How to Use newspaper in a Sentence

newspaper

noun
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  • He used some newspaper to get the fire started.
  • She worked for the newspaper for 20 years.
  • In some places, maybe there would have been a small item, buried in the back pages of the local newspaper.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The mother told the newspaper that the teenager had used the cash to fund a crack cocaine habit.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 9 July 2023
  • Zoe is the editor-in-chief of the school’s online newspaper, The Headlight.
    — Zoe Toperosky, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The fire caused a roof collapse and a plume of heavy gray smoke rose from the top of the building at sunrise, the newspaper reported.
    — The Courier-Journal, 21 July 2023
  • Their newspapers made a sensation of even the smallest morsel of news.
    — Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2023
  • In 1869, a white mob pulled two Black men from the jail in Linden and lynched them, according to a newspaper account from the time.
    — Nicholas P. Brown, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Pro tip: Bring a newspaper (yes, a print version!), just in case everyone else is buried in their phones.
    — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Mulkey said a reporter for the newspaper has been attempting to interview her for the last two years.
    — Ben Morse, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
  • One of the victims, a 63-year-old woman, was hit in the mouth, which broke her dentures, a prosecutor told the newspaper then.
    — Luke Nozicka, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • This is the latest round of layoffs to befall the newspaper industry.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The pair took turns holding a newspaper cheekily dubbed Le Bebe Times.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The newspaper continues to be published in print and online.
    — Alizeh Munaver, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2023
  • There is no level of true comfort that matches a dog chilling by the fireplace with a newspaper in hand.
    — Vulture, 24 June 2023
  • Facebook page after the newspaper asked readers to submit photos of the flare.
    — Kelli Weir, The Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2023
  • In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which taxed paper goods like newspapers, deeds and playing cards.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The move comes amid projections for another year of heavy losses for the newspaper.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The newspaper states Griselda always wanted Michael by her side, while Sepúlveda wanted to send their son to school.
    — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • At the center of everything were a business owner, a police chief and a newspaper.
    — Jonathan O'Connell, Paul Farhi and Sofia Andrade, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • One employee who goes by Nolwenn told Ouest-France newspaper that the illness was painful.
    — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Yet the country still relied on newspapers and radio as its primary sources of news.
    — Stephen Battaglio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Recently, the listing was split into two, and according to the newspaper, the sale of the abode did not include the separate ten-acre building site.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The comics and puzzles page will be reprinted in Sunday's newspaper, while the business section stories will also be re-run in the coming days.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2023
  • But Florida and Texas say that Facebook, for example, is not like a newspaper.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Ali Khamenei, the current supreme leader of Iran’s clerical regime, uses the newspaper Kayhan to express his views and thinking.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.
    — USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • Blink guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge complained from the stage that newspapers won’t publish those words in their reviews of the band’s concerts.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2023
  • The newspaper reports TaylorMade could be a frontrunner for the next brand Woods partners with following his split with Nike.
    — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Boyd and Stewart’s articles appeared in the same newspaper, after all.
    — Richard Byrne, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2023

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