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How to use review in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Review means a second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights. Example: “I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.”

Examples of review by meaning

nounA second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.

  • I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.

nounAn account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.

  • The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.

nounA judicial reassessment of a case or an event.

  • The victims demanded a full judicial review of the case.

nounA stage show made up of topical sketches etc.

  • The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.

nounA survey of the available items or material.

  • The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.

nounA periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.

  • The Times Literary Review is published in London.

nounA military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.

  • The troops assembled for a review by the Queen.

nounA forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.

  • The regulators demanded a review against NYSE practices.

More sentences with review

  • We published our findings following a thorough review of others' earlier reports.From the entry following
  • The aggrieved person may present their petition to the court for review.From the entry aggrieved
  • The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.From the entry record
  • DRS showed he was out of the crease in a controversial run out review.From the entry crease
  • Floris gave the play a vituperative review laced with frequent personal insults.From the entry vituperative
  • After several painful episodes, we've decided to adopt code review for all major changes.From the entry code review
  • Did anyone code review that class before it went into the shipping version?From the entry code review
  • Having found the lower court's analysis wrong, the appellate court undertook a review de novo.From the entry de novo
  • The maritime court spent weeks reviewing the legality of the cargo jettison during the storm.From the entry jettison
  • This destination has increased in popularity after great reviews in the guide books.From the entry popularity
  • Review the work thoroughly and make sure there are no gotchas.From the entry gotcha
  • The text has been reviewed, but the photographer hasn't delivered some of the artwork.From the entry artwork
  • She has published four books, twenty refereed articles, and dozens of book reviews.From the entry refereed
  • Students compete in various ways to be able to join the law review.From the entry law review
  • As a result, another pretrial review was to be held on 17 February.From the entry pretrial
  • He was overpraising the restaurant so much that we began to distrust the motivations behind his review.From the entry overpraise
  • The country's overcrowded and drug-ridden prisons will be reviewed by an independent board of inquiry.From the entry drug-ridden
  • You translated the words correctly, but the sentences are very Yoda-like. Perhaps you should review your grammar.From the entry Yoda
  • He decided to use DRS to review the LBW and successfully won.From the entry drs
  • The patient was reviewed in the Accident and Emergency department 90 minutes after FMC.From the entry FMC
  • I've sent you the documents; you can review them at your leisure.From the entry at one's leisure
  • Let's review the strategies for the pre-flop, flop, turn and river.From the entry pre-flop
  • Me after ignoring all bad reviews on a rose from Shein and it literally starts electrocuting my clih.From the entry rose
  • The movie has received mixed reviews from movie critics.From the entry mixed
  • A summary review is in the appendix.From the entry summary
  • Having reviewed the test, there are two students below the required standard and three more who are marginal.From the entry marginal
  • A reviews section which is concerned with films, albums, etc.From the entry concerned
  • The book review was a micaceous example of perfection.From the entry micaceous
  • The critic's review of the film was derisive.From the entry derisive
  • Upon review, for the word horse, the parsing "animal" was rejected in favor of the parsing "piece of gymnastic equipment".From the entry parsing
  • The uptake of tickets increased dramatically after the favorable review.From the entry up-
  • The first-night reviews were largely positive.From the entry positive

Meaning of review

  1. noun A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
  2. noun An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
  3. noun A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.

Full definition of review

Questions about review in a sentence

How do you use review in a sentence?
Review is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.”
What is a short sentence with review?
“The first-night reviews were largely positive.”
What does review mean?
Review means a second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: review (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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