How to Use for instance in a Sentence

for instance

noun
  • Let me give you a for instance.
  • Take my teenagers, for instance.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 5 June 2026
  • Use it to fold up and stack jeans, for instance.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2026
  • Take, for instance, the plants.
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The burn may open up more grass growth for deer, for instance.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 29 July 2025
  • Peas, for instance, are hard to eat with just a fork or spoon.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
  • Peas, for instance, are hard to eat with just a fork or spoon.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Take the state of Texas, for instance.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
  • Take this Béis belt bag, for instance.
    — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This soft gray version, for instance, might catch your eye.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Some would attach all the shelves to one of the frames, for instance.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 9 July 2021
  • Like Disney+, just for instance.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Sports, for instance, should be above the fray, correct?
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Take that babysitting co-op, for instance.
    — Kimberly Phillips, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026
  • Elliot turns up naked in a shopping mall for instance.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Take trans people, for instance.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Obama, for instance, did so much with the garden and for kids.
    — Madison Feller, ELLE, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Jade deals with the grief of missing her abuelo, for instance.
    — Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Its mask, for instance, is made of bone, not some advanced metal.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Take, for instance, the potato.
    — ABC News, 12 June 2026
  • Take, for instance, the potato.
    — Collin Binkley, Fortune, 15 June 2026
  • So the licensed pilot who takes on the task can’t drop the urn, for instance.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Take, for instance, the walkout to push-up to mountain climber.
    — SELF, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Beef, for instance, has seen one of the largest price increases across the last year.
    — Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • From the Epstein files, for instance.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Ethan Hawke, for instance, saw Poor Things here.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Take, for instance, the drawer under your stove.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The heucherella, for instance, may crave a bit more water and some respite from the rays.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
  • If someone is dressed up in a space that is dressed down, for instance, there’s humor to it.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Funding, for instance, was a hot topic.
    — Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026

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