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How to use special in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Special means distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality. Example: “Everyone is special to someone.”

Examples of special by meaning

adjectiveDistinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.

  • a special episode of a television series
  • her special blend of spices

adjectiveOf particular value or interest; dear; beloved.

  • Everyone is special to someone.
  • his special friend of many years, Bill

adjectiveOf or related to unconventional warfare.

  • special forces, special operations

adjectiveAppointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.

  • For the few times the U.S. Supreme Court has to actually try a case, they will appoint a special master to do so.
  • After the Watergate break in, a special prosecutor was appointed.

adjectiveConstituting or relating to a species.

  • Having seven dark spots is a special property unique to Coccinella septempunctata.

adjectiveOf or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.

  • special education, special needs
  • He goes to a special school.

adjectiveOf, being, or pertaining to sexual intercourse or the genitals.

  • The parents told the kids not to bother them during special time.
  • The girl said the man had tried to touch her special place.

adjectiveInfused with a drug, especially marijuana; being an edible.

  • Then with the rest of the money I use it to pay for the building, maintenance, utilities, up keep, and the special brownies!2020 March 19, I. D. Oro, Mexico Wall 130, I. D. Oro, page 136
  • “Jen, when someone offers you 'special' brownies or 'funny' brownies, they have pot in them.2021 June 15, Laura Heffernan, Sweet Reality, Empress Books
  • “They're special brownies,” said Rosie.2021 September 23, Gillian A. Corsiatto, Duck Light, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 5

More sentences with special

  • In computing, pi characters may be entered with special key combinations.From the entry pi
  • No, not that one. That's my good shirt I only wear for special occasions.From the entry good
  • The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was lackluster.From the entry dialogue
  • The special agents flashed their badges as they entered the building.From the entry flash
  • You can look up the chapter on special relativity in the table of contents.From the entry content
  • The team uses special equipment to collect data on temperature, wind speed and rainfall.From the entry collect
  • He was tapped by the president to act as a special counsel.From the entry tap
  • A wave of shoppers stampeded through the door when the store opened for its Christmas discount special.From the entry wave
  • The clothing and unclothing of the idols was of special significance.From the entry clothing
  • 'Tis easy to do this experiment, though nay substance will do: we shall need a special one.From the entry nay
  • The movie's excessive use of special effects distracted from the plot.From the entry excessive
  • Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming to our special meeting today.From the entry good afternoon
  • I kept two special jars and threw away all the others.From the entry others
  • I’ve been saving an excellent Brazilian champagne for a special occasion.From the entry champagne
  • The restaurant had a huge à la carte menu and four specials that day.From the entry à la carte
  • We are putting on lots of special attractions as we run up to Christmas.From the entry run up
  • Paul disdained pan and scan DVD releases, always holding out for the widescreen special editions.From the entry pan and scan
  • I can't believe the lameness of the special effects in that movie.From the entry lameness
  • The scholar kept his revered books in a special part of the library.From the entry revered
  • You must try the chef's special: it's just out of this world.From the entry out of this world
  • The large punch bowl has the special spiked punch, the small punch bowl is for the kids.From the entry spiked
  • I have to use a special washing-up liquid, because I have sensitive skin.From the entry washing-up liquid
  • They make a delicious dinner special of hogget. It is made with rosemary and mint.From the entry hogget
  • The special effects were terrifyingly realistic the first time I saw them.From the entry terrifyingly
  • The woman wore special orthopedic shoes to try and alleviate her hammer toe.From the entry hammer toe

Meaning of special

  1. adjective Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
  2. adjective Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
  3. adjective Of or related to unconventional warfare.

Full definition of special

Questions about special in a sentence

How do you use special in a sentence?
Special is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “Everyone is special to someone.”
What is a short sentence with special?
“special education, special needs”
What does special mean?
Special means distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: special (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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