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How to use specialize in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb

Specialize means to go into specific details. Example: “This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too.”

Examples of specialize by meaning

verbTo train (someone) in a specialty.

  • "Kia, Honey, you got to help him to it," Bell Norton told the 16 year old girl she was "specializing" as part of the hospital's intensive care program for high risk babies and mothers.1981 April 11, Andrea L. Loewenstein, “Voices in the Night”, in Gay Community News, page 17

More sentences with specialize

  • This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too.From the entry discount
  • What could be more ouroboric than members of the media who specialize in blaming the media.From the entry ouroboric
  • Ernest was a historian specializing in the presidency of Herbert Hoover.From the entry presidency
  • Everard liked to shop at the stores specializing in odd lots down by the docks, as he was a cheapskate.From the entry odd lot
  • They specialize in ensuring celebrities a scrubbed public image.From the entry scrubbed
  • The company specializes in pharmaceutical research.From the entry pharmaceutical
  • Nelson’s Food Pride, which specializes in Swedish delicacies from its home in Oakland, the state’s Swedish Capital.2025 January 14, Paul Hammel, “Get ready for ‘state dessert’”, in Victoria Ayotte, editor, Kearney Hub, volume 137, number 14, Kearney…. From the entry ostkaka
  • Some aviarian species specialize in storming targets by dropping different types of projectiles.2017, Daniel A. Liut, Reality: The Struggle for Sternessence, BQB Publishing, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry aviarian
  • I just happen to know an excellent cafeteria on Elmhurst Street that specializes in delicious kotlety.2016, Larysa Plawan Levycky, chapter XIV, in Destiny, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry kotleta
  • The market specializes in Eastern European and Russian foods and liquors.2014 February 18, Marcia Vanderlip, “Olympic feast: A Russian (and Ukrainian) way to celebrate the athletes in Sochi”, in Columbia Daily…. From the entry borodinskii bread
  • They're documoms who specialize in photos of everyday life, like bath time or playtime or naptime.2013, Blair Koenig, STFU, Parents: The Jaw-Dropping, Self-Indulgent, and Occasionally Rage-Inducing World of Parent Overshare, New York…. From the entry momarazzi
  • There are also many firms now specializing in laundering cloth nappies.2013 April 25, Ali Monaghan, “Nappy Dilemmas”, in Happy, Healthy Pregnancy, Quercus, →ISBN, page 1 [of chapter]. From the entry hybrid nappy
  • Are there any breeds or types of dogs he or she specializes in?2011, John Davies, How to Take Care of a Dog, page 34. From the entry groomer
  • Timothy James Francis Patch is a crazy Australian artist who specializes in penile art.2008 February 25, Ubiquitous, “Pricasso”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet). From the entry Pricasso
  • The city is divided into thirty-two towns, and each one specializes in manufacturing.2008, Leslie T. Chang, Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, New York: Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 19. From the entry Houjie
  • They specialize in fromage blancs and firmer cheeses marinated in herbed olive oil.2007, New Mexico Magazine, volume 85, page 80, column 2. From the entry fromage blanc
  • Nola is actually "Nurse Nola," a dominatrix who specializes in medical role playing.2006, Bitch: feminist response to pop culture, numbers 31-34. From the entry role playing
  • The company specializes in children and babieswear, ladieswear and men's sportwear.2005, The Textile Magazine, volume 46, numbers 7-12, page 63. From the entry babieswear
  • John's chosen character is Xianghua, a slight swordstress who specializes in hopping around and skewering people.2004 August, Luke Dittrich, “Play Money”, in Atlanta, page 35. From the entry swordstress
  • Nancy is a quilting instructor and designer, specializing in miniature quilts and Hawaiian appliqué.2002, Cindy Walter, Gail Baker Rowe, Basic Appliqué, →ISBN, page 89. From the entry Hawaiian appliqué
  • Although most kenjutsu ryuha tend to avoid these methods, a few schools seem to specialize in them.1997, Matthew Galas, “Kindred Spirits: The Art of the Sword in Germany and Japan”, in Michael A. DeMarco, editor, Medieval Warrior…. From the entry ryuha
