How to Use care in a Sentence

care

1 of 2 noun
  • She looks as if all the cares of the world are on her shoulders.
  • She wrote a book about car care.
  • She knows a lot about the care and feeding of horses.
  • With proper care, the machine should last a decade or more.
  • She is an expert on skin care.
  • She used care in selecting a doctor for her son.
  • We need to provide poor people with better dental care.
  • The children have inadequate medical care and little formal education.
  • Skin care kits, creams and more.
    — Tory Johnson, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Or did no one care to deal with it?
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 19 June 2026
  • What is the best care to keep them healthy?
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Want the experts to take care of it?
    — Dan Simms, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • Be sure to keep your knives sharp and take care of your cast iron.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2020
  • But like any lens, justice needs care.
    — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Your voice matters in your care.
    — Jereè Paul, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Priya brings care but not enough structure.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • How can people plan for long-term care?
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 9 May 2026
  • Set aside the rake and take care of all those leaves this fall with ease.
    — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Isn’t that what the skin-care girlies are into?
    — Nora Deligter, Curbed, 22 May 2026
  • Here's how, plus some best practices for plant care.
    — Emily Hayes, Martha Stewart, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Plant a seed, take good care of it, and the results will come.
    — Lubo Smid, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Take good care of these, and the leather will look even better with age.
    — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2025
  • And a lot of it just comes down to learning to take care of your body.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • As a result, her mom now needs 24-hour care.
    — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • So the company put dog care in place.
    — Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Each event in tree care doubles as an extreme sport.
    — Calin Van Paris, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Mothers is a great car-care brand for those of us who take pride in our rides.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 26 Mar. 2026
  • That said, the weekend calls for a bit of extra care.
    — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
  • Your daughter seems to have abandoned her child to your care.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Native predators will take care of the gnats for you.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026

care

2 of 2 verb
  • I didn't know you cared.
  • I wouldn't care to be in your shoes right now.
  • He doesn't care if he gets fired.
  • I care what happens to her.
  • He'll show the photos to anyone who cares to see them.
  • I'm going for a walk. Would you care to join me?
  • More factors influenced her decision than she cares to admit.
  • On Valentine's Day, send her flowers to show that you care.
  • The guards didn’t seem to care.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Bears fans could not have cared less.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Most schools now don’t seem to care.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
  • Democrats don't seem to care one bit.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Think about how much your friends care about you.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Who cares about what’s on the Moon?
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The area In some ways, who cares?
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Now the Democrats care about free speech.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But Miller doesn’t care about the past.
    — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 5 Jan. 2026
  • But Smith doesn’t care about the starts.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But Swain could care less about such stats.
    — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Kids couldn’t care less about the team in front of them.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
  • Now my kid is six years old and no one cares as much.
    — Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Again, the 49ers don’t care about that.
    — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • But Goodall didn’t just care about the chimps.
    — Martha Shade, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Give the fans a reason to care.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • So thank you so much for caring.
    — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Who are we supposed to care about?
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • No one cared—except for the fans.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Who cares about the state line anyway?
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • No one cares about that anymore.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • Nobody cares that the game is on the road.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025

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