How to Use utility in a Sentence

utility

1 of 2 noun
  • Notify the utility if there's an outage.
  • There was no house, no pool, no pond, not even utilities.
    — David Caraccio may 23, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
  • These utility lines may not be deeply buried; some can be in the top foot of soil.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • This mix of utility and fun attracts waves of new users.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This means utility bills will never be the same.
    — Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • No more fine print that only utility lawyers can read.
    — Andre Johnson Jr, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2026
  • At the same time, a bathing suit doesn’t quite have the same utility as the rest of your clothes.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Side flap pockets adorn the wide-leg shape for an easy take on the utility trend.
    — Paula Lee, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2023
  • That should be a reminder of his utility.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That’s because the utilities are so against coal.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 17 May 2026
  • Seal cracks, gaps, and utility entry points.
    — Janay Reece, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The appeal is the multi-spot utility and sheer mass.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Seal gaps around doors, window sills, and where utility lines enter the house.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Seal any cracks and gaps around windows, doors, vents, and utilities ports into the house.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Seal any cracks and gaps around windows, doors, vents, and utilities ports into the house.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026
  • That's well worth a phone call to the utility department.
    — Ted Scouten, CBS News, 8 June 2026
  • A little bit of utility and a whole lot of ease are what these patch-pocket linen pants are all about.
    — Christina Shepherd McGuire, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • Those calls should be directed to the utility provider.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The offer requires the victims to give up their right to sue the utility.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
  • As a reminder, never share a copy of your utility bill with anyone who comes to your door.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Less so in the C-suites of a myriad of utilities.
    — Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • In that case, the door to a utility substation was scorched but the fire didn’t go inside.
    — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Within days, tens of thousands of utility customers were in the dark.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2023
  • That's a one-two punch that could result in sharply higher utility bills this summer.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 23 May 2026
  • There are also utility pockets for storing small tools or your phone.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Are the electric grid and local utilities ready to handle it?
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Hence people’s utilities cannot be summed in a meaningful way.
    — George G. Szpiro, Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
  • What the location never lost was its ready-to-shoot utility.
    — Max Kutner, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2026
  • Other utilities could take longer.
    — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Veterans do not pay rent or utilities.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025

utility

2 of 2 adjective
  • The gas company suits accuse Gillett, among other things, of an anti-utility bias.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2025
  • His super-utility role allowed Roberts to deploy unique lineups.
    — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Right now, Rodriguez profiles more like a super-utility player.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Matt Shaw, a rookie third baseman last year, is learning how to become a super-utility player.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • With Chad Pinder again in a super-utility role, the A’s will look for spots to get his bat into the lineup.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The arrival of Bregman pushed Matt Shaw into a super-utility role.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Roberts will use Edman as a super-utility player, with Edman also seeing time at third base and in left field.
    — Katie Woo, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Bregman’s arrival pushed Matt Shaw into a super-utility role that is still being defined.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Chad Pinder again looks slated for a super-utility role, and Tony Kemp can also play infield and outfield spots.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Jeff McNeil made three errors at third base in what ended up being a tough day for the Mets’ super-utility defender.
    — Deesha Thosar, courant.com, 7 Mar. 2021
  • Javier Sanoja is the team’s super-utility player who can sub in at second base, third base, shortstop and any of the outfield positions whenever needed.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Castro, 27, will likely fill a role similar to that of Niko Goodrum last season as the Tigers’ super-utility man.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2020
  • Shaw, a Gold Glove finalist as a rookie third baseman last year, is adapting well to the new super-utility role that will shift him between the infield and outfield.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • In his fourth season at the major-league level, Schmitt has recast himself as a super-utility player who can play any infield position or even pop out to the outfield in a pinch.
    — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 28 June 2026
  • Marwin Gonzalez, who the Tigers have shown interest in, is a super-utility player with experience at first base and second base.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2021
  • As the Tigers move into their rebuild, having a homegrown, super-utility player — not to mention somebody who can play catcher — would become extremely valuable.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2020
  • The team is so rich in position-player talent that Matt Shaw, who took over for Hoerner at second Friday, has been pushed to a super-utility role.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Vistra, the largest independent, non-utility company, announced closures by 2027 of all seven of its coal-burning plants in the mid-western states.
    — Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Heriberto Hernandez and super-utility player Javier Sanoja were the only right-handed hitters who could see steady time in the outfield.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Any second-guessing wasn’t a criticism of third baseman Matt Shaw, who performed well as a rookie and may now move around as a super-utility player, adding more depth and flexibility to the roster.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Duran projects to get the majority of backup shortstop reps behind Corey Seager if super-utility man Josh Smith becomes the everyday second baseman.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Diverse experience makes a person a multi-utility player (MUP) in an organization.
    — Kumar Abhishek, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Javier Sanoja, the Miami Marlins’ super-utility player who had spent the first eight innings serving as Venezuela’s hype man in the dugout, entered as a pinch-runner and promptly stole second base.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Shaw, a Gold Glove finalist as a rookie third baseman last year, was bumped into a super-utility role when the Cubs signed Alex Bregman to a five-year, $175 million contract.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 8 June 2026
  • Given Suzuki’s injury and Shaw’s evolving super-utility role, the Cubs want to carry another infielder on the bench, which has led them to monitor the waiver wire and check on players with opt-out clauses in their contracts.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Even before agreeing to the deal with Suárez, the Reds had looked at using Steer, who was a Gold Glove finalist in his first full season at first base in 2025, as a super-utility player.
    — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Going big for Bregman is more like it, and now the Cubs need to keep the rest of their club together, holding rather than trading second baseman Nico Hoerner and shifting Matt Shaw into a super-utility role.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The Rays were also at the forefront of other innovations and/or adjustments, such as defensive shifts, lineup platoons, matchup bullpens, star-quality super-utility players and putting a numbers nerd (technically a process and analytics coach) in the dugout.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Signing Bregman, an All-Star/Gold Glove third baseman, and moving Matt Shaw into a super-utility role would be one expensive way to deepen the roster and create more flexibility.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • But the Clean Electricity Performance Program does not cover another category of power company, called non-utility generators.
    — Felix Mormann, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2021

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