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How to use coin in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Coin means a piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. Example: “She spent some serious coin on that car!”

Examples of coin by meaning

nounSomething in broad circulation or use.

  • The religious interpretation of socialism and the conception of a new epoch as the fulfilment of the true content of Christianity were, in fact, current coin in the French socialism of the 1830s and 1840s.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon...

nounMoney in general, not limited to coins.

  • She spent some serious coin on that car!
  • Boy toy named Troy, used to live in Detroit, big dope dealer money he was getting some coin.2014, Nicki Minaj, “Anaconda”, in The Pinkprint
  • If you want to save some coin, I found similar options at more affordable brands and even some Amazon dupes.2024 September 14, Heath Owens, “What to Wear to Charli xcx & Troye Sivan's Tour If You Wanna 'SWEAT'”, in Cosmopolitan

nounA small circular slice of food.

  • For munchies try deep-fried jalapeño coins, jumbo Buffalo wings, and hush puppies with a sweet edge.2015, Fodor's The Carolinas & Georgia
  • Spread out four bread and butter pickle coins on top, and sprinkle with onion.2020, Evan Bloom, Rachel Levin, Eat Something, page 76

verbTo make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.

  • to coin silver dollars
  • to coin a medal

verbTo make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).

  • Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.
  • Because in today's 2,000mph technological freefall, he who coins the catchiest buzzword generally wins the debate by default.2010 August 30, Charlie Brooker, “Buzzwords for blowhards”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 May 2023
  • Ferrara and her coauthor are not the first to suggest that women bear the burden of mankeeping (although they did coin the term).2024 October 23, Kim Elsesser, “Mankeeping: How Shrinking Male Social Networks May Burden Women”, in Forbes, archived from the original on...

More sentences with coin

  • My neighbour is such a bore when he talks about his coin collection.From the entry bore
  • I didn't have any coins to pay with, so I used a note.From the entry note
  • I thee shall a hundred golden coins; th'amount thou shalt the Queen is much higher.From the entry shall
  • A fair coin has a 50% chance of landing on heads.From the entry fair
  • The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.From the entry mutter
  • If you can't decide which option to go for, flip a coin.From the entry flip
  • The box had a gimmick to make the coin appear to vanish.From the entry gimmick
  • I can't believe how many people still fall for the coin glued to the sidewalk.From the entry fall for
  • We discussed the rareness of the coin and decided it was actually pretty common.From the entry rareness
  • The back of the coin bears an incuse coat of arms.From the entry incuse
  • There is a long tradition of monarchs having their own figure incused in their kingdom's coins.From the entry incuse
  • Distrusting banks, the eccentric old man kept a sockful of silver coins under his mattress.From the entry sockful
  • A coin on the ground caught the sun and I stooped to pick it up.From the entry catch the sun
  • We will toss a coin to see which team goes first.From the entry toss a coin
  • Low income and poor health are two sides of the same coin.From the entry two sides of the same coin
  • The usage of coin weights, especially glass ones, goes back to Ptolemaic and Byzantine times.From the entry coin weight
  • The vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins.From the entry take
  • Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.From the entry bar
  • The flip of a fair coin is purely random.From the entry random
  • The coins were chinking in his pocket.From the entry chink
  • He divided the coins exactly in half.From the entry exactly
  • A coin is a disk of metal.From the entry disk
  • A coin is a disc of metal.From the entry disc
  • They're opening a new coin exhibition at the local museum.From the entry museum
  • We'll decide this on a flip of a coin.From the entry flip
  • The coin bears an inscription in Latin.From the entry inscription
  • She bought a coin changer for her pool bar.From the entry changer
  • This is a bona fide Roman coin.From the entry bona fide
  • Rulers and coins make good fiducial markers in photographs.From the entry fiducial

Meaning of coin

  1. noun A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
  2. noun A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
  3. noun That which serves for payment or recompense.

Full definition of coin

Questions about coin in a sentence

How do you use coin in a sentence?
Coin is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She spent some serious coin on that car!”
What is a short sentence with coin?
“to coin a medal”
What does coin mean?
Coin means a piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coin (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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