How to Use entrance in a Sentence

entrance

1 of 2 noun
  • The main entrance is on the left side.
  • The ship passed through the narrow entrance to the bay.
  • There are two entrances to the park.
  • The thieves gained entrance to our house by breaking a window.
  • She always knew how to make a grand entrance.
  • He was denied entrance into the country.
  • The book describes his entrance into politics.
  • She applied for entrance at several colleges.
  • Is this entrance a new rest stop?
    — Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Pink sure knows how to make a glitzy entrance.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Now, that’s one way to make an entrance.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The slide also marks the entrance to the new wing.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
  • There are a lot of quick entrances and exits.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Snag a map at the entrance and explore at your own pace.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Start us off with an overview and an entrance.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The prom was held in a room just up the the stairs from the entrance to the union.
    — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2023
  • Our entrance from Route 3 is closed.
    — Christine Sloan, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • He was caught outside near the entrance by school staff.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • The glass door entrance opens onto the home's kitchen.
    — Adam Williams march 02, New Atlas, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The dining room is framed by wide, jade-green entrances.
    — Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Her eyes remained locked on the store's entrance.
    — Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • My two-hour wait at the entrance felt like a worthwhile trade-off.
    — Joshua Mellin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2026
  • As mentioned, the home has two entrances.
    — New Atlas, 12 June 2026
  • The entrance to Son Doong is hard to find.
    — Nicole Young, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • That’s the entrance to the White House.
    — Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • First, there’s that roadside sign, entrance and snack stand.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Where will the concert entrances be?
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The coffee shop is to the left of the entrance of the brewery.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Oldoini arrived late at events so as to make a grand entrance.
    — Anika Burgess, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In the valley below sat the fee booth for the east entrance.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026

entrance

2 of 2 verb
  • Six-year-old Beney, and her mum, were entranced.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The part that shies away from nuance, entranced by glossy screens.
    — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Johnson is entranced by physics.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Then Luhnow recalled a prospect who had entranced one of his scouts that year.
    — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 6 July 2019
  • He was entranced by the prospect of stumbling onto good fortune.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2023
  • Its serpentine curves have entranced drivers for decades, and even lured some to their death.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Tom, at first skeptical, is entranced.
    — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2025
  • But she was also entranced by a class on the chemistry of living systems.
    — Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Just weeks ago, the sight of our toddlers entranced by screens first thing in the morning would have caused panic.
    — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Behind that are chicken coops sure to entrance youngsters.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
  • On one level, you are entranced by the twists of the actual story.
    — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 May 2017
  • My mom’s beauty routine has always entranced me.
    — Jailynn Taylor, InStyle, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Zhao seemed entranced by Musk’s mystique as an evangelist of free speech.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 June 2023
  • But he was hooked on sports from a young age and entranced by the Chicago Bulls’ dynasty.
    — Marc Stein, New York Times, 7 June 2018
  • The caveat is that they are both entranced by a dream rather than the reality of what a partnership needs.
    — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The boys are entranced with a bunny that has somehow invaded the garden.
    — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Yet there’s something entrancing about his question.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • You may be entranced by brief encounters with seemingly no strings attached, but there may be a price to pay for it.
    — Magi Helena, oregonlive, 4 Jan. 2020
  • Even if, as may be, the moment of greatest splendor has passed, a look about still entranced the eye with yellow and red and gold.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Yet still, Gregg was entranced, as a child might be, never imagining that dreams can be real.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • When the chief is finally able to approach Poli’ahu, she is entranced by his rainbow.
    — Author: Crystal Paul, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2019
  • He’d been entranced by the big rolls of paper and the long sheets of it running through the air, from one part of the press to another.
    — Beth Gardiner, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
  • From the beginning, your teaching challenged and entranced me.
    — Lisa Einstein, Scientific American Blog Network, 5 June 2017
  • But few have looked under the cape to see how the undead man became the fearsome legend that entranced readers.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Of course, Bell isn’t the only celeb entranced with all-natural treatment.
    — Braelyn Wood, Health.com, 4 Apr. 2020
  • She was frozen in the same spot where the pit ropes had snapped, not because of fear, but because she was entranced at the spectacle of it all.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
  • Yet, during Ocean’s set, the crowd couldn’t help but be entranced by the big screen broadcasting the action.
    — Derek Lawrence, PEOPLE.com, 23 July 2017
  • Those are the stories that entrance and often delight a nation, even as brackets are busted from coast to coast.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 25 Mar. 2026
  • His officers are a blend of experienced hands and bright-eyed youngsters still entranced by the thrill of war.
    — Dominic P. Papatola, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Rome reaches for the shiny trophy, becoming entranced by the disco ball's lights in the sun in the last photo.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023

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