How to Use how-to in a Sentence

how-to

adjective
  • This isn’t just a how-to guide.
    — Kevin Brady, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Nearly 1 million of them, by my count, are how-to videos.
    — Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
  • And there were lots of how-to demonstrations in [it], of how things were made.
    — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2023
  • This piece isn’t a how-to guide for peace in the Middle East.
    — Landon Block, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Suddenly, the look had a name, a how-to, and a shopping list.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Check out the city's how-to video on leaf mulching for more information.
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Again, get right to the problem and make your how-to or fix easy to accomplish.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Check out the city's how-to video on leaf mulching for more information.
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Check out the city's how-to video on leaf mulching for more information.
    — Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Check out the city's how-to video on leaf mulching for more information.
    — Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • His how-to program was shown around the United States and the world.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Below is a how-to guide on styling your flats for fall—according to the street style scene, of course.
    — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Changing oneself is harder than perky how-to guides and self-help books suggest.
    — Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Plus, there are plenty of how-to videos online with instructions.
    — Alisha McDarris, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Although there are how-to guides online, Townsend said don’t add acid to a battery.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
  • That book is an entertainment how-to, a sort of guide to gracious living.
    — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 25 June 2023
  • Watch the how-to video, provided by the City of Seal Beach.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Watch the how-to video, provided by the City of Seal Beach.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Watch the how-to video, provided by the City of Seal Beach.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The internet, with its easy access to how-to videos, was not yet available to help with their mission.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Our friends at Country Living gave us the how-to on bringing these adorable looks to life.
    — Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 21 Aug. 2023
  • But the Daodejing is more descriptive than prescriptive – less how-to and more what is.
    — Stephen Chen, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Nicole also has wonderful how-to videos on her YouTube channel.
    — Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Most brand websites also have how-to sections on cleaning and caring for your ski outerwear.
    — Nathan Allen, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Use our crepe paper flower how-to for paper ones, or make a beautiful blooming branch from candle wax.
    — Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Carl is the host of a public-television how-to show, instructing viewers on the ins and outs of wielding a brush.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
  • For context on how the night was framed coming in, here's the original how-to-watch and stakes preview for the Giza card.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • So consider this your how-to guide for putting together a casual dinner outfit that feels like a work of art.
    — Katherine J Igoe, InStyle, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The book offers a detailed how-to on everything from marathon training plans to nutrition to equipment.
    — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The casino website offers a how-to guide (including videos); bettors can use cash or a prepaid voucher to make the bet.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023

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