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How to use anywhere in a sentence

40 example sentences · adverb, pronoun, noun

Anywhere means in or at any location. Example: “I don't know where I left my keys. They could be anywhere.”

Examples of anywhere by meaning

adverbIn or at any location.

  • I don't know where I left my keys. They could be anywhere.
  • I'd rather be anywhere else.
  • For many 'home' is an affectation when used anywhere that 'house' would be appropriate, as in 'Home for Sale'.

adverbTo (in the direction of) any location.

  • Anywhere you go in France, there will be bread and wine with dinner.
  • I'm staying home today. I'm not going anywhere.
  • Are you going anywhere special this weekend?

pronounAny location or an unknown location.

  • Anywhere is better than here!

More sentences with anywhere

  • He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game.From the entry game
  • Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.From the entry hobo
  • The latest models are available now, on the lowest terms you'll find anywhere, guaranteed.From the entry term
  • It is entirely up to you where we go, as I’ll be happy with anywhere.From the entry entirely
  • Use a small brush to touch up the paint anywhere it is uneven.From the entry touch up
  • In economic terms, the North controls four-fifths of the income earned anywhere in the world.From the entry north
  • If you find this computer for sale anywhere at a lower price, we’ll refund you the difference.From the entry refund
  • Our reporters do some of the best reporting you'll find anywhere, and some have won Pulitzer prizes.From the entry reporting
  • Right-click anywhere in the document window, and a context-sensitive menu appears.From the entry context-sensitive
  • Alcoholic beverages are sellable anywhere, if you're willing to skirt the law.From the entry sellable
  • The jury is out as to whether there is life anywhere else in the universe.From the entry jury is out
  • You shouldn't get too anxious about your vacation next month. The beach is not going anywhere.From the entry not going anywhere
  • An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.From the entry here
  • I'd know you anywhere by your gravelly voice.From the entry by
  • I don't want to go anywhere besides India.From the entry besides
  • We got lost out in the boondocks, miles from anywhere.From the entry boondock
  • I wouldn’t be anywhere else on your birthday.From the entry anywhere else
  • My father used to talk about how you could take a red car just about anywhere in the Los Angeles area.From the entry red car
  • This tent is pitchable anywhere there are trees.From the entry pitchable
  • You can count on me. I'm not going anywhere.From the entry not going anywhere
  • Does this new law give us the right to trespass anywhere we like? You bet your sweet bippy it does.From the entry bippy
  • I'm on the lookout for a good example of a Roman dinar from the 1st century. Let me know if you hear of one anywhere.From the entry on the lookout
  • You said we could go to the mall! —Forget it! Look at the state of this room! You're going to stay here and clean up before you go anywhere.From the entry forget it
  • No problem here - the detector detected no abnormal temperatures anywhere in the consist.2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 50. From the entry detector
  • From Chinamaxxers to the owners of French country-style kitchens: the quislings could be anywhere, apparently.2026 February 26, Coco Khan, “Britain and the US, calm down. The gen Z Chinamaxxers will do you no harm”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The…. From the entry Chinamaxxer
  • Your closets are so Marie-Kondo-ed that I doubt there’s anywhere to hide.2021 August 3, Amy Pine, The Bloom Girls, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Forever, Hachette Book Group, →ISBN. From the entry Marie-Kondo
  • Not many big dogs do the sploot, but Pooh Bear will sploot just about anytime and anywhere.2020 November 3, Tama Fortner, “Homecoming Tales”, in 15 Inspiring Stories from Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary, Thomas Nelson, page 82. From the entry sploot
  • There was no way Brín felt anything anywhere near what I felt for him.2019, Emma Lea, A Royal Enticement. From the entry crush
  • It could be anywhere in the house, and we had already checked the obvious places.2018, Justin Lind-Ayres, Is That Poop on My Arm? Parenting While Christian, Fortress Press, →ISBN, pages 14–15. From the entry nighttime diaper
  • 'You're not ruddy going anywhere,' he said, slamming the door behind him.2017, June Francis, When the Clouds Go Rolling By. From the entry ruddy
  • When he looked down, she turned her eyes anywhere but toward him.2017, Sylvie Fox, Ready for Her Cameo, →ISBN. From the entry crazypants
  • Try as he might, the boy couldn’t spot his father anywhere.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry try as one might
  • Not in the usual Discworldian sense, where those souls are liable to pop out just about anywhere.2016, Daniel Miori, “Cocking a Snook at Death and Getting Away with It: Does the Personification of Death Make It Less Scary?”, in Nicolas…. From the entry Discworldian

Meaning of anywhere

  1. adverb In or at any location.
  2. adverb To (in the direction of) any location.
  3. pronoun Any location or an unknown location.

Full definition of anywhere

Questions about anywhere in a sentence

How do you use anywhere in a sentence?
Anywhere is used as an adverb, pronoun and noun. For example: “I don't know where I left my keys. They could be anywhere.”
What is a short sentence with anywhere?
“Anywhere is better than here!”
What does anywhere mean?
Anywhere means in or at any location.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: anywhere (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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