Example Sentences: Words Starting with Q
77 words starting with Q, each with example sentences that show how it is used.
- quaThe ginger flavor adds such a nice je ne sais qua to the cake.
- quackDid you hear that duck make a quack?
- quadThe multiples are called quads.
- quadrangleI looked up from my desk and saw that suddenly there were big flakes twirling down into the quadrangle...
- quadrantAfter exploratory surgery, the extent of the problem was localized to the left lower quadrant.
- quadraticA quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree 2.
- quadrilateralThe Venetian quadrilateral comprised Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.
- quadrillionThere are 2⁵⁶ (7.21 × 10¹⁶, about 72 quadrillion) possible keys for DES, of which four are weak and twelve...
- quadrupleHe's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.
- quailA covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.
- quaintThe countryside was filled with charming, bucolic scenery, complete with rolling hills, fields of...
- quakeWe felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by.
- qualificationQualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.
- qualifiedAssuming that I have all the information, my qualified opinion is that your plan will work.
- qualifierYou have to follow the rules to enter the qualifiers for the football tournament.
- qualifyAlthough not born in the country, she qualifies for nationality through her grandparents.
- qualitativeA yes-no data field is qualitative, whereas a number-value data field is quantitative.
- qualityThe lattice structure of a steel profoundly changes its qualities.
- qualmThis lawyer has no qualms about saving people who are on the wrong side of the law.
- quandaryAs a Hitchin signalman once pointed out to me, when a regulating quandary arises concerning a fast-moving...
- quantifierDefinite articles, indefinite articles, and cardinal numbers acting as quantifiers are types of determiners.
- quantifyIt's the most important single metric that quantifies the predictive performance.
- quantitativeA yes-no data field is qualitative, whereas a number-value data field is quantitative.
- quantityYou have to choose between quantity and quality.
- quantumI find it exceedingly doubtful that any person groks quantum mechanics.
- quarantineThe tourists were put in quarantine to ensure none of them would be able to spread the plague.
- quarkThe fermions treated by the Standard Model are the (composite) baryons and the (elementary) leptons and...
- quarrelWe got into a silly quarrel about what food to order.
- quarryMichelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara.
- quartA quart should do you nicely for today and tomorrow.
- quarterI ate a quarter of the pizza.
- quarterbackThe sacked quarterback was hurting bad. His back ached so bad that he had to lie down.
- quarterlyThe arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable.
- quartetThe string quartet played some chamber music.
- quartzQuartz crystals are piezoelectric, but they do not display pyroelectric effect.
- quasiThe presiding officer of the assembly does not appoint a chairman of the quasi committee, but remains in the...
- quaternaryThe available anticholinergics are divided into the tertiary anticholinergics, which cross the blood–brain...
- quayWe were pooped within hailing of the quay and were nearly sunk.
- queBut for 'que it's probably better known as the Pimlico or Churchill Downs of competition barbecue.
- queenThe divorced king was looking for a new queen.
- queernessMy queerness and my addiction to alcohol flourished in a tiny bar tucked in San Francisco’s Castro district.
- quellWe do not anticipate there will be US boots on the ground to help quell the violence.
- quenchThe library quenched her thirst for knowledge.
- queryThe teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis.
- questWe are in just the second inning of our quest to enter this new market.
- questionWhat is your question?
- questionableIt is questionable if the universe is open or closed.
- questionerThe questioners are not evenhanded in dealing with the candidates.
- questioningWhy do you have a questioning look? Are you puzzled about something?
- questionnaireThe court sent "requests to show cause" to all questionnaire non-responders.
- queueI'm queueing into a game.
- quibbleHe harped on his quibble about how the dark red paint should be described as carmine rather than burgundy.
- quicheI'm not even bragging, but me and my friends are pretty much quiche.
- quickI ran to the station – but I wasn't quick enough.
- quickenMy heartbeat quickened when I heard him approach.
- quicklyLuckily, the error was quickly corrected.
- quidSeven quid for a toastie? Are you taking the mick?!
- quiescentThe bats were quiescent at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave.
- quietI can't hear the music; it is too quiet.
- quietlyShe was sitting there quietly, then all of a sudden she upped and left.
- quillHe picked up his quill and wrote a poem.
- quiltMy grandmother is going to sew a quilt.
- quinineQuinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
- quinoaBuckwheat, quinoa and amaranth are pseudocereals.
- quintessentialMy father was the quintessential self-made man.
- quipHis quips at the party aimed to put the CEO in his place.
- quirkThe car steers cleanly, but the gearshift has a few quirks.
- quirkyShe has a quirky laugh.
- quitThe British quit India in the 1940s.
- quiteThe product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
- quiverHe's got lots of sales pitches in his quiver.
- quizWe came second in the pub quiz.
- quoTo deny that the arrangement was a quid pro quo would be laughably disingenuous.
- quotaThe sooner we hit our quota, the sooner I can get back to my wife and kids on Hocotate.'
- quotation"Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.
- quoteShe loved reading quotes of famous people.
- quotientDividing 12 by 4 yields a quotient of 3.
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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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