How to Use period in a Sentence

period

noun
  • We have had two power failures in a five-month period.
  • Children go through many changes during the period of adolescence.
  • We are studying our country's colonial period.
  • The period between Christmas and New Year's Eve is a very busy one for us.
  • Things have moved so much in a short period of time.
    — Kerri Corrado, CBS News, 6 June 2026
  • This helps the wine to last longer when stored for periods of time.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
  • All of this is gone and all of it was gone in such a short period of time.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Just take it one game at a time, one period at a time and kind of play our game.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The visas are approved for a period of three to six years.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Defense was the star of the period for both teams.
    — Hannah Cordova, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Bruins fans booed their team off home ice at the end of the first period.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That set the stage for the frantic fourth period.
    — Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That was a shameful period in his life.
    — CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • Shows like this took off during this period.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Over that same period, call volumes have tripled.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
  • The time period is known as Holy Week.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
  • And then there was a period of a year or two of not much happening.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Everyone needs a break and there's just a period on it right now.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Just make sure to break them in before wearing them for longer periods of time.
    — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The Mammoth led in the third period in each of the first five games.
    — ABC News, 2 May 2026
  • But a lot can go wrong during that time period — and often does.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
  • But for a brief period, this was all far from a certainty.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
  • The bowls were easy to clean and seemed durable during the testing period.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The weather service said the rain will be off and on, so there will be dry periods.
    — Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
  • What sets it apart most is the zero-day waiting period.
    — Michael Kurko, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • At the end of the egg’s baking period, toast your bagel or bread if desired.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • So, what does that mean for mortgage rates in the in-between period?
    — Aly J Yale, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Birds can soar through the sky for long periods without flapping their wings.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There were even some boobirds at the end of the second period and at the final horn.
    — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Östlund also passed up a prime scoring chance late in the period.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026

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