Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Usually, my crying has warranted some explanation — in the first grade, as a movie critic.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022

Its highest alert level is a global health emergency, and COVID-19 has warranted that distinction since January 2020.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2022

“I get a chance to watch him every day, grow and develop and see where he’s taken his game to. But I do think he has warranted an opportunity to participate in it.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2021

“The Tokyo judge has warranted us access to search the house. We need a witness. Thank you for cooperating.”

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2018

Hope was guided rather by fancy than by reason, and tinted the years to come in brighter colours than—now that those years have passed —history has warranted.

From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox