How to Use notion in a Sentence

notion

noun
  • She had a vague notion about what happened.
  • She had a notion to try skydiving.
  • He has some pretty strange notions.
  • The study disproves any notion that dolphins are not intelligent.
  • But the notion is not so far-fetched.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The notion was not far-fetched.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2026
  • There is some sense to the notion, though.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Here, nasty notions play no part.
    — David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Barve pushed back on that notion.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But this past week’s episode drop turned that notion on its head.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The notion is that there isn’t any more juice left in that squeeze.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
  • That’s a notion that even Trump talks about.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
  • That notion doesn’t square with Gooch.
    — Bob Woods, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
  • That last notion came, in part, from Freud.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • This Shun knife works against that notion, though.
    — Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Tom didn't seem to be able to accept that notion.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
  • James shot down any notion that this would be his last Games.
    — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Those plans proved to be notions and not blueprints.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This galling notion sets her on a rampage.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Marks pushed back on the notion that certain seats will be saved.
    — Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2021
  • This is not a fringe notion anymore.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That notion runs through this year’s spring style issue.
    — John Vorwald, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2026
  • And by the way, in terms of the, the whole notion of a vaccine.
    — Jack Fowler, National Review, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The past decade should have disabused us of that notion many times over.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
  • So think about this notion turned inwards.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • But none of them had any notion of where the pure water could be found.
    — Ben Okri, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
  • There's this whole notion of growing up.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Most of these founders share the notion that the more brands, the better.
    — Noah Davis, GQ, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The notion that the game could have swung in the sixth didn’t, either.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2018
  • Bedard down played the notion — for now.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026

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