Used in a Sentence

casting

How to use casting in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for casting.

Editorial note

Recommendation: delete all the linguistic posturing and get down to the hard work of casting light on your ideas.

Examples8
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

object formed by a mold

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of casting gathered in one view.

noun

object formed by a mold

noun

the act of creating something by casting it in a mold

noun

the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for casting.

noun

object formed by a mold

noun

the act of creating something by casting it in a mold

noun

the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel

noun

the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie

Example sentences

1

Recommendation: delete all the linguistic posturing and get down to the hard work of casting light on your ideas.

2

I've been there a few times and it wasn't due to a lack of effort in trying to start something and casting a wide net. Good people exist even if they haven't worked in a while, it's not like they suddenly dried up and died.

3

Many modern video games today actually use a sort of hybrid rasterization / ray casting approach.

4

I'm not saying Opera is in the right for this, but I think it's a bit premature to start casting heroes and villains in this particular narrative.

5

Some people feel better about direct conversations or direct answers from people vs. casting their fishing hook out in to the giant open Internet and hoping they catch their answer.

6

"It's "innovation's" fault.> "One important note for everyone: casting blame on any group or any individual is both unfair and simply not what we do at The Atlantic.

7

I really admired the way the you spoke about the Holden Outerwear company; receiving a C&D is a hard thing, but you handled it in a respectful and classy way by casting in terms of "if this could cause a good company harm then we shouldn't move forward.

8

I can still knock together a shell script, tail -f a logfile and pipe it through grep, get some vague clue about why something crashed by casting my eye over a Java exception error, and make a lazy developer deeply uncomfortable when he realises that - would you believe it!

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use casting in a sentence?

Recommendation: delete all the linguistic posturing and get down to the hard work of casting light on your ideas.

What does casting mean?

object formed by a mold

What part of speech is casting?

casting is commonly used as noun.