How to Use meaning in a Sentence

meaning

1 of 2 noun
  • What is the meaning of life?
  • I didn't understand the meaning of his remark.
  • What is the precise meaning of this word in English?
  • It's a story about the true meaning of Christmas.
  • Don't distort her meaning by taking her words out of context.
  • Literary critics disagree about the meanings of his poems.
  • The word has both literal meanings and figurative meanings.
  • That is the meaning of my life.
    — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 26 Jan. 2026
  • That may be the meaning of life.
    — USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
  • But the depth and meaning is so heavy.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There’s no meaning at all to it.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There was a lot of meaning and weight in that.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Floats, too, took on a new meaning.
    — Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Again, that had great meaning to me.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
  • This project now seems to have lost meaning for her.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
  • What is the meaning of a 'yes' or 'no' vote?
    — Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • So one key meaning is British slang.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • Want to know the meaning behind a song?
    — Jill Cunniff, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This boom is less about magic and more about meaning.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Now the deadline has been sapped of all meaning.
    — Ashanty Rosario, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Fans feel the need to defend a work’s true meaning.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
  • That's kind of the meaning behind all of this.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Details give strength and meaning to a scene.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 May 2026
  • But that doesn’t rob the encounter of its meaning.
    — Gary Greenberg, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Does that hold any special meaning to you?
    — Josh Glicksman, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2025
  • In an era of vibe-coding, words still have some meaning.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • This will infuse your space with even more meaning.
    — Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Of course, the social meaning of clothes can and does change.
    — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Flames even into the fire of meaning, and fired over your skin.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
  • What is the meaning of the ashes?
    — Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Feb. 2026

meaning

2 of 2 adjective
  • The more money one has, the less meaning work has to that person.
    — Big Think, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Matt Greene explains why LLMs are built for a post-meaning world.
    — Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025
  • To see you as a newborn child and then to look at you and to know that every step along the way, to witness that journey, is the most meaning aspect of my life.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
  • For Robell Awake, the chair is a meaning-laden object, symbolic of rest, a stand-in for the human body, a reflection of historical power dynamics.
    — Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Yiaga’s degustation menu is distinctly Australian—meaning, inventive and collaborative.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

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