How to Use be in a Sentence

be

verb
Definition of benext
Synonyms for benext
  • There wasn't much offense from the Reds for most of the night.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 3 May 2023
  • Looking over the rack, there were more and more things to like.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
  • There were five people in the group: four adults and the toddler.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • How can the stuff of stones and bones also be the stuff of thought?
    — Julian Baggini, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2021
  • So there were nine months of casting all over the world.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
  • This seemed to get under the skin of the powers that be in Long Lake.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2021
  • At the same time, we’re supposed to be a nation of laws.
    — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Two weeks later, there was no longer any need to keep up the act.
    — Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Will Britain’s winter be mild and wet, or cold and dry?
    — Denise Roland, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Put that in the article, so the powers that be can read it.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Yet the powers that be still refuse to throw Dexter Jettster a cameo.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 4 Jan. 2023
  • If there were ever a year to subscribe to the Dave’s Picks series, 2024 is the year.
    — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Or have the five best non-playoff teams be in a lottery for the first five picks.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021
  • But there is also the joy of watching one man fly free.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2023
  • With the final group on the 14th hole, there were five players tied for the lead at 16 under.
    — Adam Schupak, The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Or with 10 available slots, could a best picture nom be in the stars?
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 May 2022
  • But there are ways to be prepared and feel more secure.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2023
  • We’re taught to be vigilant and courageous and seek the truth and shine light in very dark places.
    — Char Adams, The New Republic, 19 June 2020
  • So the show is stand-up, in the sense that, like, there are jokes every couple of seconds.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023
  • And crucially: Will the size of his hands be a problem?
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The hospital has warned that there is nowhere else to go for patients to go.
    — TIME, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Then and now, there is no lid for hip hop’s sound, no cage for its platinum growl.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2023
  • But the powers that be will have to speak on it sooner or later.
    — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 25 Jan. 2021
  • She’s a girl boss pretending to fight against the powers that be.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 29 May 2021
  • Could the fountain of youth be lurking in our kitchen cupboards?
    — April Long, Town & Country, 6 Mar. 2021
  • And the powers that be would have looked the other way for a time, if not forever.
    — Time, 19 June 2020
  • Some of those can be quasi-invasive if they’re not kept in check.
    — Jennifer Konerman, Sunset Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
  • But squeaky wheels also ought to know which lane they’re supposed to be in.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 17 Dec. 2020
  • That’s up to the powers that be — my agent, whoever else.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023
  • There are only five episodes, so this is one show to savor.
    — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2023

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