How to Use whatnot in a Sentence

whatnot

noun
  • To go to the movies or to buy something and buy food or whatnot.
    — Jingnan Peng, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2022
  • There's also a small drawer on the side for pens and whatnot.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The whole premise of it is to take down your core temperature and whatnot.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2020
  • This year might be an interesting year as far as stats and records and whatnot.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 25 June 2020
  • Not the kind of grunge with the flannel and the Pearl Jams and whatnot.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 17 May 2018
  • Or mobile phones or whatnot, and there’s a need to protect the data.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 15 Oct. 2018
  • There’s going to be talking heads talking about his game and whatnot.
    — Mark Medina, The Mercury News, 12 June 2019
  • And more higher-level classes too, which will take more study time and whatnot.
    — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, 4 Mar. 2022
  • There were talks about the social distance and curfew and ‘shut down the state’ and whatnot.
    — Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Not having his mom growing up, in and out of the system, foster homes and whatnot.
    — Luke Darby, GQ, 9 May 2018
  • In today’s world, there’s a lot of pressure not to do it with recruiting and whatnot.
    — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2021
  • There's going to be more trans people in the industry and whatnot.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 26 Jan. 2022
  • There’s going to be more trans people in the industry and whatnot.
    — NBC News, 16 Nov. 2021
  • There’s just so many different birds and owls and baby owls and whatnot and nature just thrives here.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2022
  • But that show is designed so that the coaches can take seasons off to go on tour or record music or whatnot.
    — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Oh, and that leaves out special occasion stuff like cocktail frocks and whatnot.
    — Vogue, 1 Jan. 2019
  • Just going to fine-tune some things over the next few weeks in terms of the logistics of our schedule and whatnot.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • But some projects have been talked about, [involving] some of his upcoming scripts and whatnot.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2022
  • Malcolm Brogdon makes a living off mid-range floaters, mid-range pull-ups or whatnot.
    — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Nov. 2021
  • And there are, of course, allegations of election fraud and whatnot.
    — CBS News, 4 Jan. 2023
  • She's done well, she's occupied the center-backs, she's dragged and pulled players out and whatnot.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Especially with some of the players that are in that locker room and whatnot.
    — Katherine Fitzgerald, azcentral, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Changing up a couple things in my stance and whatnot, focusing on a few things technique wise.
    — Jon Schlosser, ajc, 17 Nov. 2017
  • Extended a couple of drives with a couple of third-down scrambles or whatnot.
    — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 20 Nov. 2021
  • But bleaching must have really compromised the health of her hair as well, with all the styling and whatnot.
    — Sophia Panych, Allure, 1 Mar. 2018
  • People in RVs out there stepped out and shared their cookies and hot toddies and soup and whatnot.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Adrian’s had a rough go of it, what with all of the hallucinations and murders and whatnot.
    — Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Talking to each other — about work or whatnot — was always fun for Nick and Ashley.
    — Philly.com, 15 June 2018
  • To see the healing that music could bring, even amongst tears and sadness and whatnot, there's just such power behind music.
    — Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2021
  • People weren’t matching up their sneakers to their outfits and whatnot, pre Hip Hop.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 14 Aug. 2023

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