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How to use blend in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Blend means a mixture of two or more things. Example: “Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.”

Examples of blend by meaning

nounA mixture of two or more things.

  • Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.
  • Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.

nounA word formed by combining two other words; a portmanteau word.

  • Blends, also known as portmanteau words, are not an original part of English.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 10

verbTo mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.

  • To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.

verbTo be mingled or mixed.

  • Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7

More sentences with blend

  • So when he wants to, he can just kind of blend into the woodwork.From the entry woodwork
  • The mottled skin of the snake was a camouflage that helped it blend in with the shadows.From the entry mottled
  • He disguised himself as a businessman to blend in with the others wearing suits.From the entry blend in
  • A reticulose rhizopod is one in which the pseudopodia blend together and form irregular meshes.From the entry reticulose
  • We can handle on a toll basis your needs for spray drying, repackaging, crushing and grinding, and dry blending.From the entry toll
  • The choir’s voices blended in a harmonious melody.From the entry harmonious
  • You have to blend in the eggs very slowly.From the entry blend in
  • I'm gonna blend up some smoothies.From the entry blend up
  • By Shakespearean I mean there was a blend of pageantry, procession, music and mystery.2023 May 7, Michael Billington, “The Coronation review – immaculately rehearsed, touching and Shakespearean”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry Shakespearean
  • In the mayolike blend, the yolk created sturdy links between pigment particles, resulting in stiffer paint.2023 March 28, Jude Coleman, “Here’s why some Renaissance artists egged their oil paintings”, in Science News. From the entry mayolike
  • Learning grapheme-phonemes correspondences helps children decode and blend words more easily, making them more fluent readers.2023 February 1, Mattew Lynch, “Grapheme-phoneme Correspondence (GPC)”, in Pedagogue, United States, archived from the original on 06 Sep…. From the entry grapheme-phoneme correspondence
  • It was their favourite blend of Assam, dark and heady and strong.2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 360. From the entry Assam
  • Thick crust, not shy on salt, mashed potato-y in the middle, and paired with a blended margarita.2021 March 11, Celina Garcia, “[Santa Barbara’s Burger Week Is Back] Little Kitchen: The LK Burger”, in Santa Barbara Independent, Santa…. From the entry mashed potato-y
  • She uses a blend of languages, with Nłeʔkepmxcín, Nsyílxcn and Halq’eméylem words mixed into the English stories.2021 December 2, Lauren Kasowski, “Book Review: UBC student Nicola l. Campbell's Spíləx̣m is a new kind of memoir”, in The Ubyssey. From the entry Nłeʔkepmxcín
  • The moves were a TikTokky blend of semaphore and street dance, busy with content.2020 November 13, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, “Benee’s ‘Hey u x’ illustrates the upside of TikTok-dominated pop”, in Financial Times. From the entry percolate
  • Give us a hazelnut and date milk paired with a nice zippy espresso blend.2018, Jordan Michelman, Zachary Carlsen, The New Rules of Coffee: A Modern Guide for Everyone. From the entry 'spro
  • Why?” “To blend in more easily after Austria and Hungary separated.”2016, Robert Landori, Four Equations, FriesenPress, →ISBN. From the entry Hungarianize
  • As Christian discourse unfolds, it regularly blends "biblical" pictorial narration into its own ongoing pictorial narration.2015, Vernon K. Robbins, Jonathan M. Potter, Jesus and Mary Reimagined in Early Christian Literature, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry rhetography
  • Make a healthier choice by switching to faux-tatoes, a blend of pureed cauliflower and coconut milk.2014, J. J. Virgin, “Top Swaps and the Virgin Plate”, in The Virgin Diet Cookbook: 150 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Lose Weight and Feel…. From the entry fauxtatoes
  • If you start with a great blend, you can make awesome café au laits!2014 June 26, Laura Fuentes, “How to Make Cafe au Lait Like Cafe du Monde”, in Laura Fuentes Fresh Living. From the entry café au laits
  • Humans utilize a kind of sweet and sour blend of love potion called charm.2014, Lloyd E. McIlveen, Improving on Love and Relationships. From the entry sweet-and-sour
  • What could have been clashing opposites were perfectly blended in her.2013, Sam Kauffman, MADDY - Courage and Heart: Life Lessons From a Puppy Handbook, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 138. From the entry dudette
  • I am a freeze baby, cold and I do not blend well at all.2013, Alisha Groothousen, The Intriguing Side of Art, →ISBN, page 257. From the entry freeze baby
  • Always blend them with a suitable carrier oil in the appropriate dilution when using them for massage.2011, Denise Whichello Brown, Healing Massage: Flash, page 3-36. From the entry carrier oil
  • Tip: ask for a horn of Zeese if you want to blend in.2011, Mim Harrison, Wicked Good Words: From Johnnycakes to Jug Handles. From the entry zeese
  • If you dress like everyone else, you'll just blend into everyone else.2010, Eric Rogell, The Art of War for Dating. From the entry peacocking
  • On “Seven by Seven” it was the reedy blend of two melodicas, played by Mr.2009 July 28, Nate Chinen, “From Babble to Rhythm, Cuban Style”, in New York Times. From the entry melodica
  • This discovery led to a rich line of research blending category theory and computer science.2009 February 3, John C. Baez with Mike Stay, Physics, Topology, Logic and Computation: A Rosetta Stone, page 54. From the entry Cartesian closed category
  • The ruched dresses are a mindbender, with taut stretch silk blending into draped folds.2009 June 4, Bernadette Morra, “Is Altuzarra fashion's new hope?”, in Toronto Star. From the entry mindbender
  • Breakfast teas tend to be hearty and are often blends of tea from India and Africa.2009, Innkeeping Quarterly, volumes 3–4, Haddon Heights, N.J.: Professional Association of Innkeepers International, →OCLC, page 28…. From the entry English breakfast
  • These messages are written in a creative blend of coolspeak and text message language.2008, David Buckingham, editor, Youth, Identity, and Digital Media, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 29. From the entry coolspeak
  • All my price-targets are a blend between DCF and Sum of the Parts (SoP).2008 fall, Shahed Imam, Richard Barker, Colin Clubb, quoting a technology analyst, “The Use of Valuation Models by UK Investment…. From the entry sop
  • Now there are dozens of mixes, most of which are a poodle blend.2007, Earl Mindell, Elizabeth Renaghan, Dr. Earl Mindell’s Nutrition and Health for Dogs, Basic Health Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 117. From the entry goldendoodle
  • For a more classic burgery taste, go with a blend of the two.2006, How to Boil Water: Life Beyond Takeout (Food Network Kitchens), Des Moines, Ia.: Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry burgery
  • There's also been an increase in blegging, bitlegging and splogging (a blend of spam and blog).2006 November 26, Manisha Singh, “Lexicon techs all”, in The Economic Times, Mumbai: Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry bitlegging

Meaning of blend

  1. noun A mixture of two or more things.
  2. noun A word formed by combining two other words; a portmanteau word.
  3. verb To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.

Full definition of blend

Questions about blend in a sentence

How do you use blend in a sentence?
Blend is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.”
What is a short sentence with blend?
“I'm gonna blend up some smoothies.”
What does blend mean?
Blend means a mixture of two or more things.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blend (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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