How to Use the present in a Sentence

the present

noun
  • Which brings us to the present.
    — Stephen Mihm, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Which brings us to the present.
    — Stephen Mihm, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Which brings us to the present.
    — Sam McDowell 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
  • There’s no time like the present!
    — Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2026
  • How grim, then, is the present?
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Which brings us back to the present.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Which brings us up to the present day.
    — Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
  • That time turned out to be the present.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Which brings things back to the present day.
    — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Her time is very much in the present tense.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • But there’s more to life than just the present.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The Knicks have won the present.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
  • Brown is rooted in the present.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Not even the present is within breath.
    — Jenny Xie, The Atlantic, 10 May 2026
  • Fast-forward to the present day.
    — Seth Jacobson, wickedlocal.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Not that anyone wants to think about the present day.
    — Naveen Kumar, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
  • It is not set in the future, but in the present.
    — Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
  • Anne wears the tiara often up to the present day.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 28 May 2026
  • My concern isn’t about the present, though.
    — Corey Merriman, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • None of that helps A24 in the present.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • There’s 2019 and then the present day.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
  • In terms of the present, your son David is six months old.
    — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Just one day in the past, lived fully in the present.
    — Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • With that idea of the future, the past, and the present.
    — Leonor C. Suárez, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2026
  • In the harsh light of the present, its age begins to show.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The future may be brighter, but the present is still a bit murky.
    — The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The Chiefs are in a battle in the present.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
  • EVs are the wave of the present and future.
    — Bob Inglis, Sun Sentinel, 8 June 2026
  • Back to the present, what’s the plan for 2026?
    — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But there’s no time like the present to prep for the rest of the summer.
    — Kara Peeler, Sunset Magazine, 23 May 2024

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