How to Use effect in a Sentence

effect

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  • The effects of the drug soon wore off.
  • He now needs more of the drug to achieve the same effect.
  • The total effect of the painting was one of gloom.
  • The color gives the effect of being warm.
  • He was able to stop taking the drug without ill effect.
  • The experience has had a bad effect on him.
  • He achieves amazing effects with wood.
  • The change in policy had little effect on most people.
  • Computers have had a profound effect on our lives.
  • This treatment causes fewer ill effects.
  • That is what negates the effect of the lack of gravity.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2019
  • The headline read something to the effect: Here comes one of the best months of the year.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2021
  • As the play went on, the effect of that quick exchange lingered.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020
  • There are a lot of moving parts, and a lot of effects going on.
    — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • And the study found that there was no similar effect on men.
    — Emily Cassidy /, NBC News, 13 July 2018
  • The singer goes on to talk about the effect that these sorts of stories have on young women and girls.
    — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2018
  • How much of an effect are the new online brands having?
    — Joseph Pisani, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2018
  • One of the plant's common names, dumb cane, refers to the effect of the sap if eaten.
    — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Larraín leans in hard on the fable part, to great effect.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Its effect on the planet will linger, too, in the world’s landfills and oceans.
    — The Economist, 22 June 2020
  • The contract spells out what can and cannot be built on the property and is still in effect.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2020
  • The layoff didn’t seem to have much of an effect on the Chiefs’ first-stringers.
    — David Murphy, Philly.com, 24 Dec. 2017
  • But the practice seems to have been in effect earlier than that.
    — National Geographic, 31 Mar. 2020
  • This is the mark of a builder who wanted to create an instant effect.
    — Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • For now, though, events that might once have spooked the market don't seem to have the same effect.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 31 Dec. 2017
  • But, like the cosmic rays, the beams of light have a marginal effect.
    — Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2020
  • The action was to take effect in March but was delayed.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 2 July 2022
  • Her wet-look hair and sheer gloves only heightened the effect.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The video board prompts for the fans to yell louder didn’t really have much of an effect.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 27 May 2021
  • Most of these hacks take a while to take effect, however.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 7 Mar. 2019

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