How to Use "Practice" with Example Sentences

practice (n): the repeating of an action to improve or make something perfect; the actual way of doing something; a group of business professionals

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Used with verbs:

"Her ideas were put into practice."
(put into)

"She needs more practice."
(needs, requires, wants)

"He gets lots of practice at home."
(gets, has, does)

"We made a practice of volunteering at a food bank once a month."
(made)

"We encourage the practice of eating healthy."
(encourage, support, promote, recommend)

"The bank changed its practice of charging late fees."
(changed, modified, ended, stopped, eliminated)

Used with adjectives:

"His legal practice is successful."
(legal, medical)

"I have daily practice."
(daily, weekly)

"She is at baseball practice."
(baseball, music, band, sports, football, basketball, target)

"The law bans certain religious practices."
(religious, social, unsafe, labor)

"He has a private practice."
(private, general, family)

Used with prepositions:

"You need more practice in writing."
(in, at)

"She is really out of practice."
(out of)

"You will get better with practice."
(with)

"He went into practice with his father."
(into)

practice (v): to do something repeatedly to get better at it

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Used with nouns:

"I am practicing self-control."
(self-control, music, violin, piano, guitar)

Used with adverbs:

"She practices the piano regularly."
(regularly, daily, weekly)

"He has been practicing hard for the basketball game."
(hard)

"I never practice at home."
(never, always, often)

Used with prepositions:

"She is practicing for the ballet recital."
(for)

"I practice karate on my brother."
(on)