How to Use tag in a Sentence

tag

1 of 2 noun
  • Things still with their tags on.
    — Jennifer Noyes, Air Mail, 9 May 2026
  • Read your sheet set's care tag.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Lopez tag and scores the go-ahead run.
    — Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
  • That the tag came in a wider range of bright hues.
    — Danielle Calma, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Max Muncy laid down the tag for the out.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Would the franchise tag be in play?
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
  • That's par for the tag fighter course.
    — PC Magazine, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Massey made the tag as Mesa was out to end the eighth.
    — Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
  • But a new year, new wardrobe doesn’t have to come with a full price tag.
    — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Cars with out-of-state tags will now pay $15 per day.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • What if a tag lists two options, like full sun and part shade?
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 May 2026
  • The tag will list a range of zones in which your plant can survive.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 May 2026
  • All of the sheet styles have an Oeko-Tex tag.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Rhea Ripley made the hot tag and evened the odds.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Follow and tag @americanpavilion in your post 3.
    — Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Replay showed Perez scored just ahead of the tag.
    — Jaylon Thompson may 3, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2026
  • Check with your nursery, read the tag, or Google.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 12 May 2026
  • Rhea Ripley made the hot tag and brought the house town.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Check the tags on your fishing shirts to make sure they can be thrown in the wash.
    — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • Most of the early season tags are sold out through a draw.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2026
  • In these cases, the entire tag will be green.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Players around the league have played under a tag.
    — Ernesto Cova, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • And if the curtain’s care tag has been removed?
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Screen readers and bots rely on these tags.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • To create your own, write a name on a plain paper gift tag.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In the world of higher ed, that tag matters.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Your browser does not support the video tag.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Your browser does not support the video tag.
    — Matt Baker, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Your browser does not support the video tag.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Your browser does not support the video tag.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025

tag

2 of 2 verb
  • Tatis caught it and fired home as Call tagged from third.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
  • The cooler will be searched and tagged at the gate.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The dress, by the way, is tagged and purchasable.
    — Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The Guardians tagged him for two early runs.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • When the truck left, two tents were gone — neither of which was tagged.
    — Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
  • My house was red-tagged after Northridge.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Ohtani kept going, and Call was tagged out.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2026
  • All three runners had reached base, and all were tagged out on one bizarre play.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • She was forced to tag out of the match before the finish.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Some served as family trees, each loop of hair tagged with a name.
    — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
  • For a bonus entry, share a post to their story and tag both brands.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Roupp, sprinting over from the mound, picked up the ball and tagged first for the out.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Each item was then tagged, ironed, and inspected again.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Lorenzen was tagged for seven hits, walked one, and struck out three.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The Reds tagged him for seven runs in mid-June.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Tag a friend, tag an enemy, even tag a Reaver.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Stop tagging yourself at brunch.
    — Jennifer Lutz, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Literally tag them in your posts with the @ mark and their name.
    — Tyron Giuliani, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • That’s also on the minds of neighbors whose homes are not red-tagged, but live close by.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Senga got tagged for seven runs in his second straight start.
    — CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Schulte tagged nine mating pairs in Alaska and tracked them for three years.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Mora is caught taking a huge lead off second and is tagged for the third out.
    — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
  • This behavior was odd enough that the researchers dropped their plan to tag a whale.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Researchers can also check for sperm when tagging male sharks.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Loftin snared a line drive and tagged third to record the inning-ending double play.
    — Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Lopes came off the bag for a split second, giving Marte time to tag him out.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Mazur was tagged for six runs — four earned — on eight hits over 4 1/3 innings.
    — Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Nick Loftin got caught between third and home and was tagged out to end the inning.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
  • The bear was not tagged and the car was towed from the scene, according to state police.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 July 2026
  • Our buildings are tagged … on a daily basis.
    — Alejandra Molina, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026

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