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How to use app in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

App means an application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device. Example: “That player has had ten apps this season.”

Examples of app by meaning

nounAn application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.

  • A visual tool can be thought of as a graphics app that generates most of your program's GUI code for you1999 February, Maximum PC, volume 4, number 2
  • So is a spreadsheet app, but I'm not going to put those on a web site any time soon.1999, Jerry Bradenbaugh, JavaScript application cookbook, page xi
  • The Web browser was the killer app that kickstarted the Internet and, in turn, enabled it to be embedded in everything1999 November, AUUGN, volume 20, number 4, page 9

nounApplication (to a college etc.).

  • You know, to show off my marketing materials on my college app.2011, Nicole Leigh Shepherd, Stealing Bases

nounAppetizer.

  • If you lay out a platter of these exciting, beautiful vegetarian appetizers, the other apps will pale in comparison.2009, Robin Asbell, New Vegetarian
  • This is not to say that we only serve apps at dinner parties.2010, Bill Allen, Grillin', Chillin', and Swillin', page 1

nounAn appearance in a game.

  • That player has had ten apps this season.

More sentences with app

  • You're getting short of memory because you have too many apps open.From the entry open
  • This app has a bug: when you try to sort a large spreadsheet, it closes.From the entry close
  • This app has a bug: when you try to sort a large spreadsheet, it shuts.From the entry shut
  • A spreadsheet app and a bookkeeping app are some of the principal tools of a bookkeeper.From the entry tool
  • Dara doesn't believe in using dating apps - she insists that destiny will find her other half.From the entry destiny
  • My phone is incompatible with the latest version of this app.From the entry incompatible
  • This app is a mashup mixing news from the BBC and maps from Google.From the entry mashup
  • Some buttons are too close in this app, you will often mistap.From the entry mistap
  • WePay wants to get one-up in the mobile payments race with its new iOS app for small businesses.From the entry one up
  • We met on a popular dating app.From the entry dating
  • This app is free — free as in beer.From the entry free as in beer
  • Developer: I'm not paying 25$ to Google to put my free app on Google Play. User: I'm fine sideloading it from F-Droid. Thank you for the free app!From the entry sideload
  • Indeed, many antipodean teens are joining Yope, a new photo-sharing app geared toward Gen Z.2025 December 9, Steven Humphries, “Australia now bans social media for teens under 16. Will other countries follow?”, in The Christian…. From the entry antipodean
  • In a flurry of videos last year, some expressed frustration at the buy-buy-buy ethos on the app.2025 March 9, Callie Holtermann, “Eclectic Grandpa, Coastal Grandma, Mob Wife? Fast Fads Are Tiring Out Gen Z”, in New York Times, page A.1. From the entry underconsumption core
  • In April Duolingo, the language training app, said that it would go “AI-first”.2025 May 24, “The great AI jobs disruption is under way”, in FT Weekend (The FT View section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN…. From the entry AI-first
  • “Leaky, Lyin’ Pete,” Waltz and Vance absolutely were texting secret war plans on an unsecure messaging app.2025 March 26, Chris Kelly, “‘Leaky Pete’ should be fired from a cannon”, in The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A9…. From the entry MAGAland
  • Researchers then duplicated this experiment as an app to crowdsource more data.2024 May 14, Clay Drinko, “Lower Your Expectations”, in Psychology Today. From the entry turn out
  • The drink is priced at 68 yuan ($9.45), according to the app.2024 February 20, Jessie Yeung, Hassan Tayir, “Pork flavored coffee is Starbucks’ newest China pitch”, in CNN Business, archived from the…. From the entry yuan
  • “People use dating apps, but I don’t know anyone who pays for it,” Ms.2024 March 12, J. Edward Moreno, quoting Kathryn D. Coduto, “Dating Apps Have Hit a Wall. Can They Turn Things Around?”, in The New York…. From the entry ick
  • The point of Meta's Threads app is to read and engage in public conversations.2024 April 4, Michelle Mark, “Meta's Threads app: The text-based social media platform from Instagram trying to replace X”, in MSN…. From the entry threads
  • Incels Chadfish by creating fake dating app profiles using pictures of extremely attractive men.2024, Michael Halpin, "Are you an NPC?: The Stigmatization of Facts and Knowledge in Right-Wing Online Communities", research paper…. From the entry Chadfish
  • Friends say we app sceptics will download them at a certain age out of desperation.2023 April 1, Maddie Thomas, “Even if you’re ‘on the apps’, it feels pretty hard to meet people these days”, in The Guardian. From the entry prince charming
  • One key is public, registered with the website or app you're using.2023, Apple Inc., iPhone User Guide, retrieved 03 May 2023, iOS 16. From the entry passkey
  • The NHS Covid-19 app behind the controversial “pingdemic” is to be shut down next month.2023 March 29, “‘Pingdemic’ Covid app to be locked down forever”, in The Daily Telegraph, page 2. From the entry pingdemic
  • And apps like Lex and sites like Reddit still provide a space for lonely hearts-style posts.2023 August 7, Emilie Lavinia, “Date-me-docs are the new way to match and we don't hate it”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst…. From the entry date-me doc
  • No one can be their true, honest, and authentic self in a dating app bio.2023 August 19, Amanda Chatel, “Singles Are Crafting 'Date-Me-Docs' To Meet Potential Suitors - Here's What That Means”, in Glam.com…. From the entry date-me doc
  • I flipped from the calendar app to the email app and logged in to view Cooper's.2022, Michelle McCraw, Boss Me. From the entry triage
  • The app uses XMPP to communicate, a long-established protocol for sending instant messages.2022 July 7, Joseph Cox, “This Is the Code the FBI Used to Wiretap the World”, in VICE. From the entry XMPP
  • Zuckerberg posted an update to his Facebook profile, noting some coming changes in the app.2022 July 26, Mike Isaac, “‘Operating With Increased Intensity’: Zuckerberg Leads Meta Into Next Phase”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry workathon
  • Victims are 'pig butchered', a form of love scam, very common on dating apps.2022 March 10, James Paul, “US Siblings Duped Over 20000 Investors Of $124 Million In Crypto Scam”, in Mashable India. From the entry pig butcher
  • No-code is exactly what it sounds like: powerful websites or apps built without writing any code.2022 September 14, Dave Lee, “The tools to be a good citizen of the internet”, in Financial Times. From the entry no-code
  • Welcome to Duolingo, the app which teaches you languages via a chopsy ornithological cartoon.2022 February 14, Jack Marshall, “Being relentlessly bullied by a polyglot owl with a penchant for passive aggression”, in Lancashire…. From the entry chopsy
  • He could well be eyeing something along the lines of the hugely successful Chinese app WeChat.2022 October 5, Zoe Kleinman, “Elon Musk, Twitter and the mysterious X app”, in BBC News. From the entry super-app

Meaning of app

  1. noun An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
  2. noun Application (use, purpose; not a computer program).
  3. noun Application (to a college etc.).

Full definition of app

Questions about app in a sentence

How do you use app in a sentence?
App is used as a noun. For example: “That player has had ten apps this season.”
What is a short sentence with app?
“We met on a popular dating app.”
What does app mean?
App means an application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: app (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes 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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