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How to use eric in a sentence

22 example sentences · noun

Eric means a fine paid as compensation for violent crimes. Example: “Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!”

More sentences with eric

  • Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!From the entry ground
  • Eric played a catchy tune on his acoustic guitar and Alyssa played the drums.From the entry tune
  • Eric wrote a catchy tune to play on his acoustic guitar while Alyssa plays the drums.From the entry catchy
  • Eric dipped a piece of the dosa in the coconut chutney.From the entry dosa
  • Eric Swalwell may have passed gas on live TV," he said.2019 November 20, Peter Weber, “The Daily Show gets to the bottom of the MSNBC-Eric Swalwell #Fartgate mystery”, in The Week. From the entry Swalwell
  • Eric wanted to know if Christmas was the time when people made a bobolee.2014, Cecil Gray, “A Gift For Eric”, in Cecil Gray, editor, Perspectives: A Course in Narrative Comprehension and Composition for…. From the entry bobolee
  • Eric, Janet announced after lunch today that Lisa is looking for a boyfriend.2013 September 21, Jake Herczeg, “Lisa wants a boyfriendo”, in NewGL (Google Groups), archived from the original on 30 Jan 2026. From the entry boyfriendo
  • Eric swiftly kills the guards, and Bill stakes Nan in the heart.2012, Nicki Bixter, Quicklet on True Blood Season 4 (TV Show Episode Guide). From the entry teamup
  • Eric had to admit that she looked street—upscale street, but still street.2003, Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill, James P. Baen, Mad Maudlin. From the entry street
  • Eric Wesley, deputy commanding general of U.S.2019 November 19, “The new era of high-power electromagnetic weapons”, in Military & Aerospace Electronics (article), retrieved 06 Jul 2021. From the entry hyperactive battlefield
  • Eric was best man and Larry was groomsman.2012 January 13, Carolyn Robinson Sommers, Betrayed by Destiny, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 357. From the entry bride's maid
  • Eric had the Blintsy with meat for $4.99.1997 March 20, “Dining Out the College Way with Trish, Roula and Friends”, in Dave Spencer, editor, The Student Voice, volume XXX, number…. From the entry blintsy
  • Eric Orwoll, co-founder of Return to the Land (RTTL), told Ozarks First a group of people are considering developing an RTTL community near Springfield.2025 July 22, Kathryn Skopec, “A whites-only community could be coming to Springfield area”, in Ozarks First, archived from the original…. From the entry Springfield
  • Eric Bailey, known as 'Hatter' to his friends, had little time for Charles Bell's method of 'Tibetanising' himself to advance British interests.2021, Ed Douglas, Himalaya: A Human History, page 391. From the entry Tibetanise
  • Eric had crawled the downtown bar scene with these guys many nights, after gigs and back when they were all in college together.2019, Leigh Landry, Cajun Two-Step: The Complete Series, Leigh Landry. From the entry crawl
  • Eric is a native French speaker.2011, Bridget Asher, The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted, London: Allison & Busby, published 2012, →ISBN, page 403. From the entry French-esque
  • Eric was great at talking smack.2008, Chuck Liddell, Chad Millman, Iceman: My Fighting Life, page 39. From the entry talk smack
  • Eric told me that after he transitioned, he wanted to learn to fish and all the things his father never taught him.2006, Taylor J. Holder, All Points in Between: Shifting on the Scale of Sex and Gender, →ISBN. From the entry transition
  • “Eric was an immensely gifted and aggressive booker and was renowned for booking the innumerable ‘gets’ we’ve seen on both FNC and FBN over the years,” they wrote.2021 March 22, Oliver Darcy, “Top Fox producer dies from coronavirus”, in CNN Business. From the entry fnc
  • 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
  • Eric didn't give a frick about looking at the gun but he was excited to spend some time in a social situation, no matter how awkward it might be.2006, T. J. Baldwin, Nazdak, page 24. From the entry frick
  • Eric Chatonier, goes with him to his home in New Orleans, where she is made to feel an interloper and an adventureress by the strange members of his family.1947, Dorothy E. Cook, Estelle A. Fidell, editors, Fiction Catalog: 1942-1946 Supplement to the 1941 Edition: A Subject, Author and Title…. From the entry adventureress

Meaning of eric

  1. noun A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.

Full definition of eric

Questions about eric in a sentence

How do you use eric in a sentence?
Eric is used as a noun. For example: “Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!”
What is a short sentence with eric?
“Eric is a native French speaker.”
What does eric mean?
Eric means a fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eric (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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