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How to use notice in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Notice means the act of observing; perception. Example: “He took no notice of the changes, and went on as though nothing had happened.”

Examples of notice by meaning

nounThe act of observing; perception.

  • He took no notice of the changes, and went on as though nothing had happened.

nounA written or printed announcement.

  • A series of notices signpost patients to the X-ray department.
  • A notice was attached to the building reminding the residents about the five hour water shortage that was happening today.
  • I always read the death notices in the paper.

nounA formal notification or warning.

  • The sidewalk adjacent to the damaged bridge stonework shall be closed until further notice.

nounAdvance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.

  • I gave her her mandatory two weeks' notice and sacked her.
  • I can't work here any longer. I'm giving notice.

nounA published critical review of a play or the like.

  • The notices have so far been mixed, only The Financial Times having delivered itself of an unequivocal rave.1989, The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920-, volume 18, page 167

nounPrior notification.

  • I don't mind if you want to change the venue; just give me some notice first, OK?

verbTo become aware of; to observe.

  • Did you notice the flowers in her yard?
  • Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?1991, Gregory Widen, Backdraft
  • Most germane to the episode, for Lisa, Valentine’s Day means being the only person in her entire class to give Ralph a Valentine after noticing him looking crestfallen and alone at his desk.2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in...

verbTo be noticeable; to show.

  • The blackness didn't notice so much when she was born; but it's unmistakeable now.1954, Barbara Comyns, Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead, Dorothy, published 2010, page 9

More sentences with notice

  • The professor stopped her lecture abruptly when she noticed someone fall off their seat.From the entry abruptly
  • Good thing I didn't hit send on that resume; I just noticed a bad typo.From the entry send
  • Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!From the entry ground
  • The poor family were turned out of their lodgings at only an hour's notice.From the entry turn out
  • Ahem! In case you didn't notice, I did my share of the work, too.From the entry ahem
  • He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance.From the entry explore
  • He was the object of my affection; I longed for him to notice me.From the entry long for
  • The detective examined the crime scene, but one clue escaped his notice.From the entry escape
  • I've just noticed a mistake in the subs for this film.From the entry sub
  • I shouted, but he didn’t take a blind bit of notice.From the entry blind
  • I noticed a couple of days ago how quickly the battery depletes.From the entry deplete
  • I noticed the snow was dirty, a telltale sign of recent human presence.From the entry telltale
  • The observant police officer noticed that my tax disk was out-of-date.From the entry observant
  • The official notice will be sent via both email and snail mail owing to legal requirements.From the entry snail mail
  • I noticed that my seatbelt had gradually loosened during the journey.From the entry loosen
  • He took no notice of the spider until it bit him.From the entry take no notice of
  • I had to limit my shopping list to items I knew would be acquirable at short notice.From the entry acquirable
  • With all his usual subtlety, he quietly fixed the problem before anyone else noticed it.From the entry subtlety
  • They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice.From the entry gloss over
  • There was a detectable pause before he continued. We all noticed it but no one commented.From the entry detectable
  • It's always such a pain to get a sitter on short notice.From the entry sitter
  • Keep up those hotshot baskets, and the scouts are sure to take notice.From the entry hotshot
  • They set up an opt-in mailing list, so that those who wanted the notices could subscribe.From the entry opt-in
  • Noticing the fiver that fell out his friend's pocket, he was reluctant to behave immorally.From the entry immorally
  • The copy sort revealed that few people noticed the company name at the end of the commercial.From the entry copy sort
  • Although they are still available, I think we would be hard-pressed to find one on short notice.From the entry hard-pressed
  • I noticed my wife pass by with a bag of shopping.From the entry pass by

Meaning of notice

  1. noun The act of observing; perception.
  2. noun A written or printed announcement.
  3. noun A formal notification or warning.

Full definition of notice

Questions about notice in a sentence

How do you use notice in a sentence?
Notice is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He took no notice of the changes, and went on as though nothing had happened.”
What is a short sentence with notice?
“Did you notice the flowers in her yard?”
What does notice mean?
Notice means the act of observing; perception.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: notice (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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