How to Use denote in a Sentence

denote

verb
  • Her death denoted the end of an era.
  • The word “derby” can denote a horse race or a kind of hat.
  • Red orbs denote things like stop lines, cross walks and road signs.
    — Christopher Mims, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
  • Lightly mark both sides of the joist, then make a third mark in the middle to denote the center point.
    — Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The rugs may also be hung on walls to denote a space for worship.
    — Vanessa H. Larson, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Her title has been used by the monarchy since the 14th century to denote the wife of the Prince of Wales.
    — Emily Zemler, Allure, 13 Dec. 2023
  • That’s a head fake: the word is used in the French sense, and denotes more appetizers.
    — New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Use fences and hedges to denote the garden's boundaries.
    — Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 13 June 2023
  • In other words, a king can only be a monarch, while queen can denote monarch or the wife of a monarch.
    — James Hookway, WSJ, 9 Apr. 2021
  • White lines denote a basketball court, and a sedan is parked on top of the blue painted area in front of the hoop.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2019
  • This week, staffers have been zip-tying seats to denote where fans cannot sit.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2021
  • One figure is a wash of blues and pinks, a few hazy lines denoting her waist and thigh.
    — Christina Cacouris, Marie Claire, 11 Sep. 2018
  • The announcement did not denote the status of the agreement with ASC.
    — al, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The button even glows blue, orange or red to denote cool, warm or hot.
    — Sarah Wharton, Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Of the six times the Series has gone to a Game 7, the home team has won four and lost two (denoted by asterisk).
    — SI.com, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Noom claims that the colors do not denote good foods or bad foods but serve as more of a portion guide.
    — Good Housekeeping, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The details don’t stop there, though; on the toe are little boxes that denote the order.
    — Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Guests at the Alpina Gstaad can now nab a badge that denotes please-don’t-talk-to-me status throughout the five-star hotel.
    — Katie Becker, Town & Country, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Even the word ‘hurricane’ comes from Huracán, a Taino and Mayan word denoting the god of wind.
    — Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Thread Count Thread count denotes the number of threads in a square inch of fabric, and how tightly woven the fibers are.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2023
  • There were no tags to denote the top or bottom of the fitted sheet, which did seem a little baggy.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Tables spill out onto the sunny pavement and a blackboard on the wall denotes the specials of the day.
    — Sophie Davies, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Mar. 2018
  • That’s the term that has come to denote secret condom removal.
    — Julia Reiss, Marie Claire, 16 Mar. 2018
  • In addition to the black shirts of their namesake, unit leaders wore six badges and stripes to denote rank.
    — Martin Pugh, Slate Magazine, 14 Apr. 2017
  • Four years on, tweaks to the grille, rear bumper, and wheel designs denote the '23 model, but bigger changes are afoot on the inside and under the hood.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The term denotes the special bond a human being has with their origins.
    — Minna Shim, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 July 2017
  • This is a larger MacBook Air, with the 15-inch name denoting the screen size (not the overall laptop size).
    — Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 6 June 2023
  • Since the sun denotes your drive and attitude, Sunday explains that those with a fire Sun sign love to stand out in a crowd.
    — Women's Health, 12 May 2023
  • The idea was simple: the happy couple slice open a cake revealing icing colored either blue or pink to denote a boy or girl.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Naturally, that depends on how many items there are in the first place, a value typically denoted by n.
    — Steve Nadis, WIRED, 16 Feb. 2025

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