How to Use May in a Sentence

May

noun
  • Since May 9, the team has gone 13-24.
    — David Troy, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
  • The team won again in early May and then came senior night.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
  • The 1-1 teams play each other May 19.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
  • This year’s edition runs May 13–22.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 May 2026
  • Flagg was sitting about 50 feet away when May made those comments.
    — Christian Clark, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • And the letter was dated on May 15.
    — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
  • On May 20 and 21, Field Park was cleaned again.
    — Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
  • Trump wrote on Truth Social on May 16.
    — David Morgan, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • Kerr took over the Warriors in May 2014.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • As of May 1, its teahouses must now declare how their dim sum is made.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
  • Home prices rose just 2% in the year ending in May, Redfin reports.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The 109th men’s Giro ends on May 31 in Rome.
    — ABC News, 23 May 2026
  • The most he’s thrown in the last few weeks is 36 on May 2 in Anaheim.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
  • The city says there was a large increase in complaints in May, likely due to the end of the school year.
    — Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • In May, the channel stopped posting; fewer of the videos were picking up steam.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The first of two full moons in May 2026 will happen on May 1.
    — Glamour, 25 Apr. 2026
  • May 8, 1970, was the night of all sporting New York nights.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 30 May 2026
  • The May 2 show marks the pop star's third appearance as musical guest.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The Padres began play in May with the fifth-best record in the major leagues and a lot of questions.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • In May, the Justice Department asked a judge to drop those charges.
    — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 13 June 2026
  • Leavitt gave birth to her second child, a daughter named Viviana, in May.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Hantavirus was first identified as a cause of sickness of one of the cases on May 2.
    — ABC News, 9 May 2026
  • May 21 – June 20 Your voice has more range than usual today.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
  • More than a week later, on May 12, multiple sections had been sealed.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
  • What are the winning numbers for the May 16 Powerball?
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • The chances of formation were 80% on the morning of May 30.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • Scott, who has been with the library system since May, said profits from the store go to fund library programs.
    — Gabe White, Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The late-night comedy sketch series will not return for a new episode until May 2.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The task force met three times during April and May to help the district decide on the number of schools to close.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
  • The longtime incumbent lost a May runoff against Paxton.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'May.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: