How to Use interest in a Sentence

interest

1 of 2 noun
  • The speaker wasn't able to hold their interest.
  • The price of the ticket was a matter of interest to everyone.
  • The kids listened to the speaker for a little while, but then lost interest.
  • The stories about his personal life add interest to the book.
  • I thought this article might be of interest to you.
  • Music is one of her many interests.
  • She told us about her lifelong interest in music.
  • She took an active interest in the political debate.
  • We visited many places of interest on our vacation.
  • He expressed an interest in learning more about photography.
  • And thanks for your interest in it.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • What does this mean for interest rates?
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But, of course, on their terms, if there even is such interest.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The young boy’s interest was piqued.
    — Andrew Weeks, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The Fed cut interest rates three times last year.
    — Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
  • There is no lack of interest from the consumer.
    — Footwear News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Their mom's legacy lives on in their work and interests.
    — Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 9 May 2026
  • But patrons act on their own interests, not their clients’.
    — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Where did your interest in downtowns come from?
    — Devan Patel, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • But these tax-and-spend interests should beware.
    — Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The man has no shortage of interests.
    — Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2026
  • This growing interest now has a name.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Still, the bank has shown greater interest in the crypto sector of late.
    — Vildana Hajric Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 7 Jan. 2026
  • And what's striking here is how much interest has been in this election.
    — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Gen Alpha‘s interest in beauty has grown in the past few years.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • While there was interest, Thiessen was just 20 at the time.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • The low-interest-rate era that fueled Brex’s growth is over.
    — Ron Shevlin, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • What’s at the root of your interest in this subject matter?
    — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Yes, the robots are half built—but my son’s interests have advanced.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The vine aspect comes from Quigley’s interest in plants.
    — Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025

interest

2 of 2 verb
  • It might interest you to know that the woman in this photograph is your great-grandmother.
  • The salesman tried to interest me in a more expensive computer.
  • It interested me to learn that she had once lived in California.
  • Military history doesn't really interest me.
  • Make new friends or join a club that interests you.
    — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026
  • All that interests me is just good work.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
  • And if none of that interests you… as if!
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
  • This is part of what interests me.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
  • That’s the stuff that interests me in life.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Those are the things that interest me.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Do these things interest you at all?
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Which of these still interest you?
    — Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • If that interests you, read on.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That’s what interests me the most and what connects most of my films.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 30 June 2023
  • Chances are, there’s a book on a topic that interests you.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • What interests you about telling a story like that?
    — Wengel Gemu, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
  • So there's a lot that happens when kids learn to read and then read what interests them.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • There’s something easy about sweet that doesn’t interest me.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That doesn’t interest me as a writer.
    — Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Is there someone else who interests you enough to invest this much of your time?
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2023
  • What interests her is to give shapes never seen before to clothes.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Here’s a look at some of the free-agent tight ends that might interest the Dolphins.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Wine is something that interests me.
    — Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That’s what interested us as well.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • All of this scares me, interests me, obsesses me.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
  • To read only the chapters that interest you?
    — Sophia Rosenfeld september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Focus on how your team members can learn and grow, and discuss with them what interests them.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • What kind of themes and narratives interest you?
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
  • But what most interests me in this unnerving work is the slapping.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
  • What interests me more is what has changed, which is the very substance of capital.
    — Sergey Stopnevich, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

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