How to Use newfangled in a Sentence

newfangled

adjective
  • His grandson owns all of the latest newfangled electronics.
  • The menu isn’t part of some newfangled scheme to shed pounds.
    — Mary Holland, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2023
  • With a blend of newfangled queens comes the magic of the series.
    — Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 23 June 2023
  • But every person has the right to avoid taking a newfangled risk.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 July 2016
  • His death is a blow to the newfangled sport, which is attempting to jump to the worldwide stage.
    — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Hotel gyms can seem like such a treat — Newfangled equipment!
    — Maria Teresa Hart, USA TODAY, 10 May 2017
  • Yang says this newfangled system has been the goal of the company pretty much all along.
    — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2024
  • There are old-school paper straws and newfangled compostable plastic straws.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 21 June 2018
  • The work on the facade relied on newfangled lasers and old-fashioned elbow grease.
    — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 11 May 2022
  • Like any newfangled thing, movies were at first regarded as a novelty.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2023
  • In other words, serving the customer's needs—a concept that, come to think of it, doesn't sound too newfangled at all.
    — Aric Jenkins, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Is there room on the Houston burrito landscape for a newfangled roll-up?
    — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 18 May 2018
  • But the newfangled hardware never crept down to mainstream laptops.
    — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 11 May 2021
  • And by the way, this isn’t a newfangled vision for Tomorrowland.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • There’s this newfangled thing that Ebenezer Scrooge would have loved — the internet.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2019
  • The consensus among the group was that the newfangled contraption would never amount to anything.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 June 2022
  • There’s nothing newfangled or plasticky about their products, which is exactly why we’re drawn to them.
    — Air Mail, 1 Nov. 2025
  • What about some newfangled contraption?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Isaac Newton’s newfangled ideas about how objects moved, and the physics of electricity.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Still, newfangled benefits may not be the ticket to get young, creative professionals in the door.
    — Rick Montgomery, kansascity, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The newfangled roller coasters, dark (indoor) rides and other attractions featured on the trade show floor may show up on park midways down the road.
    — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Cronin’s Bruins must prepare for a newfangled approach with each opponent.
    — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Fast-forward to this year and Popowich, 59, has a patent pending for her newfangled jewelry design.
    — Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com, 29 Sep. 2017
  • The aliens shown in Disclosure Day are not newfangled creations designed to look as strange and cool as possible.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 June 2026
  • Back in June, Apple floated a compelling scenario for its newfangled Siri.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But Cézanne’s newfangled fracturing of old-fashioned still lifes and landscapes became the very motor of modernism.
    — J. S. Marcus, Air Mail, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Thankfully, Snoop, Cube, 40, $hort doesn’t dabble in newfangled gimmicks like trap and drill.
    — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Modern readers may take heart in the fact that there are many excellent critics thwacking through the slop—albeit with freelance machetes, on newfangled platforms.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • In addition, Ted, who rhapsodized about the effectiveness of the newfangled slider, never had to deal with the evil splitter.
    — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Servers today, many of whom have worked here for more than a decade, still take orders using order pads in lieu of newfangled POS terminals.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'newfangled.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: