How to Use bucket list in a Sentence

bucket list

noun
  • One thing off of my bucket list.
    — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • No, this was on my bucket list.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 25 May 2026
  • That should be at the top of my bucket list.
    — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
  • What’s still on your bucket list?
    — Caroline Tell, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • What’s still on your bucket list?
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
  • So that's, like, yeah, that's a bucket list.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • This race has been top of my bucket list for the best part of a decade.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • Think of it as your bucket list for the next 6 months or year.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • If this one’s been on your bucket list, now’s the time to grab seats.
    — Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Here are just a few for your bucket list and tips on where to scope them out.
    — Bailey Berg, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2021
  • There are a few bucket list items on the agenda.
    — Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • Is learning to code on your bucket list?
    — New Atlas, 14 May 2026
  • What are a few things on your career bucket list?
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
  • And the hike that's highest on her bucket list?
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
  • So on my bucket list at the moment is a lot more of the same.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Next up on her travel bucket list?
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Thailand has been on my bucket list.
    — Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2026
  • More calories burned for you, and a check off your bucket list.
    — Nicol Natale, Woman's Day, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Tell us about your travel style and what’s on your bucket list?
    — Conde Nast Traveller Editorial, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Alex Vesia tried to cross an item off his bucket list this spring.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Here are five places worth adding to any music fan’s bucket list.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
  • More calories burned for you, and a check off of your bucket list.
    — Nicol Natale, Woman's Day, 8 May 2020
  • So what’s on the travel bucket list?
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Create a bucket list of your wildest dreams; check them off one by one.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • Cordt plans to spend the rest of her life checking things off her bucket list.
    — Emma Baty, Redbook, 1 June 2017
  • Okay, so maybe wild hogs aren’t on every big game hunter’s bucket list.
    — M.d. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2025
  • But the world is a big place and your bucket list no doubt gets longer every year.
    — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 27 June 2023
  • It was created for the film, the idea of a bucket list.
    — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Seeing the northern lights dance across the sky is a bucket list event for many.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
  • In your personal life, what is on your bucket list?
    — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025

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