How to Use easy in a Sentence

easy

1 of 2 adjective
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  • They scored an easy goal late in the game.
  • It wasn't easy for her to leave home.
  • He's had an easy life.
  • It was an easy decision to make.
  • I hope this will make things easier for you.
  • There are no easy solutions to this problem.
  • This new schedule should make our lives easier.
  • It's surprisingly easy to use.
  • I won't feel easy until I know that she arrived safely.
  • At first, masks were not that easy to find in the stores.
    — Donna Frye Community Voices Contributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Boat and gear rentals are easy to find in one of the marinas.
    — Brittany Loggins, Women's Health, 23 June 2023
  • The soil is wet enough that hand pulling should be easy for now.
    — oregonlive, 14 May 2022
  • Because to be in front of a thing like that is not easy.
    — Hyung-Jin Kim, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
  • What the city needs isn’t an easy fix, but a lasting one.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2021
  • The pen is easy to use and comes ready for users to start drawing.
    — L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Its 48 pieces are large, chunky, and easy to use over and over again.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Shepherd has a flair to her game, and is easy to spot on the golf course.
    — Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2018
  • Words are easy, like the wind; faithful friends are hard to find.
    — Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Life wasn't so easy for Gary Hall just a few years ago.
    — Houston Chronicle, 30 June 2018
  • But Stoltenberg said any talks about Ukraine wouldn’t be easy.
    — NBC News, 12 Jan. 2022
  • That made the switch an easy one to make for promoters.
    — John Whisler, ExpressNews.com, 8 July 2020
  • Beating a team twice in the same season is no easy task.
    — J.c. Carnahan, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2022
  • No one said this would be easy or cheap, but for the sake of children, what price?
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Keep track of events and tasks with this easy-to-use reminder tool.
    — Jazmine Polk, PEOPLE.com, 27 Dec. 2017
  • Best of all, this toy is easy to build with a few basic tools.
    — David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2020
  • The corner ties on the inside are thick and easy to fasten.
    — Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Such things are easy to buy and hard to sell, says Paul Karger.
    — Suchita Nayar, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • The unlined bag is lightweight and easy to pack, but is roomy.
    — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 24 Nov. 2023
  • That was easy, Questlove said: By not checking your ego.
    — Ryan Bradley MacLeod Andrews Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Pets can make a house a home, but stopping your cats from scratching the furniture isn’t always easy.
    — Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
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easy

2 of 2 adverb
  • He just wants to take life easy now.
  • So the first four weeks showed us that the Browns won’t go down easy.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Don’t set the bar too high, just start out easy and do the right thing ...
    — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The grill grate is hinged, which makes adding coals very easy.
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2023
  • Still, for now, kale and spinach lovers can breathe easy.
    — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 3 May 2018
  • Kentucky didn’t go down easy once the Tigers made a run.
    — al, 22 Jan. 2022
  • The way Joe tells it, jobs came easy, but not a career.
    — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2018
  • Let your mom take it easy for once when cleaning around the house, thanks to the iRobot.
    — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Like some of her most joyous tracks, the doc goes down easy.
    — Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2023
  • So Havlick, Utah’s Nordic coach, could breathe easy, right?
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022
  • But, when the overwhelmed fan starts to cry, Adele goes easy on her and right in for a hug.
    — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2022
  • In other words, take it easy and wear a shoe that’s made to love life.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Poke means cut or slice in Hawaiian, and it’s a dish easy to love.
    — Adam Skolnick, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Since it’s so easy, go the extra mile and light a candle.
    — Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 29 Oct. 2021
  • But just to make the math easy, that’s a trillion dollars a year that has to come out.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Not much came easy against the Heat, but Jayson Tatum did shake loose for a dunk as part of his 14 points.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The small round tool has a secure strap along the back that makes gripping it easy.
    — Lizzy Briskin, Women's Health, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Your soles will make their home in the comfort of the cork footbeds, and the rest of your feet will be breathing easy.
    — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The wheels make getting it out and putting it away super easy.
    — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 29 Dec. 2022
  • That doesn't mean it's been easy watching her body change.
    — Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com, 8 Apr. 2022
  • So something like this, a straight line drive: way too easy.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The looped handle makes them easy to carry and hang on a hook when not in use.
    — Popular Science, 17 Jan. 2020
  • No, that would be far too easy, and King Gizzard doesn’t do easy.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • There's a hint of elastane in the fabric for an easy-fitting stretch.
    — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Take it easy, and be proud of yourself for getting there.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Getting this far didn’t come easy and was a mixture of skill and luck.
    — al, 25 May 2022
  • The result is a cookie that's the perfect balance of salty and sweet and goes down easy.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023
  • But, like many times before, Djokovic wouldn't go down easy.
    — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 16 July 2023
  • The sides have an elastic panel that stretches to move with you, and the pull-on style makes getting ready so easy.
    — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
  • And at lower speeds, the mill puts out plenty of torque while the short wheelbase makes maneuvering through traffic and tighter streets quite easy.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024

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