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

The Spanish conquistadors who invaded Mexico, for example, put greater faith in crossbows and cold steel than the arquebus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

The maximum maintenance loan for students from England living away from their parents outside of London, for example, rose to £10,544 for 2025-26, up from £10,227 the previous year.

From BBC • 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

In November of 1792, for example, when another Quaker petition came forward under the sponsorship of Fisher Ames, William Loughton Smith referred his colleague to the earlier debate of 1790.

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

Related Words

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