How to Use staple in a Sentence

staple

1 of 3 noun
  • Make this poke cake with pantry staples.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Loafers are a year-round staple.
    — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
  • This dreamy dessert stars just a few pantry staples.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 May 2026
  • A lot of that has to do with a few staples on the blue line.
    — The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This dessert is a staple in the fall but can be made year-round.
    — Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The sauté pan is a staple in every kitchen.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Kate Winslet just gave this wardrobe staple a glitzy twist.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Carpet floors have been a staple in homes for decades.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026
  • This tank top maxi dress is a warm-weather staple.
    — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • Tweed is a staple in our winter wardrobes.
    — Julia Guerra, InStyle, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Jeans were a staple in fashion week wardrobes.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2026
  • These pants are a closet staple that work with all kinds of pieces.
    — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Plus, shop more staples from the brand, below.
    — Cathy Nelson, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Here's more about the show and why it's become a fall staple.
    — Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Many agreed the change dulled the beloved flavor of the starchy staple.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Shop more of my scent staples, below.
    — Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Shop more of my scent staples, below.
    — Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
  • An Over-the-Rhine staple is back.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Take stock of spices and staples like broth, flour, sugar and olive oil.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
  • For more than two decades, the eatery has been a staple of the downtown area.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
  • This is an instant wardrobe staple.
    — Melony Forcier, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
  • Move over, blue jeans — there’s a new classic wardrobe staple in town.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Many of the arts fest staples are again on hand at Epcot.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
  • These staple crops for Sudan are now at risk.
    — ABC News, 7 May 2026
  • Consumer staples is down 8% from the high.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
  • With smocked 3/4-length sleeves, this top is an easy staple to wear for work.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
  • With smocked 3/4-length sleeves, this top is an easy staple to wear for work.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
  • This pair from Cos is sure to become a wardrobe staple.
    — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Loafers are an easy staple to team with trousers, skirts, jeans, and more at the office.
    — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
  • But what is the best way to cook this summertime staple?
    — Dianna Douglas, NPR, 28 June 2026

staple

2 of 3 verb
  • I stapled the pages in the upper left corner.
  • One had to have his head stapled.
    — Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • On each coffin, a photo of one of the hostages was stapled to the side.
    — Melanie Lidman, arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2025
  • These bathroom staples trap toothpaste drips and soap scum in seams and crevices.
    — Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Adorn it with tasty treats by stapling red ribbon to ears of field corn and hanging them from the branches.
    — Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The sweat samples were then stapled into a custom muzzle for the horses to wear.
    — Marta Hill, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Cooper could have made a rash decision and stapled Suzuki to the bench.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This gives you plenty of time to map out your cart and check out with all of the winter wardrobe staples your closet is missing.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 20 Nov. 2025
  • There were phone cords everywhere, stapled up and down doorframes and duct-taped to baseboards along the hallways.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Just print out the quiz, staple it to your clothing, and copy the below score feedback options onto slips of paper.
    — Holly J. Morris, NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Swerve absconded the staple gun and stapled everything that moved.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • Uncle Sam has stapled over most of Vecna’s rifts with crude metal plates, but left just enough open to use for his own ends.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The most recent was to reopen her wound, which had originally been stapled closed, due to infection.
    — Scott Butler, Florida Times-Union, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The contract was typed in English with an Arabic translation stapled to the back.
    — Kanak Kapur, New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Late in the game, the top guys were stapled to the ice and put in some fine defensive work, with Marner scoring on the empty net to lock in the win.
    — Nick Ashbourne, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • When the doctor stapled something to his file, DuJuan’s ears caught the quick, snap-like click a stapler makes for the first time, ever.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 4 Aug. 2025
  • From painting over light switches and hinges to stapling boards over holes, there are even more extreme examples, like painted over food, and even a grenade found covered up with white paint.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In the age of artificial intelligence, the blue book — sheets of lined paper stapled in a blue booklet — seems an ancient relic.
    — Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • She’s also animated with a constantly drooping face that must be regularly stapled back up by a team.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Eight plastic flamingos on the lawn, four on either side of the front door, Oklahoma Sooners caps stapled onto each of their heads.
    — Hazlitt, 14 June 2023
  • It is sealed in a plastic bag stapled to an affidavit, which explains that the drive contains evidence the prosecution intends to use.
    — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2026
  • To recreate the rickety window dressing, construct a frame of white lattice strips, cut boards from veneer paneling, then staple them at angles into the frame.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The insulation may be the wrong size for the wall cavity, or the vapor barrier might be improperly stapled to the studs—or detached.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Winter coats, underwear, toothbrushes and deodorant — daily staples the alums took for granted six decades ago — were sorely needed.
    — George Castle, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2023
  • Across Sacramento, flyers taped to stoplights and stapled to street-posts offer a reward for the finding and return of Teddy.
    — Olivia Cyrus august 8, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Saving Nora requires building her a new aorta and a stapling procedure that goes against everything Teddy knows about heart surgery.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 May 2025
  • This can be particularly useful for rectifying staple mistakes, or for taking apart packets that have already been stapled together.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The books were stapled at the spine and, unlike the colorful Marvel and Archie Digest comic books Papa sent me, these komiks were in black and white ink on pulpy newsprint, which smeared ink on my fingers.
    — Literary Hub, 6 May 2025
  • While the adults watched NFL, the children decided to create their own stories, cutting, folding and stapling pages together before presenting them to the rest of the family.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
  • However, since the PCFB has still never created a joint form, the campaign filed a form from Blakeman (again) and one from Hood and stapled them together.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026

