How to use both in a sentence
40 example sentences · determiner, pronoun, conjunction
Both means each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items. Example: “Which one do you need? ―I need both of them.”
Examples of both by meaning
determinerEach of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
- Which one do you need? ―I need both of them.
- Around a third of both Black and White respondents said they believed the opposition Labour Party to be institutionally racist.2020 June 22, Rob Picheta, “Most Black British people think the Conservative Party is institutionally racist, CNN poll finds”, in CNN
- The proof (Tables 9 and 10) of idempotence for both OR and AND follows from examining the definition of each operation under the constraint that both inputs have the same value.2022 August 4, William Bahn, “Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities”, in All About Circuits
pronounEach of the two, or of the two kinds.
- Did you want this one or that one? ―Give me both.
- They were both here.
- I've already lost both (of) my parents.
conjunctionIncluding both of (used with and).
- I (can) both sing and dance.
- Both you and I are students.
- There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN
More sentences with both
- The English and German languages are both members of the West Germanic language family.From the entry language
- Japanese IMEs can work with both QWERTY keyboards and Japanese keyboards.From the entry IME
- Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.From the entry time
- I have placed both of the ads in the newspaper as instructed.From the entry ad
- The revenues from both brand-name drugs and generic drugs have increased.From the entry drug
- The metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas holds that all real beings have both essence and existence.From the entry metaphysics
- The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.From the entry of
- My sister-in-law and my brother met while they were both on vacation in Jamaica.From the entry sister-in-law
- The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".From the entry suffix
- We both need a week retreat after those two stressful years working in the city.From the entry retreat
- He is quite bad off now that both his parents lost their jobs.From the entry bad
- He pointed out that it takes both labour and capital to produce goods.From the entry capital
- It could be one or the other, or both. Who knows?From the entry who knows
- I have a car and a truck, but they are both broken.From the entry they
- The victim was a youngster, both of whose eyes were missing.From the entry whose
- Are there countries where polygamy is legal for both men and women?From the entry polygamy
- He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.From the entry make
- The factors of the Klein four-group are both cyclic of order 2.From the entry factor
- I made this for both y'all and your wife to enjoy.From the entry y'all
- He was passing blood in both his urine and his stool.From the entry pass
- In order for a suit to be kosher, it cannot contain both wool and linen together.From the entry kosher
- The baby will surely have green eyes, because both parents have.From the entry will
- My boyfriend and I are both sides; we prefer to do oral and other stuff.From the entry side
- With both players having an ace-high straight, the pot was a chop.From the entry chop
- Both auditionees had great ranges but Diamond had the strong belt we really need for the finale.From the entry belt
- The Times published the investigative piece about the governor both in print and online.From the entry publish
- In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs.From the entry brood
- I’ve written both as a ghost for experts and under my name.From the entry ghost
- Randal is less welcome than Rachel but as her spouse we should invite them both.From the entry less
- The key signatures of D major and b minor both have two sharps.From the entry key signature
- If the committee is agreeable, we'll make an arrangement agreeable to both sides.From the entry agreeable
Meaning of both
- determiner Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
- pronoun Each of the two, or of the two kinds.
- conjunction Including both of (used with and).
Questions about both in a sentence
- How do you use both in a sentence?
- Both is used as a determiner, pronoun and conjunction. For example: “Which one do you need? ―I need both of them.”
- What is a short sentence with both?
- “They were both here.”
- What does both mean?
- Both means each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: both (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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