How to Use marker in a Sentence

marker

noun
  • A person's accent can be a marker of social class.
  • Why isn’t there a marker for the loss?
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Sharpies, markers or paint pens.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • His marker shunted the ball out of play.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • Wipe off any marker that gets on the surface on the floor.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Get up, get a marker, get a sign and go out there and make your voice heard.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2022
  • But the marker didn’t work on the fabric.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Three markers will show whether the gap narrows.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Hikers will see some trail markers that guide them along the path.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
  • Use a marker to draw the eyes of the bunny, then draw a mouth.
    — Annabelle Canela, Parents, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Add guests' names to turn these stars into place markers for each plate.
    — Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, the stakes were distance markers.
    — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Thin markers outline his red cap.
    — Jenna Thompson june 24, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026
  • And the goal was to kick the ball once across a marker, such as a hedge or a field line.
    — Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
  • His gravesite has a white marker with a cross in the middle and a vase on each side.
    — Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Those markers of that journey kind of came to me quite early on.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 May 2026
  • Laminate a map and track the trip with a dry erase marker.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The Dutchman brushed off his marker and met the ball with his head.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Otherwise, not a plaza or a street or a marker in his name.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The loop of your curl can fit around a permanent marker.
    — Talia Gutierrez, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Place the sock over your hand to easily scrub away the marker.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
  • The applied hour and minute hands are in the same color as the hour markers.
    — Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The sticks designate where markers will be placed at each grave.
    — Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Both are filled with markers that call back to the Christchurch massacre.
    — Odette Yousef, NPR, 27 May 2026
  • First, Allen was marked shy of the first-down marker on a scramble.
    — Teresa M. Walker, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Pull over at the bevy of rock-and-brass roadside historic markers.
    — Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • On the wrist straps are Street’s initials, scrawled in marker.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Beckett’s marker, a sleek stone slab, is indeed as gray as a rain cloud.
    — Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022
  • There are also cute cat stitch markers from Joann for any cat lovers out there.
    — Christopher Murray, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The floor is littered with markers, crayons, and sheets of paper.
    — Daniel Smith, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026

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