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
  • 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
  • Bolded text denotes local single-day or three-day records.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Rectangular marks on the mosaic may denote where couches were placed.
    James Rogers, Fox News, 31 July 2018
  • The honor is denoted by a deep blue sash, which Camilla was wearing at the banquet yesterday.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Oct. 2018
  • Another temporal perspective is from the present day to the future, denoted as present-future.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The number scoring an average of 4 or higher, denoting excellence, would differ, too.
    Leslie Brody, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2018
  • Beyond the things in an office, e-waste denotes refrigerators, toasters, washing machines, stereo systems, electric toothbrushes, and the sort of toys that do things on their own.
    Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2018
  • An individual’s profile will denote his or her title and regulatory overseer.
    Lisa Beilfuss, WSJ, 9 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 red stitching extends to the doors, steering wheel, and other surfaces to denote the car's sportiness.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Ellis also has clips from the Express-News denoting a few of his feats.
    Alex Miller, ExpressNews.com, 10 June 2019
  • On that group’s heat map of the city, Harlem, like most of Manhattan aside from Central Park, is blood red to denote its ranking in the highest category of heat amplification.
    Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024

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