How to Use enumerate in a Sentence

enumerate

verb
Definition of enumeratenext
Synonyms for enumeratenext
  • Let me enumerate my reasons for doing this.
  • I proceeded to enumerate the reasons why I would be justified in filing a lawsuit for negligence.
  • Nick marched me up the hill away from the house and just listened to me enumerate my fears.
    — Emily Ziff Griffin, SELF, 18 Dec. 2017
  • By striving to enumerate flaws in the art rather than in the people who make it, for one thing.
    — Ty Burr, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • That statement loosely enumerated what remained on the club's to-do list as of that time.
    — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 12 May 2018
  • Tait soon enumerated all the knots that had up to seven crossings.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Loyal fans can fiercely debate and enumerate the merits of each, like which has the best rides, fireworks and food.
    — Victoria Brown, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The rest of the book enumerates the many other wonderful things the season will present, in due time: An egg becomes a bird, seeds start growing.
    — Maria Russo, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2016
  • The issue of free agency was ranked seven out of the nine issues the players enumerated.
    — Ben Baskin, SI.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Sugarman enumerates the advantages of their new game; his girls will rent a car.
    — Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Sep. 2017
  • In these cases, a markup language that enumerates just how much the artist wants to encourage fair use could help provide that choice.
    — Peter Wayner, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2013
  • Colvin enumerates the financial metrics that prove it—at staying a step ahead.
    — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The scale of the challenge in parts of rural Oregon remains difficult to enumerate.
    — oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2021
  • And there are no specific stream buffers enumerated in the plan.
    — oregonlive, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Though fines were not enumerated nor cure periods spelled out, the ideas were discussed.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2017
  • The guidance doesn't enumerate which of the many outdoor camp activities should and shouldn't require masks.
    — NBC News, 28 May 2021
  • Anyone on either side of the Tsushima Basin will only be too happy to enumerate those in more detail.
    — Jennifer Neal, The Root, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Just don't try to enumerate its downsides to anyone who knows anything, because there aren't any that matter.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 3 May 2019
  • Ask Roger Federer to enumerate his few career disappointments, and the lack of singles gold tops the list.
    — SI.com, 24 July 2019
  • The marker goes on to say that the building of the highway created forty-four new parks, and enumerates the rail, sewer, and power lines, and the roads, subways, and highways that the Cross Bronx Expressway cut through.
    — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • Over the course of forty-seven minutes, Trump enumerated American military conquests and the branches of the U.S. armed forces.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 5 July 2019
  • Theories and counter-theories abound on the internet, far too many to enumerate here.
    — NBC News, 25 Dec. 2019
  • In the past week, hurricanes and wildfires have caused additional delays as the bureau races to enumerate all households in the country.
    — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2020
  • The Postal Service is so foundational to the country that it is enumerated in the Constitution.
    — Author: Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2020
  • That August, the feudal system and tithes were abolished and the Declaration of the Rights of Man enumerated the principles of the revolution.
    — Merrill Fabry, Time, 13 July 2017
  • So Inkfish is taking a moment to reflect on 2017 and enumerate some noteworthy posts.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2017
  • So much of my existence, all of ours, could be easily enumerated.
    — Clare French, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2024
  • There was a part of me that wanted Janet to take this opportunity to unload on everybody involved — to enumerate the layers of hypocrisy involved in the whole moral panic of it all.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Borenstein and Pappano suggest that the plan, which enumerates the institutions’ strengths, weakness and opportunities, may be approved by the board as soon as the end of this month.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 14 June 2018
  • Andreessen and Horowitz do enumerate several points of disagreement with Biden that affected their decision to go Trump.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 19 July 2024

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