in a word
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
That tension between omnipotence and powerlessness is captured in a word: adolescence.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025
He always appreciates when golfers offer to put in a word for him, though he worries such referrals don’t always break through the labyrinth of automation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
You can sum it up in a word: Reform.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025
The Manhattan jury might be expected to conclude, in a word, “Fuhgeddaboudit.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024
Wretched, in a word, because she had behaved as any healthy and virtuous English girl ought to behave and not in some other, abnormal, extraordinary way.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
