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How to use cancel in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Cancel means to cross out something with lines etc. Example: “He cancelled his order on their website.”

Examples of cancel by meaning

verbTo invalidate or annul something.

  • He cancelled his order on their website.
  • "I don't know what your agreement was, Herr Professor, but if it had money in it, cancel it.1914, Marjorie Benton Cooke, Bambi
  • These also included not canceling the Christmas display, whose kitschiness drove him bonkers but which endured because people love it and because he is a populist and showman, despite his elitist veneer, and because he has a heart.2008 January 9, Michael Kimmelman, “The Legacy of a Pragmatic Custodian of Human Civilization”, in The New York Times, archived from the...

verbTo mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it cannot be reused.

  • This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code.

verbTo offset or equalize something.

  • The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.

verbTo remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.

  • Such a 2-handle cancels the 1-handle so the manifold is D⁴.2003, Gordana Matić, Clint McCrory, Topology and geometry of manifolds, →ISBN, page 182

verbTo cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.

  • Bill Gates is canceled.2018 June 28, Jonah Engel Bromwich, “Everyone Is Canceled”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2020
  • You may have never heard the term "cancel culture," but you certainly know some of the faces who have been canceled.2020 February 5, Russell Haythorn, “An explanation of ‘cancel culture’ and why it's become such a popular phenomenon”, in The Denver...
  • To attempt to cancel the founding generation is an attempt to cancel our own freedoms.2020 July 3, Kristi Noem speech at Mount Rushmore, C-SPAN

More sentences with cancel

  • Rogue cancels and supersedes are being issued on a large scale against posters.From the entry supersede
  • The TV programme was cancelled because it only gained a 10% share of that night's viewing audience.From the entry share
  • I heard they wanted to cancel the show tonight. – Not even!From the entry not even
  • The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract.From the entry flop
  • Those opposing the building plans were in the majority, so the building project was canceled.From the entry majority
  • The couple canceled their night out when they got a bad vibe from the new babysitter.From the entry vibe
  • If you miss a flight, the airline will likely cancel the down line.From the entry down line
  • I have to cancel my holidays due to continuing ill health.From the entry ill health
  • He kicked up about it when they told him the train had been cancelled.From the entry kick up
  • He has been running on empty for a while. It's likely the project will be canceled.From the entry run on empty
  • Get hold of John and tell him the meeting's been canceled.From the entry get hold of
  • Well, how do you like that? He cancelled on us again!From the entry how do you like that
  • I am this close to turning the car around and cancelling this entire vacation. Don't try me!From the entry this close
  • We had just about completed the research facet of the project when the order came to cancel it.From the entry facet
  • All the terms of this sum cancel out.From the entry term
  • In all likelihood the meeting will be cancelled.From the entry likelihood
  • The game was cancelled because of snow on the field.From the entry cancelled
  • Most of the cancelled specimens were somewhat less valuable philatelically.From the entry cancelled
  • All leave is cancelled as of now.From the entry as of
  • We can cancel the aberration out by adding another filter.From the entry cancel out
  • I hope you don't mind if I cancel our date this afternoon – I just don't feel myself today.From the entry feel oneself
  • When there was a shipping delay, the salesman jollied the purchasing agent along to keep him from canceling the order.From the entry jolly along
  • My son hopes that EQAO would be cancelled this year.From the entry EQAO
  • Two forces acting upon the same point on an object will cancel out only if they have equal magnitude and opposite directions.From the entry force
  • While the final episode was made, the show itself was immediately cancelled after the penultimate episode i.e. the final episode never aired.From the entry i.e.
  • If your sis won’t be here on Thu, we’d better cancel the booking. — I will pray that she arrives on time.From the entry will
  • They cancelled the entire project because the new management didn't like the prototype, but I think they threw the baby out with the bathwater.From the entry throw the baby out with the bathwater
  • The postelection television coverage was canceled.From the entry postelection
  • It's been widely rumored the network was planning to cancel the show, but now the genie is out of the bottle and fans are furious.From the entry the genie is out of the bottle
  • No network can cancel me, but we need strength in numbers to prevent ourselves from being deplatformed.2026 June 4, David Pakman, 0:00; 3:41 from the start, in Trump's White House WANTS TO END MY SHOW (Politics), The David Pakman Show, via…. From the entry White House
  • I never canceled in the AM either until I awoke with a case of the screaming trots.2024 October 15, 118545, “Sub job cancelled on me”, in r/SubstituteTeachers. From the entry screaming trots

Meaning of cancel

  1. verb To cross out something with lines etc.
  2. verb To invalidate or annul something.
  3. verb To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it cannot be reused.

Full definition of cancel

Questions about cancel in a sentence

How do you use cancel in a sentence?
Cancel is used as a verb and noun. For example: “He cancelled his order on their website.”
What is a short sentence with cancel?
“Bill Gates is canceled.”
What does cancel mean?
Cancel means to cross out something with lines etc.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cancel (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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