  • Most districts feature stores which specialize in general reading materials and schools supplies.1995, Roger Mark Selya, “Taipei as a center of culture”, in Taipei, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 228. From the entry Chungcheng
  • British public life specializes in an elegant variation of the secret of Polichinelle.1992, Hyman Gross, Ross Harrison, Jurisprudence: Cambridge Essays. From the entry secret of Polichinelle
  • Director Verhoeven seems to specialize in turning dogeared plots into nice silk purses of movies.1983 April 23, Michael Bronski, “Coming of Age, Dutch Style”, in Gay Community News, page 13. From the entry dog-eared
  • LETTERHACK - An actifan who specializes in writing letters for zines.1958, Ralph Merridette Holland, Ghu's Lexicon, page 12. From the entry letterhack
  • Watson specializes in adiposeness; none of his chorus beauties may be considered featherweights.1923 November 14, Evening Independent, Massillon, Ohio, 5/3. From the entry featherweight
  • There is enough demand for these “deathbots” that many companies, including HereAfter AI and StoryFile, specialize in them.2024 July 31, Kate Lindsay, “No One Is Ready for Digital Immortality”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2024. From the entry deathbot
  • That's someone who specializes in male waxing.2016, Mary Marks, Something's Knot Kosher, →ISBN. From the entry manscaper
  • Eleven days after the raid, an unbylined story appeared on GlobalPost, an American website specializing in foreign reporting.2015 October 15, Jonathan Mahler, “What Do We Really Know About Osama bin Laden’s Death?”, in New York Times. From the entry unbylined
  • "Claviform" ("key-shaped") is the technical name given to the shapes in Figure 2 by archaeologists specializing in Paleolithic art.2014, Mary Kilbourne Matossian, Plants, Stars and the Origins of Religion: With a Decipherment of the Phaistos Disk, Minneapolis, Minn.…. From the entry claviform
  • Related to leprechauns, clurichauns are house faeries who specialize in caring for and protecting wine and beer cellars.2012, Sirona Knight, Wiccan Spell A Night, Kensington Publishing, unnumbered page. From the entry clurichaun
  • Elachistine moths are the world’s most species-rich group of Lepidoptera that specialize on monocotyledon plants, especially grasses and sedges.2011 November 18, Lauri Kaila, Elachistine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae) (Animal & Veterinary Science). From the entry monocotyledon
  • We specialize in Humanicides serving Iraq and Libya.2010, Louis J. Salome, Violence, Veils and Bloodlines: Reporting from War Zones, page 57. From the entry humanicide
  • He is also a music therapist in Hartsdale, N.Y., where he specializes in teaching music to children with neuromotor disabilities.2007 August 26, “Jae Gruenke, Eric Barnhill”, in New York Times. From the entry neuromotor
  • Join an aerobics or aquafit class specializing in abdominal work.2006, Client-centered Exercise Prescription, page 27. From the entry aquafit
  • Good point.” “So I hunt blackulas.” “I was just trying to be--” “Man, I specialize in hunting black vampires.2006 September 3, Doc Hammer, “Fallen Arches” (14:05 from the start), in The Venture Bros., season 2, episode 8, spoken by Jefferson…. From the entry blackula
  • They gathered outside Macari's, the musical instrument shop that specializes in amps, guitars and dreams of head-banging rockstardom.2002, Lillian Pizzichini, Dead Men's Wages, Picador, published 2003, →ISBN, page 197. From the entry rockstardom
  • Many companies specialize in providing premium and gift items, and publish catalogues from which you can select appropriate items.2001, Stuart Clark Rogers, Marketing Strategies, Tactics, and Techniques, page 172. From the entry loader
  • He is believed to be a patron of certain brothels and élite “home delivery” services specializing in celebrity look-alikes.1999, Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, New York: Henry Holt, page 495. From the entry limo

Meaning of specialize

  1. verb To go into specific details.
  2. verb To specify: to mention specifically.
  3. verb To narrow in scope.

Full definition of specialize

Questions about specialize in a sentence

How do you use specialize in a sentence?
Specialize is used as a verb. For example: “This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too.”
What is a short sentence with specialize?
“The company specializes in pharmaceutical research.”
What does specialize mean?
Specialize means to go into specific details.

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