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.

They found that the variety and quantity of fruits and vegetables provided essential vitamins and minerals that would have been missing if participants had relied only on higher calorie whole foods.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026

"People have been missing for a long time but the issue has never been discussed at the civil society, government or international institution level," he said.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

“Nile Nightshade: An Egyptian Culinary History of the Tomato” by Anny Gaul confirms how much reader-cooks like me have been missing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

The distress for missing loved ones is a pain felt by tens of thousands of families across Emad's homeland where some 100,000 people have been missing since 2011.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

I don’t like to waste time, so when I at last turned around, I did so abruptly and asked directly, “Are you the children who have been missing from Greenwich for a week?”

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg