How to Use limited in a Sentence

limited

adjective
  • Only a limited number of students will be allowed in the class.
  • The company has had limited success.
  • People with limited incomes are hit particularly hard by inflation.
  • Elliott should find a home with an NFL team that can use him in a limited role.
    Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 7 May 2023
  • Ready-to-ship gowns are more limited in colors and sizes.
    Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 15 Feb. 2023
  • But Utah State rarely left the area with travel pretty much limited to the West Coast.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • That said, Wantable is more limited in its services and size range.
    Stacey Nguyen, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The Perfect Pot is back at its Black Friday price of $123 for a limited time.
    Wendy Vazquez, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Aug. 2022
  • In the early 1900s, the Catholic Jesuits had compiled a limited list of Nez Perce words.
    Wil Phinney, oregonlive, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The journey will be available for a limited time in the summer of 2026, in June and July.
    Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
  • But this early draft of the human genome was informed by a limited range of sources.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2023
  • The sky was blue in many areas of Oroville on Wednesday, with a limited smell of smoke downtown.
    Melody Gutierrez, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
  • Depending on the closing date of the deal, banks will have a limited amount of time to offload the debt to investors.
    Paula Seligson, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2022
  • There will be very special pricing for a limited time on many of these must-have items đź’ś.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 17 July 2023
  • But the state doesn’t do enough to help those of limited means, according to Chaplick.
    John D. Harden, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Don’t let limited square footage fool you — the bar carries a full selection of wines, beers and liquors.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Spot are limited and will be offered on a first-come-first-served basis.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The team will go through warm-up drills, skill position work, and run a limited number of plays.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2022
  • In a limited launch in Los Angeles, Wang said, the product sold out in less than two weeks.
    Claire Wang, NBC News, 15 July 2022
  • This is a limited-time offer; Disney has announced that the price will go up in March.
    Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Keep in mind that this deposit match is limited to the first deposit only.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 12 Feb. 2022
  • But back then, numbers were quite limited and had a very simple form.
    Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2024
  • For a limited time, new customers get a price guarantee for their first two years and a $200 Visa gift card.
    Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Keep in Mind: There is limited storage space since it’s a low profile bed frame.
    Erica Reagle, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Early on, that meant shortages of cannabis and a limited range of products.
    Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2022
  • But, in the end, Bannon’s vision of the world—and himself in it—served Donald Trump for a limited time only.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The whistles marred an otherwise respectable night for the breakout big man, who had seven rebounds and two blocks in his limited floor time.
    Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Current data is very limited, but the early signs are not good.
    ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • That limited access may soon end.
    Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The idea of keeping houses off market to builders for a limited time is an excellent idea.
    Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026

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

Last Updated: