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How to use deem in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Deem means to hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account. Example: “She deemed his efforts insufficient.”

Examples of deem by meaning

verbTo hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's...

  • She deemed his efforts insufficient.

verbTo think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.

  • For example, record-breaking rainfall in the UK made February 2020 the wettest February on record, while July 2019 was deemed to be the warmest month on record worldwide.2020 July 29, Ian Prosser discusses with Paul Stephen, “Rail needs robust and strategic plans”, in Rail, page 42

More sentences with deem

  • The research department was deemed expendable, and its funding was not renewed.From the entry expendable
  • It was deemed advisable to recement the pipe in order to eliminate vibration.From the entry recement
  • They gave thanks for whatever they deemed worth being thankful for and proceeded to party hardy.From the entry party hardy
  • After discussion with her family, she was deemed not for ICU admission.From the entry not for
  • The officers deemed it necessary to pre-position at least three battalions in case of a breakout.From the entry pre-position
  • It was deemed necessary to keep at least three battalions pre-positioned in case of a breakout.From the entry pre-positioned
  • Most physicists deem there to be four fundamental forces: the weak force, the strong force, gravitation, and the electromagnetic force.From the entry force
  • Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.From the entry disguise
  • His appointment as treasurer was deemed suitable.From the entry appointment
  • The municipal pension plan was deemed actuarially unsound.From the entry actuarially
  • The manager was given her head to make whatever changes she might deem necessary in the structure of her department.From the entry given her head
  • His helping the old woman with her shopping was deemed highly altruistic by everyone, especially since her home was a mile away.From the entry altruistic
  • In the beginning and height of the Greco-Roman civilization, everyone was expected to have courage, because it was deemed to be the First Virtue above all others.From the entry Greco-Roman
  • The carriage was surveyed and re-sheeted just over a decade ago, when it was deemed restorable.2023 March 8, “Network News: Unique LNWR survivor offered for restoration”, in RAIL, number 978, page 27. From the entry restorable
  • "We're still in a deregulated market, so operators identify routes that they deem profitable.2023 June 14, Anthony Lambert, “A vision for transport in the South West”, in RAIL, number 985, page 42. From the entry deregulated
  • One concern deems text generated by such tools to be plagiarism.2023 December, Sarah Elaine Eaton, editor, Handbook of Academic Integrity, Springer International Publishing, page 163. From the entry aigiarism
  • I was deemed, "too whiney and crybabylike" so everyone wanted peace and quiet.2016 January 16, Too Ton, CivFanatics. From the entry whiney
  • Finally, all antisemitic books were deemed illegal and subject to confiscation or destruction.2015, Lisa Moses Leff, The Archive Thief, page 130. From the entry antisemitica
  • Because it was the generic word for that type of candy, it was deemed untrademarkable.2015 May 2, Austin Thompson, “How Hershey Trademarked the Word "Kisses"”, in Mental Floss. From the entry untrademarkable
  • For much of the nineteenth century, conventional wisdom deemed women intractably unclubbable.2012, Barbara Black, A Room of His Own: A Literary-Cultural Study of Victorian Clubland, Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 219. From the entry unclubbable
  • The noise level thudded beyond deemed acceptability for a construction site, let alone a pleasuredome.2012, Bruce Clark, Paradise for Beginners, Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Co., →ISBN, page 174. From the entry pleasuredome
  • Some people with low self-esteem are prone to floccinaucinihilipilification, the habit of deeming everything worthless.2009, Judith Orloff, Emotional Freedom. From the entry floccinaucinihilipilification
  • Why was ‘Bankrobber’ being interpreted so literally, and deemed so unacceptable?2009, Marcus Gray, “… To the World’s End: Returns”, in Route 19 Revisited: The Clash and London Calling, London: Vintage Books, published…. From the entry bankrobber
  • It is deemed antiracial because of the attempt to step outside the constraints of identity politics.2007, Manisha Nordine, Jammin' with Resistant Music and Popular Culture in Bob Marley's Jah-Public, →ISBN, page 159. From the entry antiracial
  • Genevievians, to obtain their own large concessions for mineral land, an action previously deemed unnecessary.2002, Walter A. Schroeder, Opening the Ozarks: A Historical Geography of Missouri’s Ste. Genevieve District, 1760-1830, Columbia, Mo.…. From the entry Ste. Genevievian
  • Only top-shelf liquor is served, though Sasha refuses to serve drinks he deems fratlike.2000 May 7, Julia Chaplin, “Buzz Off: Secret Bars That Spurn Hype”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 May 2025. From the entry kamikaze
  • As I will present it, the first moment identifies the problematics of reading what was deemed vulgar.1994, Graven Images: A Journal of Culture, Law, and the Sacred, page 176. From the entry antiquitization
  • The jury was instructed to consider only those sentencing factors it deemed "applicable."1993, People v. Montielhttps://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/4th/5/877.html. From the entry misargument
  • On occasion when one "watchnight" is deemed sufficient, people go home to sleep after midnight.1983, Belizean Studies, Belize City: Belize Institute of Social Research and Action, →OCLC, page 27. From the entry watchnight
  • However we deem the converse is also true: a physical system if autopoietic, is living.1980 [1972], Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela, “On Machines, Living and Otherwise”, in Autopoiesis and Cognition, D. Reidel, page 82. From the entry autopoiesis
  • Now the editor deems it necessary to ostracize a whole congregation in an editorial.1980 November/December, William Coulter, “Feedback”, in In Unity, Los Angeles, Calif.: the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community…. From the entry penpersonship
  • Edges, chocks, cleats, etc, shall be deemed to be included in the item.1966, National Buildings Organisation (India), Handbook for building engineers in metric system, page XV-18. From the entry chowkat
  • Steal the pavlova if you must, but only an April Fool would deem the lamington a Kiwi import.2021 April 14, David Astle, “Lamington wars: claiming an Australian invention really takes the cake”, in The Age. From the entry lamington
  • Often people who curse a lot are deemed having 'sailor mouths' because of their inability to avoid the crude language.2019 April 4, DailyMail.com reporter, “What the f***? People who curse are likely to be better FRIENDS to others - because they tend to be…. From the entry sailor mouth
  • Other word classes were excluded even if they met the statistical benchmarks as they were deemed to have low teachability.2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific…. From the entry teachability
  • Unfortunately, despite the massive humanitarian efforts of many Americans, New Orleans has not been deemed saveworthy by all.2013, Nickie D. Phillips, Staci Strobl, Comic Book Crime. From the entry saveworthy
  • But that was not deemed plausible, Mr.2012 November 2, Ken Belson, New York Times, retrieved 02 Nov 2012. From the entry huddle
  • A year ago, the Party didn't even exist; some Salafi preachers had deemed democracy haram—forbidden under Islamic law.2012 April 30, Wendell Steavenson, “Radicals Rising”, in The New Yorker. From the entry haram

Meaning of deem

  1. verb To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
  2. verb To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.
  3. verb To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.

Full definition of deem

Questions about deem in a sentence

How do you use deem in a sentence?
Deem is used as a verb and noun. For example: “She deemed his efforts insufficient.”
What is a short sentence with deem?
“She deemed his efforts insufficient.”
What does deem mean?
Deem means to hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deem (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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