How to Use limited in a Sentence

limited

adjective
  • Only a limited number of students will be allowed in the class.
  • The company has had limited success.
  • People with limited incomes are hit particularly hard by inflation.
  • Both have hit menus for a limited time.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Get your fill for a limited time.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But the painful irony is that our limited time often gets in the way.
    — Dan Amos, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Is this the first of many seasons or limited?
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
  • One is their limited field of view and hearing.
    — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The oula was precise, limited, and that drew me in.
    — Boutheina Ben Salem, Vogue, 8 May 2026
  • For this list, limited-time versions didn’t make the cut.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Movement of the toe is limited and painful.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Three points may keep a team alive, but only if the damage is limited.
    — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • But back then, numbers were quite limited and had a very simple form.
    — Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2024
  • That said, Wantable is more limited in its services and size range.
    — Stacey Nguyen, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Even in his limited time, his stats are nowhere near on the terrible side.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • That’s why this limited-time Amazon deal caught my eye.
    — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
  • That's right, books are back at Costco for a limited time.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
  • That limited time on snow didn’t slow her down Tuesday, though.
    — Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
  • There will be very special pricing for a limited time on many of these must-have items 💜.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 17 July 2023
  • Surely the toys, no matter how limited their purview, would have caught on by now, too?
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 June 2026
  • That limited access may soon end.
    — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The film showed them not as limited, but as storytellers.
    — Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The trade-off is limited control.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
  • Had a high volume of carries but limited yardage.
    — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • And outside of work, your time is already limited.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Plus, get a limited-edition tote.
    — Jonathan Van Meter, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Plus, get a limited-edition tote.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Plus, get a limited-edition tote.
    — Vogue, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Plus, get a limited-edition tote.
    — Leo Lerman, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Huntley threw for 68 yards in his limited time.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025

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