How to Use in public in a Sentence

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  • Where were the boundaries around a relationship that played out in public, anyway?
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Sinema fell to a distant third in public polling before formally quitting the race in March.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • More:Why did everyone suddenly stop using headphones in public?
    — Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
  • But exchanging friendship bracelets is not only reserved for the Swifties, Travis has even been spotted sporting them in public.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The events were not taught in school and rarely discussed in public.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The stuff people choose to wear in public boggles the mind.
    — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2024
  • This is the last time Catherine is seen in public for some time.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Feb. 2024
  • They were spotted kissing in public for the first time the next day.
    — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 26 May 2024
  • He was last seen in public trying to board a train from Laos to Thailand.
    — Tiffany May, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Strangers showed up at some of their homes and confronted some of them in public.
    — CBS News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • People simply won’t wear masks all the time in public for months on end.
    — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Ever been on the precipice of something great, only to fail — and fail hard, in public?
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 6 June 2023
  • Those hiccups have often played out in public view for the Pac-12.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • In the end, the two sides agreed to limit the use of the technology in public spaces with more guardrails.
    — Jillian Deutsch, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Jacobs says the city runs these beer gardens in public parks.
    — Linnea Covington, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Their confidence stays up along with the bra (no more having to hoist it up in public).
    — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The most frequent kind of mass killings this year, however, hasn’t been in public.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The two generals who were removed have not been seen in public for months.
    — Dan De Luce, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • This wasn’t even rumored in the buildup to the show, and the Led Zeppelin guitarist has only played in public a handful of times over the past decade.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2023
  • When were Grande and Slater first seen in public together?
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2024
  • It's been nearly 10 years since Simmons was last seen in public.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Big Groove first found fame when videos of him dancing in public started to go viral in 2022.
    — Tayo Bero, refinery29.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • There have been a couple times in my life when my fly was down in public and was informed by someone who cared.
    — oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Allow your kid to quietly watch a show on an iPad in public?
    — Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Since then, Fonda has rarely appeared in public, save for a movie premiere in 2009.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • He was replaced as the head of the Ukraine war by Gen. Valery Gerasimov, who has also not been seen in public since the rebellion.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 29 June 2023
  • This risk may not even be confined to those caught acting poorly in public.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Rage aren’t a band like Aerosmith or Fleetwood Mac that airs their dirty laundry in public.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024
  • There was a time he would not be affectionate in public.
    — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The state was 40th in public safety and ranked 21st in corrections outcomes.
    — Sydney Carruth, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023

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