How to Use denote in a Sentence

denote

verb
  • Her death denoted the end of an era.
  • The word “derby” can denote a horse race or a kind of hat.
  • Red orbs denote things like stop lines, cross walks and road signs.
    — Christopher Mims, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
  • Each color denotes the type of crime.
    — Mindy Schauer, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
  • This week, staffers have been zip-tying seats to denote where fans cannot sit.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The rugs may also be hung on walls to denote a space for worship.
    — Vanessa H. Larson, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
  • City had signals to denote which routine was to be used.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The button even glows blue, orange or red to denote cool, warm or hot.
    — Sarah Wharton, Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Use fences and hedges to denote the garden's boundaries.
    — Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
  • One figure is a wash of blues and pinks, a few hazy lines denoting her waist and thigh.
    — Christina Cacouris, Marie Claire, 11 Sep. 2018
  • It will be denoted at the top what time the general sale kicks off.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Noom claims that the colors do not denote good foods or bad foods but serve as more of a portion guide.
    — Good Housekeeping, 30 Nov. 2022
  • In other words, a king can only be a monarch, while queen can denote monarch or the wife of a monarch.
    — James Hookway, WSJ, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Their jump wings had the tiny inlaid gold stars denoting combat jumps.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
  • That’s the term that has come to denote secret condom removal.
    — Julia Reiss, Marie Claire, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Lightly mark both sides of the joist, then make a third mark in the middle to denote the center point.
    — Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Lightly mark both sides of the joist, then make a third mark in the middle to denote the center point.
    — Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The term denotes the special bond a human being has with their origins.
    — Minna Shim, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 July 2017
  • Or maybe the font is just denoting the cloistered lives of the people at this film’s center.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The details don’t stop there, though; on the toe are little boxes that denote the order.
    — Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 18 Aug. 2017
  • In a rear gallery, dark nighttime photographs are hung on walls painted black to denote the wee hours.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
  • In front of them were the monkeys, which were placed on a sign denoting wildlife trafficking.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • In addition to the black shirts of their namesake, unit leaders wore six badges and stripes to denote rank.
    — Martin Pugh, Slate Magazine, 14 Apr. 2017
  • Does his new movie, The Shrouds, denote the end of one age or the start of another?
    — A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
  • This is what most brands will use as the primary way to denote the corresponding age.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 24 Aug. 2023
  • That we are meant to linger is made plain by the fine lines denoting individual camel hairs.
    — Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
  • And then no sponginess to me denotes that something deflated.
    — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026
  • Over the years, the expression came to denote anything worthless.
    — Elizabeth Lowry, WSJ, 4 May 2018
  • Tables spill out onto the sunny pavement and a blackboard on the wall denotes the specials of the day.
    — Sophie Davies, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Mar. 2018
  • About 100 feet away, a metal post denoted the park’s boundary.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026

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