How to Use paragraph in a Sentence

paragraph

noun
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  • The two introductory paragraphs were written by the editor.
  • Please refer to section 2, paragraph 4 for the appropriate information.
  • Then in the next paragraph or two, get right to the heart of the matter.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 29 Dec. 2020
  • But the last paragraph here caught my eye, and is the point of this blog post.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Both ends of that paragraph are strange and very vague.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 10 Oct. 2016
  • And then the next paragraph is about where to transfer the money to.
    — Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • And the injury list should be as short as this paragraph.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Just a couple of paragraphs about these two boys and that was it.
    — Elly Belle, Teen Vogue, 12 Apr. 2018
  • There were mentions of the rape case, maybe, in a quick and tidy paragraph.
    — Amira Rose Davis, The New Republic, 1 Feb. 2020
  • The Astros didn’t stoop to the level of those poor souls in the paragraph above.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The next paragraph in these contracts is where things get tricky.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Every one of my keynotes talks about that in the first paragraph.
    — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021
  • His name appeared in the eighth paragraph of a story a few weeks ago.
    — Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com, 24 May 2018
  • Our headlines and lead paragraphs have to convey the action that makes the news.
    — Cquinn, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The mention comes at the end of a long paragraph on Page 8.
    — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 17 Aug. 2020
  • There were fourteen g-words in the paragraph and all of them used loop-tails.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The court’s order was a paragraph long and did not note any dissents.
    — Adam Liptak, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2022
  • And truth is laid out in very plain paragraphs in the complaint that was filed today.
    — Paul Gattis, AL.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The second paragraph of the well known Aleinu prayer makes this very point.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • True up to a point, but the final words in the second paragraph, well . . .
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Readers who want to avoid spoilers should skip the next paragraph.
    — Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The group is free and open to all writers to share a few paragraphs of ongoing work.
    — courant.com, 3 July 2019
  • The paragraphs below are my best attempt to explain why and what that means.
    — Greg Garrison, AL.com, 13 Feb. 2018
  • In the first paragraph, attempt to sum up the person’s life in a way that tells a story.
    — Jeff Bradford, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • You’ve been stuck on writing the first paragraph of your report for hours.
    — Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Menéndez wrote last month in a four-paragraph letter to trustees.
    — Alia Malik, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Feb. 2018
  • And, with that, Dalton is now going to move on to the next paragraph.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The court’s order was one paragraph and did not note any dissents.
    — Richard Fausset, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Facebook will have to do better than a four-paragraph blog post.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Nor is there any way of knowing today which paragraph is right and who is wronged.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 June 2018

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