How to Use meaningful in a Sentence
meaningful
adjective
- The trip turned out to be very meaningful for both of them.
- She looked at him in a meaningful way.
- He wanted to feel that his job was meaningful.
- The test did not produce any meaningful results.
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Aim for the top of the spend to make your efforts more meaningful.
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Byellen McGirt,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2023
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That’s how such a meaningful song was able to come to life.
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Kristine Kwak,
Rolling Stone,
12 July 2024
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Many ranked it among the most meaningful of their lives.
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Brendan Borrell,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2024
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Too long since the Knicks had played a game this meaningful at the Garden.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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So much to play for in Week 17 with more meaningful games.
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Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2022
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And someone shouldn’t have to do all that to live a meaningful life.
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Mará Rose Williams,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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And someone shouldn’t have to do all that to live a meaningful life.
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Mará Rose Williams,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2024
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This book is the one that's personal to me, so to get to see it on screen [is meaningful].
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Lester Fabian Brathwaite,
EW.com,
16 Aug. 2024
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This book is the one that's personal to me, so to get to see it on screen [is meaningful].
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Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
15 June 2024
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For there’s a more meaningful side to the dance floor explored within the book’s pages, too.
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Liam Hess,
Vogue,
15 Dec. 2022
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And all this time, Marvel went out of its way not to feature the Avengers in any of these projects in a meaningful way.
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Chris Smith,
BGR,
14 July 2022
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The work won't always be easy, but the end results should be quite meaningful.
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Tarot Astrologers,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2023
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The win was meaningful for Nevin, the former Cal State Fullerton star.
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Mike Digiovanna,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2022
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There’s little sign of meaningful relief in the short term.
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Ian Livingston,
Washington Post,
6 Nov. 2023
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How Prescott played against Tampa Bay is good enough to beat any team in this league in a meaningful game.
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Dallas News,
23 Jan. 2023
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Can the page on this season turn in such a meaningful way so quickly?
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2022
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The first moves far too slowly to have a meaningful impact on the second, which evolves at warp speed.
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Alan Murray,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2023
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But perhaps one of the most meaningful accolades came in the form of a simple email.
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James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Aug. 2023
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The rookie class will be strong and winning that would be meaningful.
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John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2024
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In the age of streaming, just how meaningful is an MPA rating?
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Natalia Winkelman,
BostonGlobe.com,
22 Sep. 2022
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The most meaningful impact of this work may take place outside of the lab, Border says.
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Grace Huckins,
WIRED,
12 Dec. 2022
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Of course there’s one thing that makes our lives so meaningful: desire.
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Bekah Waalkes,
Longreads,
19 Jan. 2023
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In that way, meaningful Diwali decor cannot be bought or sold.
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Prinita Thevarajah,
Architectural Digest,
31 Oct. 2024
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Can a person stretch the days of their life to include a last meaningful act or moment?
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Sunita Puri,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2024
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The gap between swimsuit and swim shorts may not strike many as a meaningful sartorial schism.
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Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
16 May 2025
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And that’s all the more meaningful to those partners because small farms in the United States are on the decline amid the expansion of industrial agriculture, growth of megafarms and conglomeration of the grocery store industry.
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Alexandra Talty,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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