How to Use entitle in a Sentence

entitle

verb
  • She would be entitled to evict you from the house and keep the contents if his name is on the deed.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
  • Are you entitled to a refund?Here's what to know in the CrowdStrike fallout.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
  • As a consumer, most of the time, we are entitled to a refund.
    — Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Along with a berth in the U.S. Open main draw, the title entitled to a spot in this tourney as well.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • And so therefore, I’m not entitled to the copyright on it.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Adults, in turn, are entitled to make their own choices about what to read.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The entrance fee of $35 entitles you to a goodie bag, free taco or drink at Taco Fest.
    — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 3 July 2018
  • The first book, entitled The Passage, was released in 2010.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 21 Jan. 2019
  • Answer: First, the tenant is probably entitled to stay in the home for the lease term of one year.
    — Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2023
  • The book, as it's revealed through a close-up shot, is entitled The Lasso Way.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
  • So, for instance, if a player starts a game and their team win, they will be entitled to a win bonus.
    — Adam Leventhal, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
  • All shareholders of record as of the close of business on Feb. 5 are entitled to vote at the meeting.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024
  • After Brexit, they were no longer entitled to work in the UK.
    — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Ohio customers who bought a video game from GameStop in the past five years may be entitled to money from GameStop.
    — Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Each owns a special class of shares that entitle them to 10 times the voting rights of the common stock Robinhood plans to sell in the IPO.
    — Peter Rudegeair, WSJ, 19 July 2021
  • For starters, they’re entitled to Medi-Cal healthcare for the poor.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
  • One key point of contention is the number of episodes WBD was entitled to for seasons 24 – 26.
    — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Apr. 2023
  • This doesn’t sound like their mess to clean up, and just sounds a bit immature/entitled.
    — Latoya Gayle, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Apple’s standard terms would entitle it to take a 30% share of those sales.
    — Salvador Rodriguez, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Citing the delay, the judge ruled that Mars is now entitled to have the band cover his legal bill.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Many of them want a moose, some think they are entitled to a moose, and there are a few who actually need a moose.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2019
  • Her inverse, the JAP, was entitled and withholding, designed to take blame for the stigmas of the new.
    — Jamie Lauren Keiles, Vox, 5 Dec. 2018
  • You are entitled to have your shower for your baby with your friends.
    — Carolyn Hax, oregonlive.com, 21 June 2019
  • Have the tort laws in our country changed so that people are now entitled to more money?
    — Robert Tyson, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
  • If the trial went their way, VR and Cahill would be entitled, on paper, to more than $1 billion each.
    — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • After all, there’s been enough entitled whining the last 15 years.
    — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Being a fan of something doesn’t entitle you to dictate the course of its life forevermore.
    — Swapna Krishna, Wired, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Tour pros come off as spoiled and entitled, exactly the image golf needs to shed.
    — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 5 June 2019
  • The act contains a provision that whistleblowers are entitled to a share of any recovery resulting from their suits, according to the lawyers.
    — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • The judge also ruled the plaintiffs are entitled to injunctive relief and gave them 30 days to meet with attorneys for the state and then submit a proposal for what exactly that injunction should look like.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2025

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