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How to use any in a sentence

40 example sentences · adverb, determiner, pronoun

Any means to even the slightest extent; at all. Example: “If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!”

Examples of any by meaning

adverbTo even the slightest extent; at all.

  • 'That wouldn't surprise me any.'1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 104

adverbUsed before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives, generally...

  • If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
  • Is she any less enthused now that it's raining?
  • Is her enthusiasm any less now that it's raining?

adverbUsed to modify a verb, generally a finite verb or a non-finite verb in object position.

  • That doesn't bother me any.
  • Unfortunately, I don't expect the documentation to help any.

determinerOne at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.

  • Do you have any biscuits?
  • Do you have any food?
  • It won't do you any good.

determinerA/an, each or some, no matter its/their identity or nature.

  • Choose any item you want.
  • Any person may apply.
  • Representative democracy is better than any other system.

determinerAn unspecified but imminent (second, minute, day etc.).

  • They'll be arriving any day.
  • I expect the phone to ring at any moment.

pronounAny thing(s) or person(s).

  • Any may apply.
  • I had put a bowl of fruit on the table, but the guests didn’t eat any (of it).

More sentences with any

  • The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.From the entry in
  • Any number of people can be reading from a given repository at a time.From the entry number
  • Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.From the entry four
  • The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.From the entry language
  • I find it exceedingly doubtful that any person groks quantum mechanics.From the entry grok
  • I was surprised to learn that he was an immigrant, as he spoke without any accent.From the entry accent
  • That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.From the entry it
  • Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!From the entry create
  • Roman and medieval football matches were more violent than any modern type of football.From the entry football
  • The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.From the entry of
  • Just give me a minute — I haven't got any hands right now.From the entry hand
  • Conditioning would require exposition to any sentence before being uttered, which isn’t the case.From the entry case
  • Though Lena is a vegetarian, she doesn't have any problem with eating fish.From the entry fish
  • They're open twenty-four seven; you can go there any time you want.From the entry twenty-four seven
  • Did you buy the groceries? — With what money? We barely have any left.From the entry what
  • Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union.From the entry quagmire
  • Humankind has never found any other habitable planets apart from Earth.From the entry habitable
  • Any rule of thumb, however true (it is), is useless unless you understand its underlying logic.From the entry however
  • When the waitress brought the food, I asked whether she had any Dijon mustard.From the entry mustard
  • The tree will eventually tower taller than any of the others.From the entry tower
  • I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck.From the entry luck
  • I don't have any money but I can pay in kind by washing the dishes.From the entry kind
  • I was hungry, so I asked if there was any more food.From the entry so
  • She doesn't come around any more, cuz she had a kid. She's on the family train now.From the entry train

Meaning of any

  1. adverb To even the slightest extent; at all.
  2. adverb Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives, generally in interrogative, hypothetical, or negative contexts.
  3. adverb Used to modify a verb, generally a finite verb or a non-finite verb in object position.

Full definition of any

Questions about any in a sentence

How do you use any in a sentence?
Any is used as an adverb, determiner and pronoun. For example: “If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!”
What is a short sentence with any?
“Any may apply.”
What does any mean?
Any means to even the slightest extent; at all.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: any (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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