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How to use piece in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Piece means a part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. Example: “I’d like another piece of pie.”

Examples of piece by meaning

nounA part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.

  • I’d like another piece of pie.
  • I've lost a piece of this jigsaw puzzle.

nounA single item belonging to a class of similar items.

  • a piece of machinery
  • a piece of software
  • a useful piece of advice

nounOne of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by...

  • Pawns, unlike pieces, move only in one direction: forward.1959, Hans Kmoch, Pawn Power in Chess, section I

nounA coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.

  • a sixpenny piece

nounAn artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.

  • She played two beautiful pieces on the piano.
  • Now, his pieces are in the collections of institutions like the Smithsonian American Art Museum and The Met, where they operate the way Frey always intended: as works of art.2026 May, Hannah Martin, “Fancy Baskets”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 97

nounAn article published in the press.

  • Today's paper has an interesting piece on medical research.
  • No, I didn't read the piece on China's faceless masses, I was, I was checking out the lingerie ads.1979, Woody Allen, Manhattan, spoken by Isaac Davis (Woody Allen)

nounA gun.

  • He's packin' a piece!
  • I wanted peace, but now my piece is clearing out the block.2005, “Bloody War”, in Certified, performed by David Banner
  • It was self-preservation like I'd never felt before, and when Rome passed me his piece I didn't even hesitate as I raised that bitch in the air and aimed it at Vyreen.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 116

nounA toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.

  • The announcer is wearing a new piece.

More sentences with piece

  • The boat was torn to pieces in the storm, and nobody survived.From the entry storm
  • The black pieces in this chess set are made of dark blue glass.From the entry black
  • The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.From the entry white
  • You may not move a piece to a square already occupied by one of your own pieces.From the entry square
  • She was offered various pieces of advice on what to do.From the entry advice
  • Would you like another piece of cake? — That I would!From the entry that
  • I have a juicy piece of gossip to share with you.From the entry gossip
  • A piece of debris tore a tiny straight channel through the satellite.From the entry tear
  • The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts.From the entry voice
  • When I came in she was drawing on a big piece of coloured paper.From the entry draw
  • The witness knitted together his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.From the entry knit
  • You have to keep the piece with your mother-in-law, because mothers always have strings in their child.From the entry string
  • When a chess piece is captured, it is removed from play.From the entry play
  • Put down the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.From the entry put down
  • The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.From the entry crash
  • The Times published the investigative piece about the governor both in print and online.From the entry publish
  • If you pay attention to the dynamics as you play, it's a very moving piece.From the entry dynamic
  • They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.From the entry jam
  • All but two pieces of clothing came out of the washing machine stained.From the entry clothing
  • I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale.From the entry into
  • Buford Tannen: Especially not some duded-up egg-sucking piece of gutter trash!From the entry dude
  • I blocked the mittens by wetting them and pinning them to a shaped piece of cardboard.From the entry block
  • A certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.From the entry parcel
  • This film is a cross-genre piece, dark and funny at the same time.From the entry genre
  • He pomaded his hair until it looked like a piece of shiny plastic.From the entry pomade

Meaning of piece

  1. noun A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
  2. noun A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
  3. noun One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.

Full definition of piece

Questions about piece in a sentence

How do you use piece in a sentence?
Piece is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I’d like another piece of pie.”
What is a short sentence with piece?
“a sixpenny piece”
What does piece mean?
Piece means a part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: piece (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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