How to Use apprise in a Sentence

apprise

verb
  • There’s no night vision display, but lights and sounds will keep the driver apprised.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2023
  • My main job was to pay for the food and keep senior management apprised of any issues.
    — Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics, 27 Dec. 2019
  • But the viewer has been apprised in the first ten minutes that these deaths are linked to oil and Hale.
    — Hazlitt, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Smart was apprised of that tidbit during his appearance in the main media room.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 22 July 2023
  • This keeps them apprised of new trends, opportunities, and risks.
    — Tima Bansal, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Hancock-Whitney has kept customers apprised of changes on its website.
    — Greg Larose, NOLA.com, 3 July 2017
  • The judge directed defense lawyers to apprise him of any new potential conflicts that arise.
    — Larry Neumeister, The Seattle Times, 1 June 2017
  • Whatever the goal, your audience should be apprised of it right from the beginning.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Use tools like Feedly to keep apprised of what's happening in your industry.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Flashbacks spanning decades apprise us of the voracious malevolence that has plagued the house.
    — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Players have always complimented Green on his attempts to keep them apprised of their roles.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The city hosted several outreach meetings last year to apprise residents of its plan.
    — Julia Baum, The Mercury News, 4 May 2017
  • And those talks are underway, and the president is very much on the ball and is being apprised of this situation.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But, clearly, there is a long way to go so that everyone is apprised of how much help the organization has to offer.
    — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Parks and Rec plans to keep the community apprised of its timeline for rebuilding the playground.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Installed on a mobile device, the parental control system can keep parents apprised of the child’s location.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • Mason addressed Harsin and the team on Friday to apprise them of the situation.
    — Nubyjas Wilborn | [email protected], al, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Last month, the DOJ convened a call with the states to discuss the agreement, though states weren’t apprised of details.
    — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Undoubtedly, when fully apprised, the legal system — and the public — will agree.
    — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
  • When done right, meetings can be fruitful both in moving projects forward and in keeping all relevant team members apprised of what’s going on.
    — William Arruda, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • The lawsuit was dropped after the hotel's lawyer struggled to serve Johnson with the complaint and failed to apprise the court of his efforts to do so.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The Times investigation found little outreach to apprise cannabis workers of their rights.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2023
  • One of the women connected with a 911 dispatcher, who via silent texts apprised the group of the gunman’s actions.
    — Alexandra Rockey Fleming, PEOPLE.com, 6 June 2019
  • Because of Hagelin's ties to the country, Sweden had been kept apprised of the operation since its outset.
    — Greg Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The Attorney General's office has agreed to keep her office apprised as the process moves forward.
    — Courant Community, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Meanwhile, at least one krewe has honed in on the Lee beads when apprising krewe leaders of policy banning political throws.
    — Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The Guthrie family has been apprised of the efforts to investigate the notes and the case itself, the three officials briefed said.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The address is prescribed by the Constitution and calls for the president to apprise Congress about the state of the union.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Singh reportedly writes to union home minister, Amit Shah, apprising him of the showdown.
    — Kuwar Singh, Quartz India, 24 Nov. 2019
  • Besides simply asking users to upgrade, the push notification should apprise users of the importance of the new update.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022

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