How to Use option in a Sentence

option

1 of 2 noun
  • He has the option to cancel the deal.
  • A good option is to do the work yourself.
  • I had no option but to start over.
  • We have a wide range of options available to us.
  • You have the option of staying home or coming with us.
  • Select an option from the drop-down menu.
  • The option must be exercised within five years.
  • Menu options at the café include soups, salads, and sandwiches.
  • Filing taxes online is an option for people with Internet access.
  • Employees will each be granted options to buy 1,000 shares of company stock.
  • What are the options still out there?
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Check out these options to save.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 28 May 2026
  • Are there, in fact, too many options?
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But that may not be an option for much longer.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The city chose not to use that option last year.
    — Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
  • And that garage with the loft gives you so many options.
    — Miriam Schwartz, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
  • This way, off-the-shelf frames are an option.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Back at the wig shop, my mom bemoaned her options.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Sitting with a bad plan too long will eat time and options.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026
  • There are no other options, do or die.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • Is heat death still the most likely option?
    — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This style from Quince is a great option for a chic night out.
    — Caitlin Palumbo, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Is there an option for people who didn’t plan?
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
  • What food and drink options are available on board?
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Learn more about your mortgage rate lock options now.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Learn more about your mortgage rate lock options now.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • That the farmer's best option is always to lease more land.
    — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Just looking at what the options were.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The show will give you two options to watch, color or black and white.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Like most bedding, there is rarely a one-size-fits-all option.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025

option

2 of 2 verb
  • Jenji Kohan had just asked us to option the book for her.
    — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The team can still option him to the minors later in the season.
    — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 4 July 2018
  • Admission is free, but tickets have a pay-what-you-can option.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Ryan Rua will be optioned for the fifth time this season for Guzman.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 1 July 2018
  • Bibens-Dirkx can be optioned, and that would be the more prudent move for the starter-thin Rangers.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 29 June 2018
  • There are new restrictions on how often teams can option a player to the minor leagues.
    — The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The Cubs don’t have a lot of choices to option out among their position players.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2022
  • Buyers can option all-wheel drive on any of the SUV's three trim levels, though.
    — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 13 June 2023
  • So who knows exactly which food options Idaho’s drive-thru will offer.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The End of It is set in the future when death is optional, and nobody options it.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2026
  • Buyers can choose from six colors or option up custom paint and other finish details.
    — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The Dodgers plan to then option Barnes back to Oklahoma City.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Not long after, the book and unfinished screenplay were optioned with the idea of turning them into a series.
    — Austin Considine, New York Times, 27 June 2019
  • Fast-forward to 1994 and for the first time people could option a Mustang with a key fob.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The Sprinter can also be optioned with a roof so tall that someone who’s 6-foot-4 can stand up inside.
    — Washington Post, 24 July 2019
  • Users will also have to option to switch from lossless to a lossy 24-bit 96kHz setting.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Some of the money saved on fuel could be used to option up the new Corolla Cross Hybrid.
    — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
  • He was optioned back to Toledo on May 13 and again recalled June 4.
    — Greg Levinsky, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2019
  • Under terms of the new basic agreement, teams can only option a player to the minors five times during the course of the season.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 17 June 2022
  • Foster loved the book and had even tried to option it, but Demme didn’t see her as a fit, only relenting amid studio pressure.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The Browns also converted some of Garrett’s future base salaries to option bonuses to help keep the cap in check.
    — cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The story was optioned by the Goldwyn Film Company and turned into a movie.
    — Joy Lanzendorfer, Longreads, 14 June 2018
  • The fiberglass shell comes standard in white gelcoat, but buyers can also option a vehicle-matching color.
    — New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Unlike any other van in the Sprinter’s class, it can be optioned with 4WD right from the factory floor.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2018
  • The Rays added another run off Miguel Castro in the seventh, and Kline was optioned after the game.
    — Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 1 July 2019
  • But the San Diego Padres on Wednesday optioned the talented right-hander to the minors.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 6 June 2019
  • Kevin Kwan, the author of the original novel, optioned the movie rights for $1 so that Hollywood wouldn't whitewash the book.
    — Emily Wang, Teen Vogue, 27 Aug. 2018
  • The Brewers optioned him there, which normally would require a 10-day stay, but that was skirted when Davies went on the IL.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2019
  • The good news is he can’t be optioned back to Triple-A Rochester while injured, which certainly would have happened with the all-star break starting Monday.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 7 July 2019
  • Buyers can option in a loft bedroom to increase sleeping capacity if preferred, and can also influence the choice of materials at extra cost.
    — New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025

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