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• Both 'ere buckets 'ave 'oles in 'em.From the entry here
• Look! It's that bloke again what was 'ere yesterday!From the entry what
• 'Allo, 'allo, 'allo! What's goin' on 'ere, then?From the entry 'allo
• What are dem fings doing ’ere?From the entry dem
• Later she found a Zincoln, and ere we had traveled much further, I snagged a Jefferson.2006 August 14, Amistad, “Triple play”, in rec.collecting.coins (Usenet), retrieved 03 Dec 2022. From the entry Zincoln
• 'Ere it is." His tongue scraped across his lower lip as he stared at Charity.1996, Jo Ann Ferguson, Miss Charity's Case, page 182. From the entry Barnaby
• "What's more," it went on, "she ain't been 'ere for ruddy hours, neither.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 19. From the entry ruddy
• If you'll shove this 'ere meat an' bread into yer stummick, we'll begin fer to make tracks."1922, Irving Bacheller, In the Days of Poor Richard. From the entry stummick
• "Look aht, Percy," enjoined a hollow but reassuring voice, "'ere comes another!"1916 February 23, “Underground Game”, in Punch, or the London Charivari, volume 150. From the entry aht
• Ere came the second stroke, another and nearer clock was striking.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company…. From the entry cleave
• I'll go in 'ere for 'arf a minnit and sit down.1909, W.W. Jacobs, Sailor's Knots (Entire Collection). From the entry minnit
• This 'ere is me old ’oppo Ginger Vernall.”2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 53. From the entry oppo
• "Don't waste yer time in The Alice, get out and see the country — that's what yer 'ere for."2004, Larry Habegger, Travelers' Tales Australia: True Stories, page 7. From the entry Alice
• In brief, ere was a true monk if there ever was one since the monking world started monkeying in monkeries.1967, Marcel Tetel, Twayne's world authors series, page 41. From the entry monking
• God help the husband that obliges his wife's least whim: he'll be a wittol ere he's two years wed!1960, John Barth, The Sot-Weed Factor. From the entry wittol
• "She ain't 'ere," a man's voice said.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 19. From the entry ruddy
• "'Ere we are, gents one an' all.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 58. From the entry -bloody-
• "Ullo," I ses to meself, "ere's another o' these 'ere dratted young fellermelads lorst 'is way,' I ses.1936, H.F.E, Punch, volume 190, page 146. From the entry fellermelad
• “’Ere y’are, the best rig-out you ever ’ad.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXIX, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz…. From the entry bob
• “’Ere y'are, the best rig-out you ever ’ad.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXIX, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz…. From the entry hog
• King am I, whatsoever be their cry; And one last act of kinghood shalt thou see Yet, ere I pass."1922, Charles Sylvester, Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5. From the entry kinghood
• Rumor has it that there will be a wedding in our village ere the daisies are in bloom.1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter XXIV, in Anne of Avonlea. From the entry wedding
• It was four, as a matter of fact, ere a steamer with a melodious bargeful of hounds anchored at that landing.1909, Rudyard Kipling, Little Foxes: A Tale Of The Gihon Hunt. From the entry bargeful
• Ere a year had passed hopeful John Winthrop wrote, “My Deare Wife, wee are here in a Paradise.”1901, Alice Morse Earle, Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth, New York: Macmillan, →OCLC, page 3. From the entry New Englishwoman
• We were havin' a right rip snorter 'ere, and then this piker shows up, and just like that it's "Good night, Irene"!2011 February 21, “Stop! Celebrate and Witness, Goku's Back From 100X Fitness!” (4:59 from the start), in Dragon Ball Z Abridged, season…. From the entry goodnight Irene
• Well, this one’s ’ere all right.2009, Jennifer Worth, “The Captain’s Daughter”, in Farewell to the East End, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, page 237. From the entry 'a
• I understand that one of the hugsome wenches down there is of a mind to have you at the grindstone 'ere long.'1975, The revenge of Moriarty. From the entry hugsome
• 'Ere, tosh, you bin at Cha'ham?1954, E. Hyams, Stories & Cream, section 175. From the entry tosh
• It is beyond comprehension that he should hesitate long ere resolving to step into and take possession of such a rich and glorious heritage.1937, Alfred Gordon Bennett, Cinemania: Aspects of Filmic Creation, page 422. From the entry take possession
• Late at e'en, drinking the wine, And ere they paid the lawing, They set a combat them between, To fight it in the dawing.1925, George Wharton Edwards, The Book of Old English Ballads, →ISBN. From the entry lawing
• Ere long we shall expect to see our library schools offering special courses in marine bibliothecology, or library science for seafarers.—Chicago Dial.1913 August 10, The Librarian, “Library Notes”, in The Charlotte News, volume 4, number 27, Charlotte, N.C., section “Literary Needs of…. From the entry bibliothecology
• “This ’ere,” says the captain producing a catalogue across which is printed, Hyde Windlass Co., Bath, Me., in bold type, “is a windlass.1913 January 24, “Wildcats Are Not Always Real Wild: Marine Reporter Gets Light on Subject at Cost of Drink”, in The Day, 32nd year, New…. From the entry aye-aye, sir
• When they rang the undern-bell, he was in London and not yet ready; and yet he won to Canterbury long ere evensong, riding fifty miles.1908, Edith Rickert, Early English Romances in Verse, page 74. From the entry undern-bell
• “I often wonder,” he said, “whether I oughtn’t to dress for dinner—when I’m alone ’ere.” ¶ Coote protruded his lips and reflected.1905, H. G. Wells, Kipps, New York: Scribner, published 1906, Chapter 5, §3, pp. 273-274. From the entry mess jacket
• Eric was like 'Don't let 'er sick up in 'ere,” and next thing anybody knew, she sticks her head out the window and blew lunch all over.”2011, Cameron Bortz, Bermuda High, page 113. From the entry sick up
• The wooden surfaces of these desks also made a wonderful surface on which to scratch your name for all posterity: "I woz ere" being a favoured phrase.2004, Sue Cowley, Sue Cowley's A-Z of Teaching. From the entry woz ere
• Always, ere this, you have contented yourself with the brief loan that the priests allow, and have rendered back the dead in the required state of exanimation.1923, Clark Ashton Smith, Weird Tales, The Charnel God. From the entry exanimation

Meaning of ere

1. adverb At an earlier time.
2. preposition Before; sooner than.
3. conjunction Before.

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Questions about ere in a sentence

How do you use ere in a sentence?

Ere is used as an adverb, preposition and conjunction. For example: “'Ere bit o' bacon in it, Kathleen?”

What is a short sentence with ere?

“'Ere, tosh, you bin at Cha'ham?”

What does ere mean?

Ere means at an earlier time.