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How to use preview in a sentence

22 example sentences · noun, verb

Preview means an experience of something in advance. Example: “Their dress rehearsal will be a sneak preview of the show for theater members.”

Examples of preview by meaning

verbTo show or watch something, or part of it, before it is complete.

  • Vidal's talk was caled "The Screening Of History," and it was a free-ranging meditation on the United States, the movies, on Vidal's personal history and numerous interconnections. (It also previewed a forthcoming book by the same name.)1991 August 24, Lewis Gannett, “Gore Stories”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 6, page 8

More sentences with preview

  • Their dress rehearsal will be a sneak preview of the show for theater members.From the entry sneak preview
  • If you press shift-P, the preview display will change.From the entry shift
  • The prefix pre- denotes "before", as in preview.From the entry denote
  • Our goal is to preview what a post-Roe landscape might look like.2022 June 6, David Leonhardt, “A Post-Roe America”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry post-Roe
  • Last weekend, we previewed the cringetastic, canned part of what will be our last show in May.2021, Sara Fujimura, Faking Reality. From the entry cringetastic
  • But the Screenshort, working side-by-side with in-line image previews, works perfectly.2014 December 19, Mat Honan, “The Rise Of The Screenshort™”, in BuzzFeed News, archived from the original on 30 May 2023. From the entry screenshort
  • Saddle Up is our semi-daily preview of the night's best basketball action.2013 February 14, Myron Medcalf, “Saddle Up: Minnesota is in trouble”, in Men's College Basketball Blog, ESPN. From the entry semi-daily
  • Jackson, meanwhile, wrapped up the day with a preview of Mr.2009 July 25, Michael Cieply, “Lord of ‘Rings’ and Anime’s Avatar Hit Comic-Con”, in New York Times. From the entry apartheidlike
  • Actually, preview, in Microspeak, is what blunter software companies call "beta" — meaning incomplete, buggy, and unsupported.2002, James Gleick, What just happened: a chronicle from the information frontier. From the entry Microspeak
  • A summary is a brief preview or afterview; it is many ideas, once over lightly.1987, Allison Rossett, Training Needs Assessment - Page 104. From the entry afterview
  • A previewing railfan pointed out a mistake in the animation showing articulation.1961, Augustus Wolfman, Photo Methods for Industry. From the entry railfan
  • Using the controls on the toolbar, you can preview and perform basic manipulation of each image available for importing.2009, William R. Stanek, Windows 7: The Definitive Guide, The Essential Resource for Professionals and Power Users, page 354. From the entry toolbar
  • In one of the previews I dried (lost my lines) in my opening scene, 1.4, and had to improvise.2006, Michael Dobson, Performing Shakespeare's Tragedies Today, page 126. From the entry dry
  • To disable previews from autoplaying on the homepage, you’ll need to sign into Netflix from a web browser, not your phone or tablet app.2020 February 6, Alicia Lee, “Netflix is finally letting you stop previews from automatically playing. Here’s how to do it”, in CNN…. From the entry autoplay
  • NBC has also not provided preview tapes of “Nick & Hillary,” indicating that they don’t want critics, but you, the audience, to decide its fate.1989 April 19, Robert Strauss, “In a word, this show’s ‘p-yooie’”, in The Asbury Park Press, page B9. From the entry horsetwaddle
  • At a "sneak preview," of course, the public is also on hand and can make their reactions felt much to the humiliation of the principals.1965 December 26, Peter Barthollywood, “On the Cuff in Darkest Bel-Air”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original…. From the entry sneak
  • Currently waiting on just one more of the Final Fantasy Tarot Card enamel pins to finish, so my manu sent me this clip as a preview!2024 June 1, Sano Eli ✧ prismono.com🪻 (@prismonoart), Twitter. From the entry manu
  • We have a full (and lengthy) preview guide on both operating systems here, and now we’re breaking down how to get the public beta on your iPhone or iPad.2020 July 9, Jacob Krol, “Here’s how to get the iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 public beta”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023. From the entry iPhone
  • But Wisconsin, where Republicans blocked an effort to delay the April 7 primary, could be a preview of what a midpandemic election looks like without public-health planning.2020 April 27, Amy Dunia, “South Korea’s coronavirus election may offer a road map for protecting voters”, in Time, page 9. From the entry midpandemic
  • Activision's Autumn titles were up and running, and some Winter games were previewed, including Alter Ego, a "life simulation" game, and Fast Tracks, a slot car racing program.1985 November, Chris Jenkins, “PCW Show: promises, promises!”, in Commodore Horizons, page 10. From the entry life simulation
  • Now his Inverclyde ‘Callafans’ will be hoping for a sneak preview of his new material when he performs live next month to kick-off the festive season with a Christmas cracker.2014 October 10, Paul John Coulter, “X Factor finalist Sam Callahan to switch on Oak Mall Christmas lights”, in Greenock Telegraph. From the entry Callafan

Meaning of preview

  1. noun An experience of something in advance.
  2. noun An advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.
  3. noun A short collection of clips edited together to advertise a film, television show, etc.; a trailer.

Full definition of preview

Questions about preview in a sentence

How do you use preview in a sentence?
Preview is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Their dress rehearsal will be a sneak preview of the show for theater members.”
What is a short sentence with preview?
“The prefix pre- denotes "before", as in preview.”
What does preview mean?
Preview means an experience of something in advance.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: preview (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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