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
  • The pen is easy to use and comes ready for users to start drawing.
    — L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2023
  • That made the switch an easy one to make for promoters.
    — John Whisler, ExpressNews.com, 8 July 2020
  • Shepherd has a flair to her game, and is easy to spot on the golf course.
    — Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2018
  • Beating a team twice in the same season is no easy task.
    — J.c. Carnahan, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2022
  • What the city needs isn’t an easy fix, but a lasting one.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2021
  • Finding her place in the music world has not been easy.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Finding a tour that appeals to adults and kids is not easy.
    — Judy Koutsky, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Words are easy, like the wind; faithful friends are hard to find.
    — Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Choose meals that are easy to prepare and let your kids help cook.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, orlandosentinel.com, 28 May 2021
  • Best of all, this toy is easy to build with a few basic tools.
    — David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2020
  • The sticks are also easy to blend out with just your fingers.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 4 May 2022
  • Hiring isn't easy and nor is doing the job as a head coach.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Keep track of events and tasks with this easy-to-use reminder tool.
    — Jazmine Polk, PEOPLE.com, 27 Dec. 2017
  • Lung cancers aren’t always easy to see with the naked eye.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 26 Sep. 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
  • With a little forethought to prep, this dish is easy to make.
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2021
  • And if that were easy, someone would have done it already.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2020
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easy

2 of 2 adverb
  • He just wants to take life easy now.
  • The grill grate is hinged, which makes adding coals very easy.
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2023
  • Don’t set the bar too high, just start out easy and do the right thing ...
    — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • So the first four weeks showed us that the Browns won’t go down easy.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Still, for now, kale and spinach lovers can breathe easy.
    — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 3 May 2018
  • Like some of her most joyous tracks, the doc goes down easy.
    — Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2023
  • The wheels make getting it out and putting it away super easy.
    — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 29 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
  • The looped handle makes them easy to carry and hang on a hook when not in use.
    — Popular Science, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Kentucky didn’t go down easy once the Tigers made a run.
    — al, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Since it’s so easy, go the extra mile and light a candle.
    — Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Take it easy, and be proud of yourself for getting there.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 24 Jan. 2022
  • In other words, take it easy and wear a shoe that’s made to love life.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The way Joe tells it, jobs came easy, but not a career.
    — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2018
  • Getting this far didn’t come easy and was a mixture of skill and luck.
    — al, 25 May 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
  • Bill had not served during wartime, but the battle metaphors still came easy.
    — Tiffany Stanley, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Amounts that would have choked a hippopotamus two years ago now go down easy.
    — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Tran went easy on the aural effects—less sound bath than sound spritz.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2019
  • People say when something comes that easy, it was meant for you.
    — Ayanna Prescod, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Make serving your guests easy with this platter on ice.
    — Tanya Edwards, CNN Underscored, 8 July 2020
  • Makes pumping easy and doesn't feel bulky like a lot of pumping bras do.
    — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, harpersbazaar.com, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Bechdel is not someone who makes things easy on herself.
    — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2021
  • Poke means cut or slice in Hawaiian, and it’s a dish easy to love.
    — Adam Skolnick, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • It's made those items easy to find and made my bathroom look cleaner.
    — Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Alex walked in with such grace, putting everyone around him at easy.
    — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 25 June 2021
  • However, this is wrestling, and those sort of things can’t go down that easy.
    — Aaron Oster, baltimoresun.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Some trends, like Chelsea boots, are pretty easy to pull off.
    — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 6 Feb. 2018
  • For thick hair or extreme lengths, a brush this size will make blowdrying easy again.
    — Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 28 Jan. 2023

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