staple

3 of 3 adjective
  • That's a staple plot in mystery novels.
  • Rice could soon be more than just a staple food.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Then comes the long sleeves, which are a staple year-round.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Do that and this bad boy will remain a staple kitchen tool for years to come.
    — Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Homemade baked beans are a staple side dish at any cookout.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
  • These are made from long staple cotton that just gets softer with each wash.
    — Nora Taylor, Architectural Digest, 29 Dec. 2025
  • There was no shortage of jeans and staple trousers around the city, either.
    — Emma Greene, InStyle, 26 June 2026
  • Choose from linen or linen-blend that’s woven with long staple cotton.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Choose from linen or linen-blend that’s woven with long staple cotton.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Sep. 2025
  • In the market for a staple piece to wear on repeat this autumn?
    — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Crisp chino shorts are forever a staple choice for the hottest days.
    — Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
  • Oats and almonds are two popular and healthy staple foods.
    — Brianna Tobritzhofer, Health, 12 May 2026
  • Oats and almonds are two popular and healthy staple foods.
    — Brianna Tobritzhofer, Health, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Corn is a staple cookout side, but this buttery version takes it to a new level.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
  • Apples are one of the most popular fruits in the world and are staple in many diets.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Find more staple styles at Amazon below.
    — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Everyone needs a staple broccoli casserole in their recipe box.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Contouring is a staple makeup technique that has stood the test of time through trend cycles.
    — Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
  • No matter the season, adding versatile staple pieces to your wardrobe is always a good idea.
    — Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • That’s this crewneck sweatshirt dress that has the potential to become a staple piece in your wardrobe.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Heels are a staple part of her uniform—ditto to chain-strap bags and oversize sunglasses.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
  • This puff-sleeve look from Madewell adds a stylish spin to a simple staple piece and can be easily dressed up or down.
    — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Potatoes and rice are staple foods and carbohydrate sources.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 9 June 2026
  • At the tour, Kelce was armed with the staple accessory, a friendship bracelet.
    — Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The cuisine at the market is a melting pot of cultures that serve staple dishes and a few fusions.
    — Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
  • On deck are Dutch ovens, bakeware, mini cocottes, and more from the staple cookware brand.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 28 Nov. 2025
  • On deck are Dutch ovens, bakeware, mini cocottes, and more from the staple cookware brand.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025
  • For me, yellow, blue, pink, and green are some of the staple colors that come to mind when thinking about the holiday.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 4 Apr. 2026
  • At scale, lower fertilizer use means lower yields of staple crops.
    — John W.h. Denton Ao, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • Members of the alliance said their families back home said the stock is running low on staple items at the grocery store.
    — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026

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