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How to use charge in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Charge means the amount of money levied for a service. Example: “There will be a charge of five dollars.”

Examples of charge by meaning

nounThe amount of money levied for a service.

  • There will be a charge of five dollars.
  • There is a cancellation charge if you withdraw your order.

nounAn attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.

  • Pickett's Charge; the Charge of the Light Brigade

nounA forceful forward movement.

  • Abou Diaby should have added Arsenal's fourth in the 50th minute after he danced round a host of defenders on a charge towards goal2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC

nounAn official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.

  • two charges of manslaughter
  • "You get tapped on another gun charge and you looking at some upstate time."2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 108

nounAn accusation by a person or organization.

  • That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.
  • we'll nail the sophist to it, if we can get him on that charge;2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 261a
  • A charge often leveled against organic agriculture is that it is more philosophy than science.2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 150

nounThe scope of someone's responsibility.

  • The child was in the nanny's charge.

nounSomeone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.

  • The child was a charge of the nanny.

nounA load or burden; cargo.

  • The ship had a charge of colonists and their belongings.

More sentences with charge

  • I’m not putting you in charge again after the last disaster.From the entry after
  • With John in charge of the project, it's in good hands.From the entry hand
  • The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second.From the entry sentence
  • The secretary at the school is in charge of communication between parents, students, and staff.From the entry secretary
  • Benjamin Franklin's designation of "positive" and "negative" to different charges was arbitrary.From the entry arbitrary
  • I quickly rammed another charge down the barrel and took aim.From the entry ram
  • A shuttle service runs free of charge between the three terminals.From the entry terminal
  • They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.From the entry railroad
  • Her phone needs a new battery because its present battery no longer holds a charge well.From the entry battery
  • Amends were made for the damage and no charges were filed.From the entry amends
  • Any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.From the entry ensign
  • One day I'll go off, but until then, I'm in charge around here.From the entry go off
  • My bank charges me $2.50 every time I use a foreign ATM.From the entry foreign
  • If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them.From the entry lot
  • The nanny was keeping a close watch on her little charges.From the entry nanny
  • He's a scrappy dog and will charge at you if you taunt him.From the entry scrappy
  • It’s a nice car, but they are charging an exorbitant price for it.From the entry exorbitant
  • Sally was put in temporary charge of the department while they searched for a full-time replacement.From the entry temporary
  • Smith is called for charging, and the Nimrods will get the ball.From the entry charging
  • Buy two and pay for just one – the other is free of charge.From the entry free of charge
  • He skillfully took charge of the event, and furthermore, he stayed late after it to clean up.From the entry furthermore
  • That commission's project has become a huge Charlie Foxtrot; who's in charge over there?From the entry Charlie Foxtrot
  • The defense attorney maintained that the charges were a confection of the local police.From the entry confection
  • The cover charge was pretty high, but the band was really good.From the entry cover charge
  • I finally put my foot down and demanded to talk to someone in charge.From the entry put one's foot down
  • He was arraigned in Washington, D.C., on the 25th of that month on charges of treason.From the entry arraign
  • I got nickel and dimed to death by the phone company's sneaky extra charges.From the entry nickel and dime
  • The push bunt went between the pitcher and the first baseman who was charging too hard.From the entry push bunt

Meaning of charge

  1. noun The amount of money levied for a service.
  2. noun An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
  3. noun A forceful forward movement.

Full definition of charge

Questions about charge in a sentence

How do you use charge in a sentence?
Charge is used as a noun and verb. For example: “There will be a charge of five dollars.”
What is a short sentence with charge?
“two charges of manslaughter”
What does charge mean?
Charge means the amount of money levied for a service.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: charge (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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