How to Use entertainment in a Sentence

entertainment

noun
  • They played games in the evening for entertainment.
  • Entertainment was provided by jugglers.
  • The park hasn’t just been a form of entertainment.
    — Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The event is sure to draw a who’s who of entertainment leaders.
    — William Earl, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The rest of the film is suitably bonkers enough to be breezy entertainment.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2022
  • There’s a new entertainment venue in town.
    — Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 27 May 2026
  • But entertainment has shifted from when those artists were at their peaks.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The party brought out a mixed crowd across entertainment and sports.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 10 July 2024
  • The singer has been immersed in entertainment her whole life.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
  • There’s lots of laughs and entertainment in it and action.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2025
  • On the weekends, there will be food trucks and live entertainment.
    — Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Then, as the sun sets, the ship's lounges and bars become a hot spot for entertainment.
    — Megan Dubois, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Treat gambling as a form of entertainment and not a way to make money.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Private rooms like this are not just about entertainment.
    — Becca Brazil, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The couple would also have to foot the bill for food and entertainment.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The same is true for all forms of entertainment, like movies and television shows.
    — Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In the age of triple-X entertainment, there was nothing that racy about it.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • There’s a sense of ‘shut up and play,’ that this is entertainment for other people.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 2 May 2022
  • On the downside, there was less entertainment than usual aboard the ship.
    — Tammy Stables Battaglia, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The home was conceived as much for entertainment as for solitude.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Moviegoing still needs to be the cheapest form of out-of-home entertainment.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The day will feature music, food, entertainment and items for sale.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2022
  • Laser light displays and video board graphics were unique to each song on the setlist, adding to the entertainment.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In the warmer months, the brewery hosts food carts, live music, and entertainment.
    — Anna Laird Barto, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
  • There will also be live entertainment and dogs are welcomed.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Last year, all parking garages in the entertainment district were closed.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Skydance says its ready to scale the mountain of entertainment.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 July 2024
  • The event features live entertainment, food, altars and arts and crafts.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Perkins said the sketch was the joke that launched his thousand ships in the entertainment industry.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2023
  • Winning, and entertainment, brings in the crowds.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026

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