Example Sentences: Words Starting with O
432 words starting with O, each with example sentences that show how it is used.
- overtlyRoumeli belonged to ELAS, and the commander who first took him into his particular band was proudly and...
- overtoneThis cabernet has slight juglandaceous overtones.
- overtureThe subtleties of this overture are often overlooked.
- overturn"collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.
- overuseThe laser was pot modded, so eventually its diode burned out with overuse.
- overviewThe authentication method and its details can be treated as a black box for purposes of this security...
- overweightBefore her diet, Jane was noticeably overweight, but she shed five kilos in the next two months.
- overwhelmThe dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
- overwhelmedShe was overwhelmed with gratitude.
- overwhelminglyLine's London suburban electrification is at last being given a cost-benefit analysis of the kind which...
- overworkOverworked and underpaid? Then quit your job and become a pro darts player.
- overwrapIn recent years, PSI has become a major supplier in the pallet overwrap market.
- overwriteI accidentally saved my unwanted changes and overwrote the version of the document I wanted to keep.
- ovoidThat was the way my mind lurched and stumbled, among the sharp rs and ts, sliding over the ovoid vowels as if...
- ovumFar less confusion occurs if references to killing the ovum use just that language.
- owOw! What did you do that for?
- oweWe owe it to our children to make our nation a better place to live in the future.
- owerGet ower thor noo!
- owingThese seven subscriptions remain owing.
- owlShe's traipsed off to Borneo to see the lesser spotted pygmy owl, or something like that.
- ownWhen we move into the new house, the kids will each have their own bedroom.
- ownerThe police recovered the stolen car and returned it to its owner.
- ownershipThe successful candidate will take ownership of all internal design projects.
- oxHe treated the oxen like they didn't exist, but he treated the goat kid like a puppy.
- oxidaseIn contrast, LaCl 3 and calmidazolium markedly suppressed the GA-induced increase in NADPH oxidase activity.
- oxidationAs an economy measure, the manufacturer decided to use iron rather than steel, but to acierate the surface to...
- oxideUmber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.
- oxidizeThe critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese...
- oxygenHolonyms: dioxygen, O₂, oxygen (loose sense)
- oxymoronA hard border is a real possibility, and a frictionless border is almost an oxymoron.
- oysterThe oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.
- ozoneOzone is a triatomic form of oxygen.
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Example sentences adapted from Wiktionary, from the entry of each word and the entries the sentences come from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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