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How to use as in a sentence

40 example sentences · adverb, conjunction, preposition

As means to such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree. Example: “She regards her kids as (being) holy as saints.”

Examples of as by meaning

adverbTo such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.

  • She regards her kids as (being) holy as saints.
  • You’re not as tall as I am, but you are definitely as happy as can be.
  • It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.

adverbFor example; for instance. (Compare such as.).

  • First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.1913, “Aboriginal”, in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

conjunctionIn the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that.

  • Do as I say!
  • I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
  • As you wish, my lord!

conjunctionUsed after so or as to introduce a comparison.

  • She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
  • It's not so complicated as I expected.
  • It’s as easy to do it right as it is to do it wrong.

conjunctionUsed to introduce a result: with the result that it is; as to.

  • It was a talent he had developed; he could actually be so quiet as to be practically invisible.2006, Eric Manasse, The Twenty-First Man, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 7
  • Under most circumstances, it will be possible to draw a distinction sufficiently clear as to allow an unambiguous allocation to one or other category.2011, Herwig C. H. Hofmann, Gerard C. Rowe, Alexander H. Türk, Administrative Law and Policy of the European Union, Oxford University...

conjunctionExpressing concession: though.

  • (As) much as I respect your viewpoint, I can’t agree.
  • (As) bravely as they fought, they soon lost the battle.
  • Try as she might, she could not escape.

conjunctionAt the same instant or moment that: when.

  • As I came in, she fled.

conjunctionAt the same time that, during the same time when: while.

  • He sleeps as the rain falls.

More sentences with as

  • I only use the library for the encyclopedia, as we’ve got most other books here.From the entry encyclopedia
  • I managed to murmur some words of consolation as I left the funeral.From the entry word
  • As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent.From the entry pound
  • The man used his watch as barter to pay for his tab.From the entry barter
  • The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.From the entry merchandise
  • Police are not naming the suspect as he is a minor.From the entry name
  • The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.From the entry abbreviated
  • He’s in a better place now, floating free as the clouds above.From the entry above
  • The point (3,2) has 3 as its abscissa and 2 as its ordinate.From the entry abscissa
  • I need to get my planting done, as the season will soon be on us.From the entry on
  • English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.From the entry english
  • The downy woodpecker can be found in the same environments as the hairy woodpecker.From the entry the
  • I abstain from this vote, as I have no particular preference.From the entry abstain
  • The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.From the entry accept
  • “Dum de dum, dum de dum”, he hummed as he sauntered down the road.From the entry de
  • They tried to colour the industrial unrest as a merely local matter.From the entry color
  • Many Irish are actually dark-haired as a result of the many invaders and migrants over the centuries.From the entry Irish
  • His bit about video games was not nearly as entertaining as the other segments of his show.From the entry bit
  • The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach.From the entry uncountable
  • A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.From the entry singular
  • I've got open orders for as many containers of red durum as you can get me.From the entry open
  • As he grew older, he opened to new ways of doing things.From the entry open
  • My brother tends to value religion, but my sister not as much.From the entry religion

Meaning of as

  1. adverb To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.
  2. adverb Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).
  3. adverb For example; for instance. (Compare such as.).

Full definition of as

Questions about as in a sentence

How do you use as in a sentence?
As is used as an adverb, conjunction and preposition. For example: “She regards her kids as (being) holy as saints.”
What is a short sentence with as?
“Do as I say!”
What does as mean?
As means to such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: as (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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