How to Use mag in a Sentence

mag

noun
  • In fact, she was even inspired to write it thanks to ogling men in a porno mag.
    — Brittany Vincent, Billboard, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The mag had to run a correction (to the enjoyment of us all).
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Where was God when Blue took a piss on Mongoose with the mag spokes?
    — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 4 Mar. 2018
  • An errant page from a porno mag, found on the ground, is clearly bait from the enemy.
    — Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 16 June 2022
  • Sources at the mag said he’d been obsessively focused on the event since his first day on the job.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Over the years my tires have had air loss, so to solve the problem the shop ground the corrosion off the mag wheels.
    — Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • The big idea is a nod to the pulpy sci-fi mags of the early to mid-20th century.
    — Neely Tucker, The Seattle Times, 10 Dec. 2017
  • Molle webbing on the holster lets the user attach extra items, such as a mag pouch.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Not a shabby blast for a fashion mag right out of the starting gate, but then again, 72 isn’t just any mag.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • All of which means for one shining issue, a scientific journal was a skin mag.
    — Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 13 Sep. 2010
  • Brandon was not at the scene when police arrived and has not yet been arrested, according to the mag.
    — Fox News, 8 Mar. 2018
  • After refusing, the employees dragged the mag out of the aircraft.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The couple told the mag that nothing about their relationship went according to plan.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The show follows the usual rhythms of a romance novel and the erotic stories that used to populate gay skin mags.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Kravitz admitted to Rolling Stone in her recent interview with the mag.
    — Lucy Wood, Marie Claire, 26 Nov. 2018
  • The rich chocolate brown with subtle golden highlights was for a shoot with Byrdie mag, but the look is perfect for winter.
    — Kara McGrath, Seventeen, 21 Jan. 2014
  • Head past a wall of handmade ceramic vases and men’s fragrances to a small back room to find shelves of fashion mags and vintage books for sale.
    — Chris Lamorte, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
  • There was a time when plastic surgery was something that was only talked about behind closed doors — or speculated about in the pages of gossip mags.
    — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026
  • The mini mag is set to run 50 pages, with 120 targeted for the quarterly next year.
    — Daniel Kaplan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025
  • For those of you doing the mental math, that’s about a million lifetime’s worth of Cherry Coke and vintage nudie mags.
    — Bess Levin, The Hive, 30 June 2017
  • Runway is under fire after shilling for fast fashion, and Andy is there to credibility-wash the mag.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
  • On current Ohio driver’s licenses, the mag stripes contain everything that’s on the front of your license.
    — cleveland.com, 9 June 2019
  • On current Ohio's driver's licenses, the mag stripes contain everything that's on the front of your license.
    — Teresa Dixon Murray, cleveland.com, 13 May 2018
  • Each house was painstakingly and expensively restored by the couple, and each got the full-color shelter-mag treatment.
    — Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 7 June 2017
  • The business mag estimates that the champagne company is now worth in excess of $310 million.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 10 July 2019
  • However, Kylie's new cover for the mag is a lot more demure, with her shot close-up, softly-filtered, and styled in a chunky red turtleneck sweater and matching lip.
    — Eileen Reslen, Cosmopolitan, 6 Feb. 2018
  • This was a different era, when the best player in the world could spend the summer matched up against an 18-year-old, malt liquor plugged on the front of his jersey and a girlie mag on the back.
    — Lee Jenkins, SI.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • After your dog indulges, treat yourself to an epic burger at au cheval then walk it off with some shopping on the mag mile and stroll along the beaches at Lake Michigan.
    — Jessica Migala, Country Living, 26 July 2018
  • And a scandal that sees Runway fooled by (LOL) a fast fashion brand with sweatshop ties as tarnished the mag’s sterling reputation.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The mag was based out of Kirkland, Washington, and the gig involved a lot of rafting and kayaking in the notoriously damp Pacific Northwest.
    — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 2 May 2018

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