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How to use comment in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Comment means a spoken or written remark. Example: “I have no comment on that.”

Examples of comment by meaning

nounA spoken or written remark.

  • I have no comment on that.
  • Pay attention to the teacher's comments in the margin of your marked essay.
  • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

nounThe act of commenting.

  • People bled to death like gentlemen in an operating room or expired without comment in an oxygen tent.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168

verbTo remark.

  • “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
  • "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
  • I think Mamet always comments that commerce really comes down to just a confidence game2003 July 5, Pierre Salinger, ABC News, “Analysis: Top film choices”, in NPR_Saturday

verbTo make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding.

  • He commented about your proposal.
  • The movie comments on race relations.

verbTo insert comments into (source code).

  • I wish I'd commented this complicated algorithm back when I remembered how it worked.

More sentences with comment

  • Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.From the entry gnaw
  • The president’s comments have drawn strong criticism from right-wing media outlets.From the entry draw
  • He distanced himself from the comments made by some of his colleagues.From the entry distance
  • Clearly the libelous book is actionable, but I'm not commenting on anything to do with legal issues.From the entry actionable
  • Some of her comments really came from left field. I have no idea what she was thinking.From the entry left field
  • We need more users to volunteer to moderate the comment section of our forum.From the entry moderate
  • Being aware of the danger of upsetting her audience, she was somewhat circumspect in her comments.From the entry circumspect
  • The harsh comments from the coach humiliated the player in front of the team.From the entry humiliate
  • We appreciate your input, so please don't hesitate to chime in with comments and questions.From the entry chime in
  • I wish I had thought of a quick comeback for his comment.From the entry comeback
  • If you do not want to run this line of code, just comment it out!From the entry comment out
  • The reporters will have a field day with a comment like that.From the entry field day
  • She tried to sully her rival’s reputation with a suggestive comment.From the entry sully
  • Please take this comment at face value and don't try to read anything into it.From the entry face value
  • There was a detectable pause before he continued. We all noticed it but no one commented.From the entry detectable
  • She's rather thin-skinned when it comes to comments about her work.From the entry thin-skinned
  • I think his comments about that new car are just sour grapes because he can't afford it.From the entry sour grapes
  • I had no idea that one simple comment would set off such a huge argument.From the entry set off
  • His comments to the press were in the same carping vein as in previous speeches.From the entry in the same vein
  • The nonconfessing defendant refused to comment on his codefendant's admission of guilt.From the entry nonconfessing
  • The Zamenhofian verb komentarii ("to comment") is very often replaced by komenti.From the entry Zamenhofian
  • Don't take my comments as an insult.From the entry take
  • The jury doubted the accuracy of the witness' comments.From the entry accuracy
  • I made some light comment, and we moved on.From the entry light
  • His last comment is particularly worthy of mark.From the entry mark
  • I made that comment in jest; it wasn't serious.From the entry jest
  • I felt that his comments were a bit off.From the entry off
  • There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Lady Gaga from her fans.From the entry hate
  • His comments were laden with deeper meaning.From the entry laden
  • Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments.From the entry discount

Meaning of comment

  1. noun A spoken or written remark.
  2. noun The act of commenting.
  3. noun The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.

Full definition of comment

Questions about comment in a sentence

How do you use comment in a sentence?
Comment is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I have no comment on that.”
What is a short sentence with comment?
“He commented about your proposal.”
What does comment mean?
Comment means a spoken or written remark.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: comment (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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