How to Use different in a Sentence
different
adjective
- The two brothers could not have been more different.
- He has a very different style of dressing.
- We need to try an entirely different approach.
- That movie certainly was different.
- They met with each other on several different occasions.
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There are a lot of different things that the precinct does.
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Karen Zurawski,
Houston Chronicle,
14 July 2019
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This all could have been much different had the ball been a few feet to the right.
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Andy Kostka,
Baltimore Sun,
15 June 2022
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There were valances above, and the lights were different.
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Maria L. La Ganga,
idahostatesman,
12 July 2018
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This year’s group is a lot different than Wolfe’s teams in the past.
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Marcus Gutierrez,
Houston Chronicle,
17 Jan. 2020
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If just one of those were true, the Mets would be in a much different place.
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Michael Beller,
SI.com,
4 July 2017
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Love of life is one of many different types of love in the novel.
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Katy Waldman,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2024
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That fell through, and a lot of things look different this year.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
12 June 2020
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The images that have been used over and over have to be used in a different way.
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Hua Hsu,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2022
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How does the play get the audience to dig in in a different way now?
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Liz Appel,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2022
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This episode is going to be a bit different from the rest.
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Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
18 Nov. 2021
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The math is very different today, thanks to growth of Dane.
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Craig Gilbert,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
10 May 2021
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The taste is a little different at first but now I am used to it and love it.
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Susan Brickell,
Health.com,
16 July 2019
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And again, none of this is too different from what he’s said on air.
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Tori Otten,
The New Republic,
3 May 2023
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This is why the light is different, and each thing has a Shadow.
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Caroline Hallemann,
Town & Country,
24 Aug. 2020
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And for each of those events, a different type of dirt is required.
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Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
16 Feb. 2023
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But that was a different Issue 1 from the one on the ballot next week.
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Leah Askarinam,
ABC News,
1 Nov. 2023
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What struck me most was how different our prompts and queries were.
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Victoria Song,
The Verge,
14 May 2023
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Hirtzel has a different plan for the bathroom project on his list.
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Mark Davis,
kansascity,
1 Mar. 2018
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Last year, those eight weeks were hard in a different way.
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Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey,
Curbed,
26 Nov. 2021
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To be clear, both films couldn't be more different in tone.
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Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
26 Dec. 2022
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Each game has its own shelf life, and this was no different.
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Edward Lee,
baltimoresun.com,
24 Nov. 2020
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Be brave enough to be different and allow life and Time to Evolve You.
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Mark Inabinett | [email protected],
al,
9 June 2023
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On the live-theater stage, things seem to be different.
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Marilyn Bailey,
star-telegram,
2 Nov. 2017
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In a closer game, or a different era of pitcher workload management, Glasnow might have had the chance to go the distance.
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Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2024
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Maya Smith, a licensed cosmetologist and founder of The Doux, shares that breakage can manifest in different ways: split ends, thinning strands, and excessive shedding.
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Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
10 Apr. 2024
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