chosen
Definition:
1. One who is the object of choice; who is given preference.
2. An exclusive group of people.
3. Preferred above all others.
Use 'chosen' in a sentence:
- 1. She was chosen for the first eleven.
- 2. The leaders of the groups were chosen arbitrarily.
- 3. You have chosen well.
- 4. Have you chosen well?
- 5. He had been chosen by a cabal of fellow senators.
- 6. How are topics chosen?
- 7. It's hard luck on him that he wasn't chosen.
- 8. That is a fair approximation of the way in which the next boss is being chosen.
- 9. Jackson's Island was chosen.
- 10. The victims were not chosen arbitrarily.
- 11. Atlanta was chosen to be host of the 1996 Olympic games.
- 12. In his efforts to make it rhyme, he seems to have chosen the first word that came into his head.
- 13. The chairperson is chosen by secret ballot.
- 14. The prime minister is, in conformity with their constitution, chosen by the president.
- 15. Seminar topics are chosen for their accessibility to a general audience.
- 16. His chosen field was unlikely to be a meal ticket for life.
- 17. Pinks and beiges were chosen to echo the colours of the ceiling.
- 18. The leader will be chosen by secret ballot.
- 19. If you are one of the lucky callers chosen to play, you could be in the money.
- 20. She was chosen in preference to her sister.
- 21. Husband and wife were similarly successful in their chosen careers.
- 22. She was chosen for the job on the basis of her qualifications.
- 23. She was lucky enough to be chosen for the team.
- 24. For our dining room I have chosen ochre yellow walls.
- 25. The following have been chosen to take part: Watts, Hodges and Lennox.
- 26. His linguistic ability served him well in his chosen profession.
- 27. She was disappointed not to be chosen.
- 28. They've chosen a site for the new school.
- 29. This site has been chosen for the new school.
- 30. A site has been chosen for the new school.
- 31. Names were chosen at random from a list.
- 32. All of them are experts in their chosen field.