for example

Idioms  

1. Also, for instance. As an illustration of something, as in Dress casually, in blue jeans, for example, or This program has problems—for instance, it's hard to retrieve lost data. The first expression, which dates from the late 1500s, is used throughout this book to illustrate how an idiom is used. The variant dates from the mid-1600s.

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Example Sentences

One of the most moving passages in the play, for example, is the hearing at which the actor Larry Parks testified in 1951.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Much of his scorn, for example, is directed at the millennial Lean In crowd that wanted women to be more like successful men—ambitious and loud.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

So, like, Coke Larry, for example, when Dylan gets made into a meme, whatever, that’s our own thing, but it moves the same way as the internet does.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

At the end of March, a new rule was brought in that only two changes could be made to a booked slot, for example the date or test centre location.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Support for American independence, for example, was always fragile and shifted with each victory or defeat in the field, which was often a matter of pure luck.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Related Words

• as
• e.g.
• for instance
• such as
• thus