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How to use cast in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun, adjective

Cast means to move, or be moved, away. Example: “The director cast the part carefully.”

Examples of cast by meaning

verbTo move, or be moved, away.

  • Many savages believe that by annually casting their skins serpents and other animals renew their youth and live for ever.1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 50

verbTo throw down or aside.

  • Near Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, Madman, co-pilot and plane were caught in a storm, cast into the Caribbean, drowned.1930 December 19, “Sidar the Madman”, in Time
  • In a temper, she casts it on the grass.2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 316

verbTo remove, take off (clothes).

  • You know the saying, "Ne'er cast a clout till May is out"?2002 March 2, Jess Cartner-Morley, “How to Wear Clothes”, in The Guardian

verbTo direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).

  • But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax

verbTo add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.

  • Obtain an aged list of accounts receivable balances at the financial year end and use CAATs to cast and cross-cast the schedule and agree the total to the general ledger control account for accounts receivable.2007, George Puttick, Sandy van Esch, “Auditing Revenue Transactions and Balances”, in The Principles and Practice of Auditing, →ISBN, page...
  • Obtain a list of individual customers with balances outstanding at the year end, cast this and agree it to the trade receivables account.2023, “Procedures”, in Audit and Assurance, Kaplan Financial Limited, →ISBN, page 354

verbTo calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).

  • John Gadbury confessed that Mrs Cellier, ‘the Popish Midwife’, had asked him to cast the King's nativity, although the astrology claimed to have refused to do so.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 332
  • He did the washing up and stayed behind to watch the dinner cook while she hopped off with a friend to have her horoscope cast by another friend.1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p.1197

verbTo assign (a role in a play or performance).

  • The director cast the part carefully.

verbTo assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).

  • The director cast John Smith as King Lear.

More sentences with cast

  • Some of the cast went down with flu, but the show's still on.From the entry on
  • I cast the species of the Sun onto a sheet of paper through a telescope.From the entry species
  • The director asked the cast to note down the following cuts.From the entry cut
  • The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.From the entry shadow
  • He cast his net, which brought him a very great draft.From the entry draft
  • Cast iron is popular for cookware where an even heating temperature is important.From the entry cast iron
  • The school's cast iron policy on admissions fees left no leeway for needy students.From the entry cast iron
  • A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out.From the entry character
  • The fisherman cast the plug into a likely pool, hoping to catch a whopper.From the entry plug
  • The early election results cast a pall over what was supposed to be a celebration.From the entry pall
  • That kid with the cast on his arm has the grit to play dodgeball.From the entry grit
  • Captain Bligh and some loyal crewmen were cast adrift in the middle of the Pacific.From the entry cast adrift
  • We spotlight the star, but the supporting cast has all the great lines in this scene.From the entry spotlight
  • If you hang around after the show, you can meet the cast.From the entry hang around
  • The backlight from the sunset cast the pier and the crowd in silhouette.From the entry backlight
  • The broken bones were able to heal, thanks to the immobilization of her leg in a cast.From the entry immobilization
  • I took the make-up test orally because my arm is still in a cast.From the entry orally
  • The flutter of the lamplight cast a romantic glow on the room.From the entry flutter
  • He walked on crutches for a month until the cast was removed from his leg.From the entry crutch
  • Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office.From the entry starry
  • It was a star-studded cast, until the money ran out and they all went back to Hollywood.From the entry star-studded
  • She cast away her bridal dress along with other reminders of the marriage.From the entry cast away
  • If you hang about after the show, you can meet the cast.From the entry hang about
  • We were going to cast him in our new movie but unfortunately he didn't look the part.From the entry look the part
  • The cast was a murderers' row, with five Oscar winners in supporting roles.From the entry murderers' row
  • The first night was a disaster, and the cast were mostly in tears.From the entry first night
  • I broke the RPG by training every member of my party to cast fireballs as well as use swords.From the entry break
  • He cast a spell to cure warts.From the entry spell
  • This recording is by the original broadway cast.From the entry original

Meaning of cast

  1. verb To move, or be moved, away.
  2. verb To throw.
  3. verb To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.

Full definition of cast

Questions about cast in a sentence

How do you use cast in a sentence?
Cast is used as a verb, noun and adjective. For example: “The director cast the part carefully.”
What is a short sentence with cast?
“The director cast the part carefully.”
What does cast mean?
Cast means to move, or be moved, away.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cast (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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