How to Use bank in a Sentence

bank

1 of 2 noun
  • Why did the coach go to the bank?
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • Citi is by far the best bank stock.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 May 2026
  • Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.
    — Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.
    — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
  • That’s a nice chunk of change for the banks.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 12 June 2026
  • Coral Gables has a lot of banks.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The bank stock gained around 5% for the week.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 23 May 2026
  • But who will be watching over the banks?
    — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Are banks and post offices open?
    — Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Two days later, the bank called.
    — Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Ready to grow your skillset and bank account?
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The bank ended up quite a bit in the red.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
  • That jibes with what banks are seeing, too.
    — Rob Wile, NBC news, 25 June 2026
  • Are banks, post offices closed?
    — Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But records show a bank sold the home to Yu last year.
    — Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Clarke, who grew up in the area, now lives about six miles from the bank.
    — Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This deal saves both your bank account and your eardrums.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In cloud banks well above Wall Street and wife.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Sent from the banks of the Clunie.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Take steps to get rid of your debt and avoid a bank levy today.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Their debt was held by banks rather than PE firms.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The hub is stocked with tons of trendy options that won’t break the bank.
    — Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026
  • The bank was not a party to your divorce.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
  • The bank said that was the largest five-day spread in more than 25 years.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The bank also says the stock remains a top pick.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But just how serious is a bank levy?
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • His demand is a dollar bill from the bank’s vault.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026

bank

2 of 2 verb
  • The runner banked in off the glass.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • So don't bank on it, in other words.
    — CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
  • For a charcoal grill, bank the coals to one side.
    — Joe Sevier, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • So, don't bank on it, in other words.
    — CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Faulk banked the puck in off Knight for a two-goal lead.
    — CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Those who banked 20 or more eggs saw rates near 82%.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Those are two tough matchups, but this team needs to find a way to bank some points right now.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The reps banked by young players matter.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The group banks its seventh champ total.
    — Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But there is some data out there that gives us some sense of what drivers can bank.
    — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 20 May 2022
  • Even a shot from 70 feet that banked in as time expired to end the first half.
    — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • But the first-year Legacy are starting to bank some points.
    — Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
  • Who is winning these clutch games and banking the early wins?
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The two events are banked slalom and snowboard cross and will take place in Cortina.
    — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • There were 67 million tracks that banked less than 10 plays in the year.
    — Tim Ingham, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
  • Most patients complete two, and over 20% need three to bank enough eggs.
    — Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Democrats are banking on a comeback to help retake the House.
    — Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Divorce law wasn’t a big leap; here, too, were people who’d been banking on a fairy tale.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
  • And yet, Tariq says, no one is banking on law enforcement to step in.
    — Zuha Siddiqui, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The ball banked off the backboard and into the basket as the buzzer sounded.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • That’s one more gig this professional can bank on and one less thing hanging over your head.
    — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Farke and Leeds have banked a lot of credit across three months which have put survival in their own hands.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • And that would mean a single point from the team’s last two fixtures would be enough to bank at least a play-off place.
    — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Patriots banked on their front four and a couple of turnovers late to save them.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Alo is banking on that interest.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Democrats also bank on the (famously fickle) youth vote, too, and that plays a part here.
    — Byalena Botros, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
  • When your customers can't get banked anywhere else, the back-office cost becomes the moat.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Clark has currently banked 3,569 points, which is third all-time.
    — Trisha Garcia-Easto, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2024
  • That is still banking a lot on the arms the Dodgers have clearly invested in.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Pasadena police are banking on a phone-hacking tool to solve a cold case murder.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2023

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