How to Use render in a Sentence

render

verb
  • The sight of her rendered him speechless.
  • The jury rendered a verdict of not guilty.
  • The virus rendered the computer useless.
  • He witnessed a car accident and stopped to render aid.
  • Both passengers were rendered unconscious in the accident.
  • Depression can render a person helpless.
  • The chests rendered flat with the scars from top surgery.
    Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Gather the scraps and cook in a saucepan on low heat to render fat.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
  • All of that has served to render fuels in the area bone dry and primed to burn.
    oregonlive, 23 July 2021
  • The Spurs had done enough good work to that point to render Morant’s career game moot.
    Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Cook until browned and crisped and much of the fat has rendered, 8 to 10 minutes.
    Sarah Rense, Esquire, 5 Feb. 2018
  • The driver stopped and tried to render aid, Rodriguez said.
    Jacob Beltran, ExpressNews.com, 10 Dec. 2020
  • It’s made more so by rendering it in rich black-and-white.
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Many, but not all, will use a game engine to render their worlds.
    Anshel Sag, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The wrong ones get tangled up in it, rendering it flat and heavy.
    Richard Lawson, Vanities, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Deputies then approach the girl on the ground and call for and render medical aid.
    NBC News, 2 June 2021
  • The jury took about two hours to render their verdict of not guilty on all counts.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The driver of the vehicle stopped to render aid and remained on scene.
    Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The person who is trying to render aid may not mean any harm.
    Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 20 Sep. 2021
  • All three are accused of failing to render aid to Mr. Floyd.
    Joe Barrett, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
  • The officers attempted to render first aid, but the child died at the scene.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2021
  • She was soon struck by a bullet, and Robertson tried to render first aid to Vo.
    Andy Nguyen, Glendale News-Press, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Because the steaks have a big fat cap on its sides, searing helps to render it down.
    Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2022
  • Mince and render half of the fatback slowly in a heavy-bottomed sauté pan.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 23 Nov. 2023
  • People from a nearby church rushed out of the building to render aid and call the police.
    Andrea Ellen Reed For Cnn, CNN, 25 Sep. 2022
  • At some point, the process would render all of near-Earth space unusable.
    Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The Senate could render a verdict as soon as the weekend.
    New York Times, 10 Feb. 2021
  • And as a bonus, you get rendered duck fat, which is great for cooking potatoes.
    Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The story is set on a reimagined earth with five clans and is rendered with a painterly look.
    Carolyn Giardina, Billboard, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Sheriff’s deputies, who were working with Sacramento police officers, rendered medical aid and took him to a hospital, Gandhi said.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024

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