How to Use writer in a Sentence

writer

noun
  • The writer of the best essay will win a prize.
  • He's a writer of horror stories.
  • The magazine is looking for freelance writers.
  • They identified the writer of the mysterious letter.
  • She is my favorite French writer.
  • To shape the writer for what comes next.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
  • There’s more writers on the plan than at that time.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
  • His failure as a writer is a sore spot.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2026
  • If the screenplay is key, so will be its writers.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • So these are just four people in my writers’ room.
    — Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Is the piece evoking what the writer wants?
    — Beverly Gologorsky september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Two for two is unheard of for any writer, let alone a young one.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Maybe even things the writer is later ashamed to have thought or done!
    — Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
  • The writers are still to be announced.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
  • They were imagined by elite writers.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Or worse, something’s wrong with the writer.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
  • The writer made sure to get all sorts of female input.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
  • Lena Dunham is back in the writer's room.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Pringle is a former Times staff writer.
    — Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Plenty of us meat writers love to use em dashes, too.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Writing jokes for stand-up is one of the hardest things a writer can do.
    — Chris Rock, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Such is life for someone who’s been a very online writer for decades.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The deal cracks the seven figures, to be split by the writers.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026
  • There’s no such thing as writer’s block in the second person.
    — Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
  • The views in this article are the writer's own.
    — Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Noëlle de Leeuw is a writer based in New York.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Why writers should embrace the chaotic process of play.
    — Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • Both your parents were writers and film critics.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Who’s one writer who can give us a real galaxy-brain take on our brave new world?
    — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
  • The award can be used in any way that smooths a writer’s life or makes good work possible.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026

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