How to Use mantra in a Sentence

mantra

noun
  • One of his mantras chimed here.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The main mantra for hip-hop was what?
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
  • That’s Sanders’ mantra in life right now.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Like a mantra to keep me grounded.
    — Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That became and is still their mantra.
    — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
  • France took that mantra to the extreme.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • The group said their mantra is simple.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This song is a mantra for bussing through the dark walls of your own mind.
    — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 11 July 2025
  • Read on for more deets on this star's healthy living mantras.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Waste nothing is even more of a mantra in my house these days.
    — Sunset Magazine, 26 Mar. 2020
  • This mantra, which is kind of a tyranny, get eight hours or else.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA Today, 25 July 2025
  • For a while, as stocks zoomed higher, the mantra seemed to hold up.
    — Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The mantra that got her to the top of Fish Eye?
    — The Editors, Outside, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Even Sharma’s boss has echoed that mantra.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 June 2026
  • But there's a lot of love and support, and that's kind of the mantra.
    — Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Deep breaths can help, or mantras that a parent will be there to pick them up.
    — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Deep breaths can help, or mantras that a parent will be there to pick them up.
    — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Deep breaths can help, or mantras that a parent will be there to pick them up.
    — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 11 June 2026
  • The line starts to sound like a personal mantra.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Do more with less is this year's marketing mantra.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Levy credits that mantra with saving his life.
    — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • And that's kind of been our family's mantra.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Years ago, the mantra was, believe all women.
    — CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • And that's kind of been our family's mantra.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
  • With that mantra in mind, some outdoor amenities top the no-go list.
    — Jennifer S. Li, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2026
  • Regardless of the size of your space, that’s a good mantra for all of us.
    — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Dec. 2020
  • Our mantra was all about sticking true to the IP.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
  • That’s the usual New Year’s mantra.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Perhaps bend-but-don’t-break has been a mental mantra all along.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The shaman will call the dead body with, uh, some mantra and the dead body can walk by itself.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2023

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