How to Use factoid in a Sentence

factoid

noun
  • The book is really just a collection of interesting factoids.
  • People love to throw this factoid around.
    — Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The author took a part of a factoid from #1 and put it as its own thing.
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 23 Aug. 2013
  • This isn't your average stroll through lightsaber lore or warp-speed factoids.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • And my head has long been stuffed with a lot of factoids and arcana, and that’s kind of fun on a page.
    — Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Check out our slideshow featuring some of the most well-known along with a factoid or two about each.
    — cleveland.com, 16 May 2017
  • But the factoid begs the question why Camilla was there at all.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 24 May 2018
  • These are just two wee factoids about the shower scene from Psycho.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The new family tree isn’t just a factoid for the kennel club.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Impress a dad with that factoid at your next barbecue.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Breen's factoidsBreen is a pro, and does a steady job throughout the year.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 2 June 2017
  • Blink or look away for a second and an interesting factoid might be missed.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 June 2023
  • Through a storied career, this factoid about her allows readers to see her in a new way.
    — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Guests read a statement from an envelope, which is either a true or false factoid about them.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 May 2021
  • Dallas Mavericks fans will want to avert their eyes for this last factoid.
    — Megan Armstrong, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • As such, their feats of intelligence tend to get reduced to factoids.
    — Colin Dickey, New Republic, 21 Sep. 2017
  • One semi-hidden factoid is there used to be a walkway from the balcony to his writing room above the garage.
    — Geoffrey Morrison, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Given how loose the show feels and how unflattering the pair can come off, this is a curious factoid.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
  • In case anyone is interested in such factoids.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 2 June 2026
  • But an interesting factoid of the case is that justice was served thanks to dogs trained to sniff out electronics.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 24 Aug. 2015
  • That includes some factoids on the casting process for leads Stefan and Damon.
    — EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Morgan’s high-potential son uses this factoid as a ploy to get cookies before dinner.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Both pepper the tour with factoids and insider secrets about the story (no real Rolf?
    — Andrew Bender, latimes.com, 8 July 2018
  • Best of all, there’s not a drop of corporate mythologizing in the mishmash of factoid and fantasy.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Hagen shares factoids and stories about where the Eras Tour ringleader has frequented, dined and been seen out with friends.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Even better, Murph the bartender could work his mixology magic and still engage the customers with factoids and jokes.
    — Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • In a foreshadowing scene in the airplane at the start of the book, Tessa remembers a factoid without the use of her phone.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Gideon has amassed dozens of Chinese factoids, such as how there's a worker's body buried every six feet beneath the Great Wall.
    — Heidi Mitchell, Town & Country, 28 Mar. 2014
  • As a huge Peaky Blinders fan, here’s another Cine Lens factoid that intrigued me.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 16 Dec. 2021
  • This factoid in turn was sourced to a report by Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee.
    — Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2017

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