How to Use notify in a Sentence

notify

verb
  • Customers were notified of the changes in the company.
  • I was notified that I did not get the job.
  • Sign up for alerts to be notified when the artists are announced.
    — Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
  • City staff notified him of it and took the sign down within 24 hours, Evans said.
    — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2024
  • She was notified that her case worker no longer worked for the state.
    — Claire Stremple, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Once the student left, Crespo told the rest of the class to notify her if a peer seemed upset.
    — Meg Bernhard, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But each time a change was made, I was notified about what had been altered and why.
    — Simone Scully, Parents, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Other deputies were notified the driver was fleeing, and the deputy at the scene chased him.
    — River Valley Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The Coast Guard was notified about the overdue sub at 5:40 p.m. and a massive search effort was launched.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • Then, the court was faced with the task of notifying everyone once again.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Meta says that Instagram users will be notified of the change via a message at the top of their Feed.
    — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Lawyers for both sides notified the court on Jan. 5 of a deal to resolve the dueling suits.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The content will remain available to the rest of the world and the accounts that were blocked had been notified, the company said.
    — Inti Pacheco, wsj.com, 13 May 2023
  • Crew were first notified that some of the toilets were out of order an hour and 45 minutes into the flight.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The machine will even notify you if the pre-filter needs washing, too.
    — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The parents and sister were outside of the house and notified the first responders that the boys were inside.
    — Sam Gillette, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The students were doing well, and the parents of all students in the class have been notified by the principal, Mount said.
    — Raja Razek, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Which is why if an item does get stuck, the FAA recommends notifying the flight crew.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2024
  • The app will even notify you when the system needs watering.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Police said the coroner is working to identify the man who died and notify his next of kin of his death.
    — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The teen's family has been notified, the statement said.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2024
  • EBay on Wednesday notified customers about the change, which is set to take effect Aug. 17.
    — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 6 June 2024
  • Warren Mayor Jim Fouts on Thursday said the company did notify the city of the change.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The company says users will be notified once the feature is active but the status can be checked in the settings app.
    — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The form is open until noon Thursday, and those who didn’t receive a purchase link will be notified.
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The letter, sent Oct. 25, notifies the team that the district is placing it on probation.
    — Krissy Waite, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The victim’s name was not released as police first worked to notify his family of the death.
    — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The sheriff’s spokesperson said the department was not notified that Van Tine had died.
    — Kelly Davis, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The name of the man who was killed is not being released until his family is notified.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • There are two notices in local records that notify the city of the construction of a new single family home.
    — Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025

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