How to Use enter in a Sentence

enter

verb
  • The new battleship is scheduled to enter service next spring.
  • One of the main reasons for this that the club allows new boaters to enter the industry.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 23 July 2024
  • The same goes for who is allowed to enter the Olympic Village.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
  • That's also when the six current lists entered the rotation.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 May 2024
  • Labels, agents, and lawyers still have their place—and entering their domain is a rite of passage that should not be taken lightly.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
  • Thao and Luu make sure to personally greet and assist every customer who enters the cafe.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
  • The campus is entering the final weeks of its last academic quarter before summer break.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024
  • Grateful to have entered the lives of so many great indelible characters and work with one great writer after another.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 23 July 2024
  • Montour enters Game 4 of the Bruins series on Sunday with eight points in eight games so far this postseason.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 May 2024
  • As counting entered its last stretch in the evening on Tuesday, the B.J.P. was leading in only 33 seats there.
    Pragati K.b. Atul Loke, New York Times, 4 June 2024
  • Attorneys for the organization have not yet entered an appearance on the lawsuit's docket as of Wednesday evening.
    Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 11 July 2024
  • In 1993, the guys entered Westbeach Recorders in Hollywood and demoed a bunch of tracks with Gurewitz at the helm.
    Kelli Fadroski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2024
  • Moreno entered the race in April, at the start of the second quarter.
    Henry J. Gomez, NBC News, 10 July 2023
  • That friend stayed in the car, while Stanley and the third friend, in his early 20s, entered the store.
    Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
  • The group also organized around-the-clock staffing in case the bear entered one of the traps.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
  • The arrow had entered right behind the shoulder and passed through both lungs.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The added warmth from the asphalt heated by the sun and any moisture that enters the crack allows some seeds to sprout.
    Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The tanker had just entered the Red Sea on its way toward the Suez Canal, an official said.
    Martha Raddatz, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • In each of those five losses, the Sox trailed entering the delay.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • The Celtics, who’ll enter tonight’s game as 1-point underdogs, haven’t lost a game on the road since the playoffs began.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 June 2024
  • Reyes has pleaded not guilty, while Huerta has yet to enter a plea.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The stretch of closed track will now shorten as construction enters a new phase.
    Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Capers, who had his gun drawn, then enters the home while shouting for the man inside to come out.
    María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The aircraft will enter service in the third quarter of this year, Faury said on Thursday.
    Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Exciting projects may enter your life that require you to break down old boundaries and look at the world with fresh eyes.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
  • The incident led her to enter a beauty contest in hopes of being able to leave Guyana.
    Tabitha Britt, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • He was captured on camera urging a crowd to march with him and enter the Capitol.
    Alan Feuer, New York Times, 10 July 2023
  • Over the last few years folks have questioned whether this bill is all about big banks wanting to enter the marketplace.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 2 Oct. 2023
  • In 1951, when a Black family moved in, a mob entered their apartment, tore it up, and pushed a piano out a window.
    Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2024
  • For his part, Green himself campaigned on the idea of charging a $50 fee for tourists to enter the state, according to Hawaii News Now.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2024

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