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How to use mention in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Mention means a speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Example: “He happened to mention your name to me.”

Examples of mention by meaning

nounA social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.

  • "At present I can't see troll tweets if I block the user, but others who go into my 'mentions' can do so, and read the graphic abuse, which is disturbing."2012 November 20, Kavitha Rao, “The Problems With Policing Sexism on Twitter”, in The Atlantic

verbTo make mention of; to speak of; to refer to; to name; to specify.

  • He happened to mention your name to me.
  • fine mantles of Irish frieze are mentioned in a list of goods exported from England to Pope Urban VI1911, Osbert J. R. Howarth et al, “Ireland”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 14, page 750
  • It has already been mentioned that the Teutonic peoples of this period seem to have been fully conscious of their common origin.1911, “Teutonic Peoples”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 26, page 680

verbTo utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.

  • I can illustrate this by mentioning the word lead.2006, Tony Evans, The Transforming Word: Discovering the Power and Provision of the Bible, Moody Publishers, →ISBN, page 140
  • If I said rightly, “'Niggers' is a seven letter word,” I would be mentioning the word, and when we write it, we use mention-quotes for this purpose (speech typically lacks quotes, except for the occasional air-quotes).2013, Richard Hanley, South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating, Open Court, →ISBN

More sentences with mention

  • In his Pensées, Pascal mentioned some first principles recognized within his metaphysics: space, time, motion, and number.From the entry metaphysics
  • She mentioned a series of contracts, of which certain are not cited.From the entry certain
  • The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.From the entry rate
  • I broached the subject of contraceptives carefully when the teenager mentioned his promiscuity.From the entry broach
  • His hair began to bristle with anger when the subject was mentioned.From the entry bristle
  • If, as I surmise, you see the ladies this evening, you might mention my intended visit.From the entry surmise
  • She has no luck with diets. Don't mention the f-word (by which I mean "fat").From the entry f-word
  • In his opening argument, the student mentioned nothing beyond his a priori knowledge.From the entry a priori
  • Apocalypses of Adam and Abraham (Epiphanius) and of Elias (Jerome) are also mentioned.From the entry apocalypse
  • He came across with the rest of the money when we mentioned our lawyer.From the entry come across
  • Regrets, I've had a few, but then again too few to mention.From the entry a few
  • The city was already having staffing difficulties, not to mention having a three million dollar budget shortfall.From the entry not to mention
  • He made a point of mentioning that embarrassing incident in front of me whenever he saw me.From the entry make a point
  • Simply mentioning the word "nationalism" to him is like a red rag to a bull.From the entry red rag to a bull
  • You're selling yourself short by not mentioning your years of experience.From the entry sell oneself short
  • Unless otherwise mentioned, 25 ml of throat paint is to be prepared.From the entry throat paint
  • Jane mentioned a number of braggables in her college application, including her term as senior class president.From the entry braggable
  • You don't want to mention the money involved; that would give the game away.From the entry give the game away
  • The orange site being mentioned on this channel caught me off guard.From the entry orange site
  • Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry.From the entry now
  • I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me.From the entry get
  • We're trying to talk about comic books, don't mention politics.From the entry politics
  • In discussing alternatives to the polar extremes, Professor Nguyen mentioned two poles of a filthy floor versus a sterile surgical site.From the entry pole
  • His leporine ears perked up at the mention of dessert.From the entry leporine
  • He sat up when we mentioned the increased pay package.From the entry sit up
  • Don't mention it to her — she's funny about it.From the entry funny
  • While not mentioning any of their competitors by name, the CEO made some indirect statements that they were acting immorally.From the entry indirect
  • Firstly, that's illegal; secondly, it has serious disadvantages; thirdly, it's not necessary; and lastly, did I mention that it's illegal?From the entry lastly
  • He explained the idea in great detail, but still, his boss passed by the idea without a mention.From the entry pass by
  • I barely mentioned the band's name before he went off on one about how commercial the top forty is these days.From the entry go off on one
  • The factors that you mentioned are true, but they're very macrolevel. Can you talk about microlevel concerns for today's discussion?From the entry microlevel
  • You're selling it short by not mentioning its bonus features.From the entry sell short
  • And did I mention that he is Canajan, eh?From the entry Canajan
  • In most cases, at subsequent mentions of the binomial name you can abbreviate the genus with no danger of confusing the reader.From the entry genus

Meaning of mention

  1. noun A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
  2. noun A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.
  3. verb To make mention of; to speak of; to refer to; to name; to specify.

Full definition of mention

Questions about mention in a sentence

How do you use mention in a sentence?
Mention is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He happened to mention your name to me.”
What is a short sentence with mention?
“He happened to mention your name to me.”
What does mention mean?
Mention means a speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mention (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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