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How to use section in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Section means a cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something. Example: “The horn section is the group of symphonic musicians who play the French horn.”

Examples of section by meaning

nounA part, piece, subdivision of anything.

  • A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul.2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21

nounA group of instruments in an orchestra.

  • The horn section is the group of symphonic musicians who play the French horn.

nounA cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).

  • They were of wood and beautifully decorated, the animals being bright in color and usually flat in section and fixed to flat stands.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 59

verbTo cut, divide or separate into pieces.

  • Overlap spans and neutral sections have been provided at intervals along the line, which is thus sectioned electrically, not only at the feeder station and track sectioning cabins, but also by switches at certain overlap spans.1959 June, “Clacton and Walton Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 379

verbTo commit (a person) to a hospital for mental health treatment as an involuntary patient. So called after various...

  • The doctor then sectioned her, making her an involuntary patient, and had her moved to a secure ward.a. 2000, Lucy Johnstone, Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: A Critical Look at Psychiatric Practice, Second edition, Routledge, published...

verbTo perform a cesarean section on (someone).

  • "But if she's gone into active labour she could be bleeding massively and you may have to section her there and then."2012, Anne Fraser, St. Piran's: Daredevil, Doctor...Dad!, Harlequin, page 16
  • You may hear a physician say, "I don't want to section her until the baby declares itself."2008, Murray et al, Labor and Delivery Nursing: Guide to Evidence-Based Practice, Springer Publishing Company, page 57

More sentences with section

  • The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track.From the entry body
  • It was a tight squeeze, but I got through to the next section of the cave.From the entry squeeze
  • The parameter of the principal axis of a conic section is called the latus rectum.From the entry parameter
  • The military will redact the document before releasing it, blacking out sections that are classified.From the entry redact
  • We saw them go by on their sleds this afternoon, headed toward their grandfather's quarter section.From the entry sled
  • We need more users to volunteer to moderate the comment section of our forum.From the entry moderate
  • See if you can make head or tail of the last section in this chapter. I'm baffled.From the entry make head or tail of
  • Please zone off our staging area, a section for each group.From the entry zone
  • At the end of Primary 6 students can promote directly to the secondary section of SIS.From the entry promote
  • I used to work in the fish section, but now I've been moved to pastry.From the entry pastry
  • Encyclopedias, how-to manuals and biographies are all considered nonfiction and so are kept in the nonfiction section.From the entry nonfiction
  • The yard manager is linking the sections of the train together.From the entry linking
  • A stereotaxic atlas is a collection of sections of the brain with coordinates for stereotaxic surgery.From the entry stereotaxic
  • I had to include the GNU Manifesto, as it was part of an invariant section.From the entry invariant section
  • This section of the power line runs parallelly to the railway.From the entry parallelly
  • The polyhedron's surface can be decomposed into twelve independent, non-overlapping deltoidal sections.From the entry deltoidal
  • Some loony tune parked his car in the no parking section.From the entry loony tune
  • I'll be in the milsurp section of the store, looking for tents and camping gear.From the entry milsurp
  • I think we should hang off on that section until we have more data.From the entry hang off
  • The thread increments the semaphore to prevent other threads from entering the critical section at the same time.From the entry semaphore
  • Maria rewrote the section of her novel that talked about Meg and Sage's friendship to have less telling and more showing.From the entry tell
  • The horn section was really smokin' on that last tune.From the entry smoke
  • The rhythm section will kick in after that point.From the entry kick in
  • Several sections in that book are really confusing.From the entry confusing
  • You have to be a member to be seated at the meeting. Guests are welcome to sit in the visitors section.From the entry seat
  • From the home page, click through to the Products section.From the entry click
  • You'll find bras and panties in the intimates section upstairs.From the entry intimate
  • This section lists all algebraic notation used in this book.From the entry notation
  • His omission of her name from the acknowledgments section was unintentional; it was fixed for the second print run.From the entry unintentional
  • What sections of the country have been industrialized?From the entry industrialized
  • A reviews section which is concerned with films, albums, etc.From the entry concerned
  • He works in the kitchenware section of the department store.From the entry kitchenware
  • We want a table in the non-smoking section.From the entry non-smoking

Meaning of section

  1. noun A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
  2. noun A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
  3. noun A group of instruments in an orchestra.

Full definition of section

Questions about section in a sentence

How do you use section in a sentence?
Section is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The horn section is the group of symphonic musicians who play the French horn.”
What is a short sentence with section?
“Several sections in that book are really confusing.”
What does section mean?
Section means a cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: section (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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