How to use portion in a sentence

More sentences with portion

• A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.From the entry meat
• I pay a portion of each paycheck into a savings account.From the entry pay
• Last year this portion of the grid consumed more than a thousand megawatt-hours of electricity.From the entry electricity
• He addressed some portions of his remarks to his supporters, some to his opponents.From the entry address
• This treatment protects the under portion of the car from rust.From the entry under
• The fire was confined to the forward portion of the store.From the entry forward
• The unthreaded portion of the bolt's shank is called the grip.From the entry grip
• A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the principal, and the rest covers interest.From the entry principal
• A large portion of modern popular music is influenced by the blues.From the entry blues
• They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.From the entry skimpy
• We divvied the money into equal portions to split between us.From the entry divvy
• A portion of the office was cordoned off during the outsiders' tour.From the entry cordon off
• Vibrioception is often screened for during the neurological portion of a physical exam with a tuning fork.From the entry vibrioception
• The judge ordered a readback of a portion of the testimony.From the entry readback
• The growers will root cellar whatever portion of the crop does not sell at harvest time.From the entry root cellar
• Let's weigh out the flour into half-ounce portions to make the individual pies.From the entry weigh out
• Deposits of aqueoglacial sediments compose a significant portion of the landscape.From the entry aqueoglacial
• Copying and pasting identical portions of source code hurts maintainability, because the programmer has to keep all those copies synchronized.From the entry hurt
• The demo portion of the reno project is the relatively fast and inexpensive part. The rebuilding takes more time and money.From the entry demo
• The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.From the entry over
• He ate everything, despite the generosity of the portions.From the entry generosity
• Acral distribution of a dermatosis means it affects distal portions of limbs (hand, foot) and head (ears, nose).From the entry acral
• The party's chances in the coming election looked grim as a large portion of their voters were going to age out.From the entry age out
• First, simmer up a portion of peas.From the entry simmer up
• That portion of the bill was lobbied out of it.From the entry lobby out
• It was the local government’s practice to kick back to the police officer a portion of the fines collected from traffic tickets.From the entry kick back
• After the Loma Prieta earthquake, they had to put cribbing under portions of San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway, for fear it would collapse.From the entry cribbing
• Private pilots can only charge their passengers a prorated portion of fuel and maintenance costs; pilots need an additional license to transport feepaying passengers.From the entry feepaying
• The purpose of a value-added tax is to harness a portion of the added value in a commercial value chain and apply it to the public purse.From the entry added value
• The dyes portion of the West Virginia law will be enacted in schools beginning August 1.2025 March 29, Kristen Rogers, “Over half of US states are trying to eliminate food dyes. Here’s what you can do now”, in CNN, archived…. From the entry West Virginia
• There is of course a large portion of systems who identify as sysmeds.2024, Zarah Eve, quoting Ida, “Expert-by-experience interpersonal findings” (chapter 7), in Exploring emerging multiplicity and…. From the entry sysmed
• "The stories and carvings include diverse portions of India's geography and Hindu belief systems.2020 November 10, 25,000 Cubic Feet Of Stone Carved In India For Abu Dhabi's First Hindu Temple. From the entry mandir
• Discard the unmeated portion and retain the two remaining portions of the wing.2020, Tim Pinsonneault, A Cookbook for Masons. From the entry unmeated
• The portion resting beyond the capline or baseline is called overshoot.2019, Reece Patton, Formatting for Print. From the entry overshoot
• The deep aphotic zone accounts for the largest portion (90%) of the marine benthic environment.2018, Birte Matthiessen, Franziska Julie Werner, Matthias Paulsen, “Ecological Organization of the Sea”, in Markus Salomon, Till Markus…. From the entry aphotic
• Add cheese to restaurant-sized portions and it's more like an atomic calorie bomb.2016, Sharee Samuels, A Funeral for My Fat […] , Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry calorie bomb
• In most birds, the lung is functionally and anatomically subdivided into paleopulmo and neopulmo portions.2015 December 10, “Osteological and Soft-Tissue Evidence for Pneumatization in the Cervical Column of the Ostrich ( Struthio camelus ) and…. From the entry anatomically
• The eponychium overlies and protects the proximal portion of the nail and the germinal matrix.2015, Nicole Z. Sommer, M. Colin Rymer, Ryan W. Schmucker, “3: Injuries to the Nail Apparatus”, in Leo M. Rozmaryn, editor, Fingertip…. From the entry eponychium
• The two extracted portions were combined and placed in a vacucentrifuge to speed dry for 45 min.2015 November 5, “Assessment of Flooring Renovations on African Elephant ( Loxodonta africana ) Behavior and Glucocorticoid Response”, in…. From the entry vacucentrifuge
• American muffins are chemically leavened, enriched, semi-sweet quickbreads baked in individual portions.2015, Darra Goldstein, editor, The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, page 465. From the entry American muffin

Meaning of portion

1. noun An allocated amount.
2. noun That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
3. noun One's fate; lot.

Full definition of portion

More about portion

• Meaning of portion
• Synonyms of portion
• Plural of portion
• Portion in Hindi
• Portion in Tamil
• Portion in Marathi
• Portion in Urdu

Questions about portion in a sentence

How do you use portion in a sentence?

Portion is used as a noun and verb. For example: “A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.”

What is a short sentence with portion?

“First, simmer up a portion of peas.”

What does portion mean?

Portion means an allocated amount.