How to Use entrance in a Sentence
- The main entrance is on the left side.
- The ship passed through the narrow entrance to the bay.
- There are two entrances to the park.
- The thieves gained entrance to our house by breaking a window.
- She always knew how to make a grand entrance.
- He was denied entrance into the country.
- The book describes his entrance into politics.
- She applied for entrance at several colleges.
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The prom was held in a room just up the the stairs from the entrance to the union.
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Indystar Sports,
The Indianapolis Star,
8 June 2023
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The red neon sign was in place over the entrance and the shelves were neatly stocked with wines, whiskeys and vodkas.
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Paul Schwartzman,
Washington Post,
20 Nov. 2023
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The bar and sit-down dining options are at the back of the lounge and not visible from the entrance.
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Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Sep. 2023
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My relative says that, near the entrance to the school, a sniper shot them both, killing Naseem.
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Mosab Abu Toha,
The New Yorker,
25 Dec. 2023
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On one side, there’s a large entrance with a curtain that pulls back to reveal the inside of the tent.
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Tanya Edwards,
Parents,
25 Nov. 2023
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Marking the entrance to one shop was a stack of books run through with a sword, their pages warped from years of sun and rain.
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Lorna Parkes,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Oct. 2023
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The dining room itself is long and narrow, with the Heights Bar at the entrance and Urbano at the back.
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Zoe Glasser,
Washington Post,
27 Dec. 2023
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Dark wood tables, booths and a full espresso bar stand near the main entrance.
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Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2024
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The first photo showed her NFL star husband standing at the home's entrance with hands up in the air.
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Ingrid Vasquez,
Peoplemag,
14 Feb. 2024
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The only entrance to the establishment would be from the new South 43rd Street driveway near the west end of the site.
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Adrienne Davis,
Journal Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2024
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Video from the agency showed the home fully involved with fire coming out of the roof and a back entrance.
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Nathaniel Percy,
Orange County Register,
3 Apr. 2024
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Instead, the couple had all of their guests join in on their entrance with a dance party.
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Parija Kavilanz,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2024
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Rows of the plant lined the paved entrances of so many apartment buildings, shapes and colours winking at me from the sidewalk.
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Hazlitt,
6 Sep. 2023
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Chapman pursued him and fired on him again at the entrance to RaceTrac.
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Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com,
al,
8 Sep. 2023
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Then, British divers who had set out from the cave’s entrance three hours prior happened upon the boys.
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John Wenz,
Popular Mechanics,
7 July 2023
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Other travelers must still add their names to the list in person at the lounge entrance.
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Geoff Whitmore,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2024
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So was the police car on the corner and the candlelit memorial at the playground entrance.
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Dodai Stewart,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2024
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The video also shows what Lesufi said was the cylinder responsible for the leak lying on the floor next to the entrance of the shack.
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Mogomotsi Magome and Gerald Imray,
Anchorage Daily News,
6 July 2023
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The store at one time stationed a security guard near the entrance.
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Detroit Free Press,
13 Mar. 2024
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Kate then paced herself a step or two behind, allowing Anne to be the first to shake hands with their greeter at the entrance.
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Stephanie Petit,
Peoplemag,
14 Aug. 2023
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There are two entrances to the preserve so plan to go back several times to find new paths to explore.
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Jen Guadarrama,
The Indianapolis Star,
2 Mar. 2024
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As a bus of Palestinian prisoners left Ofer prison, the crowd at the entrance surrounded the bus and cheered.
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Alan Yuhas,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2023
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They are as entranced by the Muppets as the rest of us.
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Mary Carole McCauley,
Baltimore Sun,
5 June 2023
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The part that shies away from nuance, entranced by glossy screens.
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Kelsey Ables,
Washington Post,
30 Jan. 2020
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We're just entranced with this mix of blues and neutrals.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
10 Oct. 2023
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The doll looked like a stripper, and Handler was entranced.
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Mattie Kahn,
Glamour,
7 Mar. 2019
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But he was hooked on sports from a young age and entranced by the Chicago Bulls’ dynasty.
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Marc Stein,
New York Times,
7 June 2018
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Thus entranced, a female will lay eggs in her beau’s nest.
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Quanta Magazine,
1 Dec. 2015
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The addictive earworm finds MAAD entranced by the idea of love.
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Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
6 Sep. 2017
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Then Luhnow recalled a prospect who had entranced one of his scouts that year.
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Andy McCullough,
latimes.com,
6 July 2019
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Just weeks ago, the sight of our toddlers entranced by screens first thing in the morning would have caused panic.
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New York Times,
13 Apr. 2020
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On one level, you are entranced by the twists of the actual story.
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Matthew J. Palm,
OrlandoSentinel.com,
16 May 2017
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Yet, during Ocean’s set, the crowd couldn’t help but be entranced by the big screen broadcasting the action.
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Derek Lawrence,
PEOPLE.com,
23 July 2017
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He was entranced by the prospect of stumbling onto good fortune.
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Ej Dickson,
Rolling Stone,
31 July 2023
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She was frozen in the same spot where the pit ropes had snapped, not because of fear, but because she was entranced at the spectacle of it all.
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Chicago Tribune,
chicagotribune.com,
2 June 2018
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Rome reaches for the shiny trophy, becoming entranced by the disco ball's lights in the sun in the last photo.
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Hannah Sacks,
Peoplemag,
7 Dec. 2023
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But she was also entranced by a class on the chemistry of living systems.
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Quanta Magazine,
10 Oct. 2023
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Even if, as may be, the moment of greatest splendor has passed, a look about still entranced the eye with yellow and red and gold.
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Martin Weil,
Washington Post,
4 Nov. 2023
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Growing up in San Diego, Friedman was entranced by music, even as a small child.
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Paul Freeman,
The Mercury News,
31 May 2017
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The boys are entranced with a bunny that has somehow invaded the garden.
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Bon Appétit Contributor,
Bon Appétit,
23 Feb. 2024
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When the chief is finally able to approach Poli’ahu, she is entranced by his rainbow.
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Author: Crystal Paul,
Anchorage Daily News,
30 Oct. 2019
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But few have looked under the cape to see how the undead man became the fearsome legend that entranced readers.
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Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Oct. 2023
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Their music and the power of their unison was entrancing.
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Rooksana Hossenally,
Forbes,
6 May 2023
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My mother came to America in her 20s, entranced in part by the radical pride of the Black Panthers.
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Carla Bruce-Eddings,
The Cut,
13 Oct. 2017
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Of course, Bell isn’t the only celeb entranced with all-natural treatment.
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Braelyn Wood,
Health.com,
4 Apr. 2020
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Disney hadn’t had the entire family entranced since The Jungle Book in 1967.
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Chris Nichols,
Los Angeles Magazine,
31 Oct. 2017
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The sleeves of the dress were equally entrancing, with a small slit just below the elbows that was created to look like sequin cuffs.
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Lauren Rearick,
Teen Vogue,
5 Oct. 2018
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Zhao seemed entranced by Musk’s mystique as an evangelist of free speech.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
2 June 2023
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An hour before, I’d been entranced by a dead tree; now the houses and lawns and trash and lampposts and caulk cracks were starting to lose their vibrancy.
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Morgan Meis,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2023
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His officers are a blend of experienced hands and bright-eyed youngsters still entranced by the thrill of war.
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Dominic P. Papatola,
Twin Cities,
25 Oct. 2019
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Free shuttle service is provided to entrance near the 19th Hole.
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Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2023
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Yet still, Gregg was entranced, as a child might be, never imagining that dreams can be real.
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Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Nov. 2023
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