statins, Pollock said changing the perception of the drug is key.
  — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2023
• This year, though, pitcher usage has been closer to what had seemed like a bygone era.
  — Benjamin Hoffman, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022
• The region is the driest it’s been in 1,200 years, which has forced dramatic cuts to water usage.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2023
• Here, too, parents can opt just to give a warning when time runs out and log any usage beyond the limit.
  — PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
• That’s yet another reason to be open with your child about its usage.
  — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
• Hiya says that amount stands to go up as the usage of generative AI gains traction.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 13 Feb. 2024
• Twitter usage is at an all-time high, Musk claims, but people are leaving in droves.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2022
• He’s pitched only 10 innings over those three starts, with the Mets being careful of his usage.
  — Abbey Mastrocco, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
• The park is asking everyone to reduce water usage in homes, hotels, and campgrounds.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024