How to Use percent in a Sentence

percent

noun
  • The value has increased half a percent.
  • One percent of the votes were write-ins.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
  • She had been burned over forty percent of her body.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Now 5 percent then they're paid.
    — February 25, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The movie is played at 30 percent speed.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Grab it for 30 percent off right now.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That sums up about 80 percent of all rom-coms.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Eighty percent of those bears were taken by archers.
    — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • And then at the same time, that’s just 30 percent of them.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Ten percent more likely to land in the bottom tier.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Mold can begin to grow when that climbs to 60 percent.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
  • The roster will be cut by about 30 percent.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 4 June 2026
  • Check out our top picks below and save up to 42 percent.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
  • Fifty-four percent said the economy was on the wrong track.
    — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In the next decade, that figure grew to 52 percent.
    — John Reid, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
  • Cost per shipment went up 3 percent.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Phoenix shot 50 percent from the field in the fourth quarter.
    — Doug Haller, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • By the first hairpin turn, the grade hit 11 percent.
    — Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
  • That score was down 56 percent from last season.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Detroit made 80 percent of its free throws.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Ten percent sales gains are projected for this year.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
  • Instead, those odds went up to 67 percent.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Seventy-one percent say the same about gas.
    — Randy Altschuler, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2026
  • And savings are up to 70 percent.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Both versions net users 5 percent off and free two-day shipping.
    — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 10 July 2023
  • Footwear sales were flat for the year, though apparel sales rose 5 percent.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
  • At the same time, organic net sales rose 3 percent.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Without these gains, net income was up around 4 percent.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
  • Marist said the poll's margin of error was ±3 percent.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • Wanting to be there and play the game is 80 percent of the battle.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026

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