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How to use done in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, verb, interjection

Done means having completed or finished an activity. Example: “He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done."”

Examples of done by meaning

adjectiveHaving completed or finished an activity.

  • He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done."
  • They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived.

adjectiveCompleted or finished.

  • I'll text you when the movie's done.

adjectiveReady, fully cooked.

  • As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.

adjectiveBeing exhausted, used up, or fully spent.

  • When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.

adjectiveWithout hope or prospect of completion or success.

  • He is done, after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.

adjectiveFashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.

  • I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done!
  • What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!

adjectiveFinished with (something).

  • I'm done my homework.

adjectivePunished.

  • I can say what I like now because I am mental and I can't get done for it.2012 May 1, Liam Houlihan, Return To The Badlands: Twelve Enthralling True Cases Of Crooks, Cults And Crackpots, Melbourne Univ....
  • Normally, when you pass a law in New Zealand, you can't be done for it if you broke the law in the past.2021, Brooke van Velden, comments in the New Zealand Parliament regarding the COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill

More sentences with done

  • I need to get my planting done, as the season will soon be on us.From the entry on
  • I can't accept nothing being done about the problem and your standing idly by.From the entry accept
  • The work was done in secret, so that nobody could object.From the entry secret
  • Taking a break from work seems to have done her a world of good.From the entry world
  • He took all the credit for the project, although he had done almost none of the work.From the entry take
  • Work is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground.From the entry work
  • I've done as much as I can; you'll have to take it from here.From the entry here
  • You haven't done jack. Get up and get this room cleaned up right now!From the entry jack
  • The government have done a U-turn and are now supporting greater European integration instead of opposing it.From the entry u-turn
  • We had to put in a lot of hard graft to get the job done.From the entry graft
  • You've got some face coming round here after what you've done.From the entry face
  • When all is said and done, we'll look back at this and laugh.From the entry said and done
  • The child was so spoilt that she expected everything to be done for her.From the entry spoilt
  • If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.From the entry stink
  • I don't think Dave would have done that. He's a solid dude.From the entry solid
  • He knew all about the guts of the business: how things actually get done.From the entry guts
  • Some details got lost in the push to get the project done.From the entry push
  • I don't mean to put you out. It's just vital that I get this done tonight.From the entry put out
  • That kid needs a kick in the pants to get his homework done today.From the entry kick in the pants
  • After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is the thanks I get?From the entry thanks
  • I'd have thought you could have done the dishes, at least.From the entry could
  • The canyon yawns as it has done for millions of years, and we stand looking, dumbstruck.From the entry yawn
  • We have to get the report done. If the boss doesn't get his bimonthly he'll scream.From the entry bimonthly
  • She had no way of knowing, nor did we, that he’d done it.From the entry nor
  • That kid just spawned and looks like he's already done with life.From the entry spawn
  • As long as our staff keeps giving us the stupid, we'll never get our work done.From the entry stupid
  • Now that commerce is done electronically, tax stamps are no longer issued here.From the entry stamp
  • The feds rolled him by giving him a free pass for most of what he'd done.From the entry roll
  • You know he shouldn't have done it, so don't try to excuse his behavior!From the entry excuse

Meaning of done

  1. adjective Having completed or finished an activity.
  2. adjective Completed or finished.
  3. adjective Ready, fully cooked.

Full definition of done

Questions about done in a sentence

How do you use done in a sentence?
Done is used as an adjective, verb and interjection. For example: “He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done."”
What is a short sentence with done?
“I'm done my homework.”
What does done mean?
Done means having completed or finished an activity.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: done (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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