How to Use nowadays in a Sentence

nowadays

adverb
  • People don't wear hats much nowadays.
  • That would not fly nowadays, boy howdy.
    — Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The words alone are charged nowadays — and have been for some time.
    — Jack Butler, National Review, 28 Nov. 2020
  • To be sure, a grand scheme on that scale seems quite a reach nowadays.
    — William Pesek, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • Getting to ten years nowadays is quite rare and no easy feat.
    — Olivia Martin, Town & Country, 15 July 2019
  • What the hell is wrong with people nowadays.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Your daily matchas and teas at home can feel so blah nowadays.
    — Kiana Murden, CNN Underscored, 30 Mar. 2021
  • But nowadays, drones are used all of the time and in daily life.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 4 Oct. 2021
  • That’s what most teams lack nowadays — a balance on their teams.
    — cleveland, 26 Nov. 2021
  • But nowadays there's a lot of lines that come off of this ridge line, um, of the venue.
    — Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2025
  • As for brick-and-mortar stores, most nowadays sell over the web too.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Of course, that is the same with most teen TV shows nowadays.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 29 July 2021
  • There are a few of them that are malicious nowadays.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • That’s a big part of life nowadays, is seeing who players are.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • A lot of tiny houses nowadays are anything but.
    — Adam Williams april 25, New Atlas, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The drums being too f---ing loud on country records nowadays is my fault.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 21 Aug. 2021
  • These moments don’t come too often nowadays in the rock world.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2018
  • But life tastes sweeter nowadays.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
  • And nowadays, the sisters are having more fun with the whole process.
    — Madison Feller, ELLE, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Like many people, my laptop stays plugged in for most of the time nowadays.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 9 June 2021
  • But nowadays, the focus is shifting to what’s right for you right now.
    — Pedro Nekoi, House Beautiful, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Like most concerts nowadays, the room was lit up with phone flashlights.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 Feb. 2025
  • But nowadays major rebuilds get done in two years.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Most of the fastest cube solvers nowadays use some version of the Fridrich method.
    — Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Hart may be best known for his movies nowadays but stand-up is where the greatness started.
    — Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
  • But nowadays, some of our favorite sock brands have made great strides in looks and comfort.
    — Men's Health, 21 Feb. 2023
  • There are a lot of projects with a few samples on them nowadays, but this is top to bottom.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2022
  • A lot of people nowadays correct that.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a huge demand nowadays for whiskey from other places around the world — new world whiskey.
    — Ilan Ben Zion, The Seattle Times, 11 Aug. 2017
  • But his goal nowadays is to stick between 9-and 11-minute miles.
    — Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 15 Oct. 2021

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