How to Use "Notice" with Example Sentences

notice (n): a warning; a written sign telling people about something; attention

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Used with verbs:

"How did he escape notice?"
(escaped, avoid, evade)

"If you want to move, you need to give notice to your landlord."
(give, issue, put up)

"I handed in my notice at work last week."
(handed in, submitted)

"Did you read the notice on the bulletin board?"
(read, see)

Used with adjectives:

"I left at short notice."
(short)

"Did you give prior notice to the boss?"
(prior, advance)

"Did you see the public notice?"
(public, warning, eviction, written)

Used with prepositions:

"He left without any notice."
(without)

"We need to be ready to go at short notice."
(at)

"They took no notice of her."
(of)

"There were notices about several robberies in the area."
(about)

notice (v): see

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Used with verbs:

"I pretended not to notice that things were going badly."
(pretended not to, failed to, couldn't help but)

"He didn't seem to notice I was sad."
(didn't seem to, didn't appear to)

Used with nouns:

"He notices everything."
(everything)

"I noticed a movement."
(movement, improvement, similarity, trend)

"We noticed a pattern."
(pattern, resemblance, change, difference)

"They noticed a smell."
(smell, sign)

"She noticed my absence."
(absence, expression)

Used with adverbs:

"They suddenly noticed him."
(suddenly, just, quickly)

"We noticed her at once."
(at once, immediately, instantly)

"She finally noticed me."
(finally, hardly, barely, eventually)