Examples of “part” in a Sentence

noun A piece or portion of something larger.

• Only part of the cake was left by the time we arrived.
• The engine needs a replacement part.
• The front part of the garden gets sun all morning.

noun A role played by an actor, or someone's share of responsibility in something.

• She landed the lead part in the school play.
• He admitted his part in the mistake.
• Everyone in the team played a part in finishing the project on time.

verb To separate from someone or something, or to divide something into pieces.

• They parted at the station without saying goodbye properly.
• He parted the crowd to reach the front.
• The curtains parted slowly as the show began.

adv Partly; to some degree.

• The dish was part Italian, part something entirely his own.
• The story is part true and part invented by my grandfather.
• I was part amused, part annoyed by his excuse.