How to Use care in a Sentence

care

1 of 2 noun
  • She looks as if all the cares of the world are on her shoulders.
  • She wrote a book about car care.
  • She knows a lot about the care and feeding of horses.
  • With proper care, the machine should last a decade or more.
  • She is an expert on skin care.
  • She used care in selecting a doctor for her son.
  • We need to provide poor people with better dental care.
  • The children have inadequate medical care and little formal education.
  • Go and get your self-care on at https://www.alexandrawinbush.com/online-store.
    Jasmine Grant, Essence, 19 Aug. 2019
  • With the proper care, it’s bound to last you a long time.
    Esmé Epstein, Health, 16 June 2023
  • Plant a seed, take good care of it, and the results will come.
    Lubo Smid, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Set aside the rake and take care of all those leaves this fall with ease.
    Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Be sure to keep your knives sharp and take care of your cast iron.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2020
  • Take good care of these, and the leather will look even better with age.
    Madeline Fass, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2022
  • At the end of the day, most things can be taken care of with time and money.
    Desmond Conner, courant.com, 26 Dec. 2017
  • Once the schools shut down, Wells needed to stay home to take care of his kids.
    al, 3 July 2020
  • What’s your form of self-care when dealing with it all?
    Ngozi Ekeledo, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2018
  • The Frankie Simone show takes care of two birds with one stone.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
  • She was last seen in Oakland, in the care of her babysitters.
    Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2021
  • It was borne out of the idea of skin care and art as self-expression.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Their new job is to take care of the players’ dead bodies.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Still not sure how to take care of your cast iron skillet?
    Bon Appetit, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Guests can cast off their cares at the spa and Turkish hammam.
    Chris Leadbeater, National Geographic, 14 Aug. 2019
  • For them, tech gets in the way of daily functioning and self-care.
    Martha Irvine, The Seattle Times, 26 Dec. 2018
  • Not all women who have kids also have the means to take care of them.
    Erin Coulehan, Glamour, 4 May 2022
  • Beck said the school has a garden, and students with autism can learn how to take care of it.
    Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Utah must take better care of the ball to bounce back on Monday night.
    Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 14 June 2021
  • The part about being wealthy should take care of itself.
    oregonlive, 12 July 2020
  • To just stop adulting and throw all cares to the wind is really not an option.
    Emily Parnell, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
  • It’s made from durable materials that are meant to withstand all sorts of elements, and it can also be hosed clean and left to air-dry for easy care.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
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care

2 of 2 verb
  • I didn't know you cared.
  • I wouldn't care to be in your shoes right now.
  • He doesn't care if he gets fired.
  • I care what happens to her.
  • He'll show the photos to anyone who cares to see them.
  • I'm going for a walk. Would you care to join me?
  • More factors influenced her decision than she cares to admit.
  • On Valentine's Day, send her flowers to show that you care.
  • The men don’t care whether the women know the word of God.
    Rena Gross, Billboard, 11 July 2018
  • And here’s the problem: the guy in the Kremlin doesn’t care.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The fish didn’t care whether or not the kingdom had failed, of course.
    Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2020
  • No one cares about the schmo of the week, people care about Mike.
    Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Frankly, Botswana doesn't care if any tourist sees the big five.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2021
  • The rest of the world did not much notice, or care to bring him to book.
    The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Though hold-outs still balk at the thought of a man in rosy hues, pink doesn’t care.
    Todd Plummer, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Those who care about the fate of pillar 2 don’t want to sell it short.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • Williams didn’t care what any lawyers had to say about the matter.
    oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2023
  • To know a time and a place this well is to care about it and its people deeply.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
  • And what the public cares about is the integrity of the office.
    Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 17 June 2023
  • Eva Mendes is a homebody and doesn't care who knows it.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Oct. 2020
  • When the weather turns sour, the Volvo 940 doesn't care one whit.
    Dick Kelley, Car and Driver, 27 June 2023
  • Aside from his life with Welch, what Craig cared about was his work.
    Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The smoke will go away but will people still care about the unhoused?
    oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2021
  • His daughters did their best to care for him in his home.
    Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
  • That takes us to the next thing that people care about—impact.
    Ira Bedzow, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Okay, but babies tend not to care about things like that.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The other jumpers didn’t care how good he was supposed to be.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2020
  • Long doesn’t care about the trappings that go with being a head coach.
    oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The fund helps care teams with the medical needs of children and families.
    Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The estranged couple had an ongoing legal battle over child support in 2016 to determine how much care the twin girls, Ava Simone and Solei Diem, would need.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024

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