How to Use partition in a Sentence

partition

1 of 2 noun
  • A thin partition separates the two rooms in the cabin.
  • The bank teller sat behind a glass partition.
  • Folding partitions separate the different banquet halls in the building.
  • The idea of partition has been around for more than eighty years.
    — Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
  • That night, a glass partition rose.
    — Nami Mun, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • Day leaned over the partition and placed a gentle kiss on his mom’s cheek.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 24 May 2023
  • Alba was still asleep on the other side of the partition.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The end result would be quasi–home rule, with partition of the island thrown in on top.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Don't sit in the front seat, and sit behind a partition if your driver's car has one.
    — Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The partition of a country is one such result.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • There is a partition between the driving cab and the main cabin.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Next up is the couple's sleeping area, which can be found behind a half-partition.
    — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The car also has a TV that rolls up and down, and a partition that can frost over.
    — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The wounds of partition will always be raw, even 75 years later.
    — From Cnn Opinion, CNN, 13 Aug. 2022
  • These bags are unique because they’re made with a partition in the middle to create two pouches per bag.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Sliding partition doors separate the rooms of the suite.
    — Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
  • The firm put almost everyone into one big room with low partitions.
    — George Musser, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2023
  • And then Kamala finds herself in the middle of the partition.
    — Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 6 July 2022
  • King hoisted herself to the top of the partition and hung on for dear life until the lion moseyed off.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
  • Chairs in front of a partition, such as restrooms, also cannot be reclined, but those elsewhere on the plane can.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Creating nooks with partition walls can help give each spot a purpose and create a pleasant flow in your space.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Mehran appeared in court Monday behind a thick glass partition.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In the limo on the way home, Michael put up the partition separating them from their driver.
    — Maria Mercedes Lara, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
  • Being locked out of your own device's data partition causes all sorts of bizarre issues.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
  • For shelving or partitions that aren't removable, get gritty with it.
    — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Telephones ring, questions are shouted over partitions and assistants rush in and out of the room.
    — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Now, publicly, this government does not endorse the idea of partition.
    — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Cyprus was divided and the partition created two new states.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The partition saw hundreds of thousands of people killed in riots and fighting.
    — Jon Gambrell, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The clinic was close to the partition, where Israeli soldiers often fired their weapons.
    — Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026

partition

2 of 2 verb
  • After the war, the country was partitioned.
  • It was necessary to partition the work to be done to make the job easier to accomplish.
  • The room is partitioned into four sections.
  • Naor and Regev needed to partition the whole space, not just a slice of it.
    — Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The patio will be both outside and partitioned off, and a fire pit is going in.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Each parklet will sit atop two to three parking spaces and will be partitioned from the road by barriers.
    — Kaitlyn Bartley, The Mercury News, 1 July 2019
  • Palestinians have long feared that Israel plans to take over the site or partition it.
    — Joseph Krauss, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2022
  • To partition their fields, French farmers built earthen mounds.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The Palestinians fear Israel plans to take over the site or partition it.
    — Joseph Krauss, ajc, 30 May 2022
  • The gym had to be partitioned, and the teachers’ voices echoed, a constant distraction.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 5 May 2018
  • One room can be partitioned for private events of up to 24 people each or 48 total.
    — Joyce Smith, kansascity, 27 July 2017
  • To its south lies the boundary of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates that partition the earth's crust.
    — Aline Reynolds, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2010
  • This is far afield from the old concept of academic research being partitioned off from business.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • In a tank partitioned into three compartments, the female fish was put in the middle, and a male was put on either side of her.
    — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 20 July 2019
  • The Palestinians have long feared that Israel intends to take over the site or partition it.
    — Areej Hazboun and Joseph Krauss, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Some of the plates were partitioned so that the components stayed separate and organized.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
  • By contrast, milk contains proteins and fat globules that the capsaicin can partition into.
    — Science & Food, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2017
  • But to one side of the store is an area, complete with refrigerator, sink, grinder and brewer, that can be partitioned from the rest and sets this store apart.
    — Janet I. Tu, The Seattle Times, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Perhaps the very idea that a country can partition its economy into green and non-green segments is tenuous.
    — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Littlefield had a trusty utility knife, and the door possessed a thin section of partitioning that could be pried up by the workings of a blade.
    — Paul Collins, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2018
  • For groups without agreements in place, or those who have not waived their right to partition in an agreement, any co-owner can force a sale of the property at any time.
    — Alex Janin, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Even the entry-level units feature a separate bedroom, stylishly partitioned with wooden slat walls that can open and close.
    — Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2026
  • There are rows and rows of Barbies on shelves and in employees’ cubicles, many of which are partitioned with frilly white curtains.
    — Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The vineyard itself is partitioned into 203 ouvrées, an old term that relates to the amount of land a vigneron can work in a day.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The Palestinians have long feared that Israel plans to eventually take over the site or partition it.
    — Joseph Krauss, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2022
  • James and Irving had to play massive minutes while Kerr did a good job partitioning his minutes and making sure his stars got rest.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland.com, 8 June 2017
  • Trump and his top aides have tried to partition the Russia matter away from official White House business.
    — Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017
  • But one item, framed on the glass wall partitioning the different areas of the restaurant, stands out from the rest — a single pair of hot pink men's underpants.
    — Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Sudan was engulfed in civil war for two decades before a 2005 peace deal that partitioned the country six years later.
    — Washington Post, 8 July 2019
  • And the 2-hour, 49-minute rain delay that partitioned the bottom frame only amplified said misery.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 17 June 2018

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