How to Use opportunity in a Sentence

opportunity

noun
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  • When the opportunity came for her to prove that she could do the job, she was ready.
  • I had the rare opportunity of speaking to the president.
  • I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped me with this book.
  • Studying abroad provides a great opportunity to learn a foreign language.
  • He was given every opportunity to prove that he was trustworthy.
  • You'll have an opportunity to ask questions after the presentation.
  • There are fewer job opportunities this year for graduates.
  • There is plenty of opportunity for advancement within the company.
  • The idea is to give them the opportunity to shine on stage.
    — Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
  • And there’s a lot of great opportunities in the field now.
    — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Thus golf fans have the opportunity to watch some of the best in the sport compete against the course and each other.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Or in the next two weeks or so, have a better opportunity to make the trip.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2018
  • His eyes light up at the opportunity to thread the needle.
    — Joel Lorenzi, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Yet he sure was dealt a bad hand in the game of baseball opportunities.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • That's a lot of steps and a lot of tools—and not a lot of opportunity to practice.
    — Peter Rubin, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The opportunity to be involved at this time was just too much to pass on.
    — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 21 Dec. 2017
  • It's got to be the right opportunity to get him up. ...
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2018
  • Glendale gave me an opportunity to be a head coach for the first time.
    — Charles Rich, Glendale News-Press, 21 Dec. 2017
  • From there, each coach got the opportunity to save one more of their singers.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 12 May 2021
  • Justin loves any opportunity to be in the car and go someplace new.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2020
  • In a town where there seems to be little opportunity on and off the field, what would that mean?
    — Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Ohioans have a unique opportunity to place a life-changing bet in the new year.
    — cleveland, 27 Oct. 2022
  • An opportunity to play among the best, to be a part of a family.
    — Giana Han, al, 16 Dec. 2020
  • So there is an opportunity to get people there twice as fast at half the price.
    — Barbara Peterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2018
  • Think of it as the perfect opportunity to get a head start on your gift shopping.
    — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 29 Oct. 2018
  • The Red Sox will have an opportunity to calm the noise soon.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2023
  • With the rare opportunity to play in front of his local fans, this wasn’t the time to mail it in early for the week.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 July 2019
  • And that not everyone gets the opportunity to make amends and heal those wounds.
    — Donna Vickroy, Daily Southtown, 19 May 2018
  • One day, the opportunity to do those things won’t be there again.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2021
  • There just didn’t seem to be a ton of opportunity for playing time.
    — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 10 Jan. 2021

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