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How to use round in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Round means circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction. Example: “We sat at a round table to make conversation easier.”

Examples of round by meaning

adjectiveCircular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.

  • We sat at a round table to make conversation easier.

adjectiveSpherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.

  • The ancient Egyptian demonstrated that the Earth is round, not flat.

adjectiveLoosely or approximately circular.

  • a round belly
  • a round face
  • Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 2, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN

adjectivePlump.

  • He was tall and thin but his wife was short and round.

adjectiveComplete, whole, not lacking.

  • The baker sold us a round dozen.

adjectiveConvenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.

  • One hundred is a nice round number.

adjectivePronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.

  • Ooooh!" (a pure round open Tamil O.)1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 421

adjectiveOutspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.

  • a round answer
  • a round oath
  • Well, she must be plain with him, round with him, while she must not betray her child.1925, Stanley John Weyman, “XXXVI Home”, in Queen's Folly

More sentences with round

  • Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders.From the entry at
  • The United States enacted a new round of sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa.From the entry sanction
  • You've got some face coming round here after what you've done.From the entry face
  • Paying the mortgage every month is a millstone round their necks.From the entry millstone
  • During an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the midsection.From the entry blow
  • Vines wind round a pole. The river winds through the plain.From the entry wind
  • There's a rumor going round that he's going to get married.From the entry rumor
  • We're playing one of the top teams in the next round.From the entry play
  • If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me.From the entry way
  • Away! Be gone! And don't let me see you round here again!From the entry away
  • Round here it can be cloudy and sunny even in the same day.From the entry same
  • The tournament coordinator will seed the starting lineup with the best competitors from the qualifying round.From the entry seed
  • I called round to the house but all the lights were out and no one was home.From the entry out
  • Do come 'round on Sunday for a spot of tea, won't you?From the entry spot
  • We're going round to Mike's gaff later to watch the footie.From the entry gaff
  • Having people round for dinner was always quite an occasion at our house.From the entry occasion
  • The entire crew was nervous as they began to round the Horn.From the entry round the Horn
  • A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.From the entry communication
  • Spinning round, he caught a stone with his ankle, but recovered quickly before turning to face me.From the entry recover
  • Pop a tap in the barrel's bung-hole so you can pour us a round of beer, innkeeper!From the entry bung-hole
  • But the warm twilight round us twain will never rise again.From the entry twain
  • Please give all of the fantastic performers a big round of applause for their efforts this evening!From the entry round of applause
  • The boxer's fists rained down on his opponent in the last round.From the entry fist
  • The boxer went down in the second round, after a blow to the chin.From the entry go down
  • If he doesn't win the next round, then his goose is cooked.From the entry someone's goose is cooked
  • It was a swift, one-sided fight, all over in the second round.From the entry one-sided
  • With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan.From the entry wad
  • He just shot a spectacularly over his head round of golf and beat all of us.From the entry over one's head

Meaning of round

  1. adjective Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
  2. adjective Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
  3. adjective Loosely or approximately circular.

Full definition of round

Questions about round in a sentence

How do you use round in a sentence?
Round is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “We sat at a round table to make conversation easier.”
What is a short sentence with round?
“a round answer”
What does round mean?
Round means circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: round (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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