How to use text in a sentence
40 example sentences · noun, verb
Text means a writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences. Example: “Just text me when you get here.”
Examples of text by meaning
verbTo send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between...
- Just text me when you get here.
- I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.
verbTo send and receive text messages.
- Have you been texting all afternoon?
More sentences with text
- This old text needs translation into modern English before it is published.From the entry translation
- Since most users on the site are westerners, we have banned Unicode in all text input boxes.From the entry unicode
- Select the text, cut it, and then paste it in the other application.From the entry cut
- My eye struck a strange word in the text. They soon struck the trail.From the entry strike
- This text would stand out better if we put it in a coloured box.From the entry box
- She added an annotation in the margin to clarify the text.From the entry annotation
- The answer to the comprehension question can be found in the third line of the accompanying text.From the entry line
- Arrow left until you reach the start of the text you want to delete.From the entry arrow
- The text box won't receive the user's keystrokes unless you explicitly focus it.From the entry focus
- Implement a program that computes the approximate grade level needed to comprehend some text, per the below.From the entry per
- Hyperlinked text is displayed in alternate color in a Web browser.From the entry alternate
- As she had a free moment, she dropped her a text.From the entry drop
- I couldn't see what it said because the line of text ran off the page.From the entry off
- I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it.From the entry wrap
- The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness.From the entry imbue
- Could we write BNF for this instead of trying to describe it in text?From the entry BNF
- I can read and understand most texts in German, but my speaking is awful.From the entry speaking
- His archive of Old High German texts is the most extensive in Britain.From the entry archive
- Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.From the entry bloat
- I had to mute the notifications for that group text. Those hooligans kept blowing up my phone.From the entry blow up
- I had to mute the notifications for that group text. My phone kept blowing up every day.From the entry blow up
- You can quickly toggle the case of selected text by pressing Alt+C.From the entry toggle
- In my religion class we learn about the Bible, as well as religious texts of other religions.From the entry bible
- The text has been reviewed, but the photographer hasn't delivered some of the artwork.From the entry artwork
- The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text.From the entry casing
- This is an inline (e.g. mid-sentence) template for marking up text as a Wikipedia self-reference.From the entry in-line
- The insertion of new text changed the meaning of the document.From the entry insertion
- In this text, the word "methinks" appears to be a deliberate archaism.From the entry archaism
- To get the rectangle to hide some of the text, make its z-order higher.From the entry z-order
- When I paged up or down, the text would sometimes get mangled and duplicated.From the entry page up
- This text is published under the licence Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike-3.0 unported.From the entry unported
- Intralingual translation involves adapting a text to a new purpose in the same language.From the entry intralingual
- The teacher blanked out some words from the text, which the students had to fill in.From the entry blank out
- I'll text you after my date is over so you know he wasn't an axe murderer.From the entry axe murderer
- Text that has not been modified since the last revision is unemboldened.From the entry unemboldened
- You can hilite the text with your mouse, then right-click to copy it.From the entry hilite
- After the word layout is changed, you must go back and reindent the text.From the entry reindent
Meaning of text
- noun A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
- noun A book, tome or other set of writings.
- noun Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
Questions about text in a sentence
- How do you use text in a sentence?
- Text is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Just text me when you get here.”
- What is a short sentence with text?
- “Have you been texting all afternoon?”
- What does text mean?
- Text means a writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: text (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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