How to Use delete in a Sentence

delete

verb
  • Delete this name from the list.
  • When the movie was shown on TV all the swearwords had been deleted.
  • Tap and hold on the app to pull up the option to delete.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2021
  • This is a scam, delete him and never talk to him again.
    — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • When the team deleted the genes that encode key parts of the tailocin, the killing went away.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 June 2024
  • My hunch is to delete the Bluetooth share data and then pair the phone from scratch.
    — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 16 July 2021
  • Rap sites like No Jumper and Say Cheese get to delete the tweet and move on to the next hip-hop drama.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • This guide will show you how to delete apps from your device.
    — Toby Grey, BGR, 24 May 2022
  • The only way to truly evade the CCP’s snooping is to delete My2022.
    — Ben Sasse, National Review, 4 Feb. 2022
  • How to remove apps from your iPhone Want to delete an app from your iPhone?
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • The quickest way to delete a game is also via the Storage menu.
    — Saira Mueller, Wired, 28 Feb. 2022
  • To delete a video, click the three dots next to it, then choose Remove from downloads.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The tweet has since been deleted, but it is archived online.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • One way to get rid of a Word page is to simply delete its content.
    — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Tap or click to delete yourself from all the big people search sites.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2021
  • If they were deleted, the public should be told that — along with why.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • How to delete your Twitter account in a few easy steps.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
  • But what if someone wants to delete all of their screenshots in one go?
    — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
  • As part of the decision, Sleiman was to delete the nine videos cited.
    — Brooke Schultz, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Afghan users aren't able to access them to delete content.
    — Rishi Iyengar, CNN, 29 Aug. 2021
  • By the following week, the song was deleted from Might Delete.
    — Shaheem Reid, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
  • Zegler did not delete the post, which is still up on her X account.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Singer Doja Cat seemed to mock the line in a TikTok that has since been deleted.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • On Androids, use the Google Photos app to select the photos to delete.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Remove the crowd, delete the scenery, erase the server with the biggest smile this side of Julia Roberts.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Can someone just tell you whether to delete TikTok or not?
    — Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 May 2024
  • Turn on this setting to delete voice recordings at any time by voice.
    — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2021
  • My favorite scene to film is not on the show because it got deleted.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 3 July 2024
  • Another account, which has now been deleted, posed as Emilie posting a tribute to her late son.
    — Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025
  • Though some social media users deleted their claims about the photo when Poulos identified himself, Ald.
    — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025

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