How to Use given to in a Sentence

given to

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Definition of given tonext
  • It’s been given to her by a man who lives on a nearby street.
    — Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
  • Gender: Delilah is typically a feminine name, but it can be given to a baby of any gender.
    — Toketemu Ohwovoriole, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • The year given to the city could also put into play residents having a critical role in approving housing plans.
    — Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 29 July 2024
  • The mentors are old and wise and given to speaking in metaphors.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2023
  • After 51 years, because of us, that power has been given to the States and to a vote of the People.
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2024
  • This money was given to you as a gift to help you on your new path of married bliss.
    — Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
  • One was given to him by the famous recluse Buckskin Bill.
    — Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The award is voted for by members of the media and given to the best female soccer player in the world.
    — Anna Gordon, Time, 7 July 2023
  • The Almond and the Seahorse are the nicknames given to the parts of human brains that lay down new memories and hold on to the old ones.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Bruce was the name given to the three mechanical predators built to simulate the great white shark at the heart of the story.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The work will be given to the Student Visionary Award winner.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 22 May 2024
  • The lemon flavor masks any fishy taste, and the supplement can be given to children ages 1 year old and older.
    — Tamar Kane, Ms, Rd, Verywell Health, 6 June 2024
  • Pell grants are given to low-income students that do not need to be repaid, unlike a loan.
    — Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Abedin also noted that the pair bonded over the drive first given to them by their parents.
    — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The gun used in the shooting was given to the shooter as an early Christmas present by his parents just days before.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The attention that was given to me during my stay and even before was profound.
    — Jaspre Guest, Fortune Well, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Damage control parties were unable to control the fires aboard the ship, and the order was given to abandon it.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2023
  • The flame was then given to Jul, a popular Marseille rapper, who lit the Olympic cauldron to wild applause.
    — Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times, 8 May 2024
  • Both vaccines are meant to be given to infants via a three-dose series, then topped off by a booster a year later.
    — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
  • She was given to city government of Manila in 1981 by the Sri Lankan government.
    — Emma Ogao, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The firearms will be given to the National Police of Ukraine, according to the agenda of a Phoenix city council meeting.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 10 July 2023
  • By chance, when Alison was 8 years old, a babysitter taught her to play the guitar that Barbara had given to John as a Christmas present.
    — Ann Hill, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2024
  • The award was jointly given to writer-director Jorge Fons.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 Jan. 2024
  • But generally, the title is given to the rehabber, who can decide to hold it or sell it.
    — Kevin Hardy, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
  • The hepatitis B vaccine, which is also given to newborns, costs less than $20 per dose.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • One of the things parents can do is ask themselves a series of questions that were given to me by the psychoanalyst Tina Bryson.
    — Mackenzie McCarty, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The dollar cost associated with the aid is the amount being spent on new weapons, built in the United States, to replace those being given to Ukraine.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 27 June 2024
  • From that surge, the single nabs the chart’s weekly Greatest Gainer prize, given to the song with the largest increase in audience numbers each week among the chart’s 50 titles.
    — Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Antibiotic-steroid eye drops may be given to prevent infection and help the eyes heal.
    — Troy Bedinghaus, Od, Verywell Health, 1 June 2024
  • Researchers compared treatment with onion juice to placebo (a substance with no therapeutic effect, given to people in a clinical trial control group) in participants with alopecia.
    — Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2024

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