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How to use selection in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Selection means the process or act of selecting. Example: “The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.”

Examples of selection by meaning

nounThe process or act of selecting.

  • The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.

nounSomething selected.

  • My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafite.

nounA variety of items taken from a larger collection.

  • I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.

nounA musical piece.

  • For my next selection, I'll play Happy Birthday in F-sharp minor.

More sentences with selection

  • The mix should include a good selection of large, medium, and small ag.From the entry ag
  • The candidate selection for running mate has catapulted her to the national scene.From the entry catapult
  • She catapulted to the national scene following her selection by the candidate.From the entry catapult
  • The choir sang a selection of Christmas anthems at the service just before the big day.From the entry anthem
  • He has a wide selection of fanwear, all emblazoned with the Lions' mascot.From the entry fanwear
  • There was no randomness in the teacher's selection of the class representative.From the entry randomness
  • The large number of "lemons" in the used-car market is the result of adverse selection.From the entry adverse selection
  • We offer an extensive selection of high-quality non-foods at affordable prices.From the entry non-food
  • Among other forms of change, the evolution of transportation has involved modification, diversification, convergence, divergence, hybridization, differentiation, and naturally, selection.From the entry evolution
  • The merchants are the purveyors of fine selections.From the entry purveyor
  • With opt-out forms, take care to uncheck all unwanted selections.From the entry opt-out
  • Faced with a mind-boggling selection of special-purpose shampoos, he gave up and simply purchased something inexpensive with a pleasant fragrance.From the entry mind-boggling
  • There's a cheap and cheerful coffee shop on the next street which sells quite a good selection of sandwiches.From the entry cheap and cheerful
  • In most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims.From the entry active shooter
  • If you're driving, check out our no and low selection.From the entry no and low
  • It is adverse selection that leads US workers who anticipate high family medical expenditure to seek employers with superior health insurance coverage for their employees.From the entry adverse selection
  • Jury selection isn't an exact science.From the entry exact science
  • The company offers ancillary travel services to their customers, including airport parking, lounges, car hire, extra legroom, seat selection and additional baggage allowance.From the entry ancillary travel services
  • Yes, there were hundreds of companies in existence, but a form of natural selection was taking place.2024 July 24, Richard Foster, “Rail reform has never been easy”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 28. From the entry natural selection
  • Ravenous, I order one more wine and a selection of cheese and biscuits.2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 43. From the entry ravenous
  • The selection of a crop for planting patterns also affects the metal uptake by plants.2019, “Agronomic Management for Cadmium Stress Mitigation”, in Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad, and Kamrun Nahar, editor…. From the entry companion planting
  • The selection of which ornithonyms to include in a dictionary is dependent on the type of dictionary.2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1…. From the entry ornithonym
  • Moreover, two genomic regions strongly responded to selection for thermal tolerance in interlatitudinal crosses.2015 June 26, Groves B. Dixon, “Genomic determinants of coral heat tolerance across latitudes"”, in Science, volume 348, →DOI, pages…. From the entry interlatitudinal
  • Meanwhile, selection strongly favored responders that accepted fair or hyperfair offers.2015 July 31, “Rational Constraints and the Evolution of Fairness in the Ultimatum Game”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry hyperfair
  • To estimate heritable variance of ES, the coheritability of ES was derived using selection index theory.2015 August 13, “Genetics of Growth Reaction Norms in Farmed Rainbow Trout”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry coheritability
  • Hence, an adaptation of the context similarity-based selection method to multiclassification problems remains an interesting future task.2015 August 3, Yifei Chen, Yuxing Sun, Bing-Qing Han, “Improving Classification of Protein Interaction Articles Using Context…. From the entry multiclassification
  • The selection is vast, and includes common ingredients such as peppers, apples, squash and onions.2015 November 15, Nate Thurman, “Homegrown for the holidays: Four Seasons market makes buying fresh produce easy”, in Sun Herald, volume…. From the entry malanga lila
  • He was on the fringes of Test selection last year before a shoulder injury cruelled his chances.2014 April 1, The Sydney Morning Herald. From the entry cruel
  • This low number points to the incompleteness and, with respect, haphazardness of the two selections.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 117. From the entry haphazardness
  • A selection of the research data is presented in the form of a mini-lexicon on historical principles.2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27…. From the entry mini-lexicon
  • Some moulis come with a selection of fine, medium or coarse discs.2014, Tracklements Savoury Preserves: Traditional, handmade accompaniments for meat, cheese or fish. From the entry mouli
  • Many—football, the steam engine and Worcestershire sauce, to take a random selection—have spread pleasure, goodwill and prosperity.2013 October 5, “The widening gyre”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8856, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry invention
  • Saycast enables members to livecast their own music selection to a wider audience while chatting.2013, Louisa S. Ha, Richard J. Ganahl, Webcasting Worldwide: Business Models of an Emerging Global Medium, →ISBN. From the entry livecast
  • Optimizing the selection of clock gaters based on activity is known as power-driven clock gating.2012, Rakesh Chadha, J. Bhasker, An ASIC Low Power Primer: Analysis, Techniques and Specification, page 118. From the entry gater
  • A wide selection of appetizers invites grazing: salmon tartar with Rice Krispies and wasabi, perhaps, or minihamburgers.2010, Leslie Brokaw, Erin Trahan, Frommer's Montreal and Quebec City 2010, page 234. From the entry minihamburger
  • “Today's selection is Superaide with a choice of soylent yellow or soylent red,” the servodroid said.2008, Shane Berryhill, Chance Fortune and the Outlaws, New York: Starscape, published 2011, chapter 8. From the entry soylent

Meaning of selection

  1. noun The process or act of selecting.
  2. noun Something selected.
  3. noun A variety of items taken from a larger collection.

Full definition of selection

Questions about selection in a sentence

How do you use selection in a sentence?
Selection is used as a noun. For example: “The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.”
What is a short sentence with selection?
“Jury selection isn't an exact science.”
What does selection mean?
Selection means the process or act of selecting.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: selection (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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