How to Use insure in a Sentence

insure

verb
  • We insured our house against fire and flood damage.
  • They take great care to insure the safety and security of their home.
  • This policy will insure your car against theft.
  • We hope that careful planning will insure success.
  • I found a company that will insure my car for less than I've been paying.
  • She had difficulty finding a company that would insure her.
  • It was built to insure ships in oceans no one trusted.
    — Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Your loan requires you to keep your home insured.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026
  • Were they insured for the losses?
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Even for those who are insured, there are still endless hoops to jump through.
    — Samantha Leal, Marie Claire, 21 July 2015
  • State Farm had insured them for 30 years.
    — J.c. Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, 22 Jan. 2026
  • There are other ways to insure against a crash than buying bonds.
    — The Economist, 26 May 2018
  • Tom had to insure that my breast was pulled completely taut.
    — Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Bigham, who lives in Danbury, said he was insured at the time.
    — Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026
  • If you are insured, please go ahead and use that insurance.
    — Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Those machines need to be licensed and insured and on the street with the cars.
    — Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Choose a car that's cheap to insure Not all cars cost the same to insure.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The whole me is insured, but not specific things.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The car was not insured, and Cook did not have a license at the time of the crash.
    — David Owens, courant.com, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Slaves were bought and sold, insured, rented or leased, lent, willed and used to settle debt.
    — NBC News, 9 July 2019
  • The cost to insure sovereign debt from default dropped the most in a month.
    — Christine Jenkins, Bloomberg.com, 28 June 2017
  • Banks confirmed that the van was insured but lamented the loss of the savory pies.
    — Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Those on the front line cannot insure themselves against the climate crisis.
    — Time, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Most large contracts are already insured for at least a portion of the salary.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Tourism will likely take a hit, and the cost of insuring the movement of goods will go up.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Most, like Monroe, are insured.
    — Noam Levey, NPR, 8 Dec. 2025
  • In that time the juices will redistribute, helping to insure moist meat.
    — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 12 July 2020
  • Most insure their shipments and keep ordering open around the clock.
    — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
  • For example, your van is stolen, and your agent didn’t insure the equipment.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 14 Oct. 2024
  • First, how long will the cheese take to deliver, and how will it be shipped to insure freshness?
    — John Mariani, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021

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