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How to use every in a sentence

40 example sentences · determiner

Every means all of a countable group (considered individually), without exception. Example: “Every person in the room stood and cheered.”

Examples of every by meaning

determinerAll of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.

  • Every person in the room stood and cheered.
  • She watches my every move.
  • For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36

determinerDenotes equal spacing at a stated interval, or a proportion corresponding to such a spacing.

  • We stopped for refreshments every ten miles.
  • The alarm is going off every few minutes.
  • Every third bead was red, and the rest were blue. The sequence was thus red, blue, blue, red, blue, blue etc.

determinerDenotes an abundance of something.

  • We wish you every happiness in the future.
  • He shows every sign of becoming an excellent player. I have every confidence in him.
  • There is every reason why we shouldn't.

More sentences with every

  • After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.From the entry nonsense
  • They improve their product every year; they export most of their agricultural production.From the entry product
  • Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.From the entry send
  • There's a market every Thursday and Saturday in the town square.From the entry market
  • The frequency of bus service has been improved from one every 15 to one every 12 minutes.From the entry frequency
  • The student received a failing grade for circling every true and false on her quiz.From the entry false
  • It is not the case that every unfamiliar phrase is an idiom.From the entry case
  • In our family of five, we have to do the laundry every other day.From the entry laundry
  • Though they are not twins, my sister-in-law resembles my wife in almost every way.From the entry sister-in-law
  • I seem to make fresh mistakes every time I start writing.From the entry fresh
  • We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by.From the entry quake
  • California is plagued by quakes; there are a few minor ones almost every month.From the entry quake
  • The Automobile Association is every motorist's friend. The police is every law-abiding citizen's friend.From the entry friend
  • "You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?"From the entry so
  • Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me.From the entry read
  • Paying the mortgage every month is a millstone round their necks.From the entry millstone
  • Do I just call every number on the list each time?From the entry do
  • My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven’t got much money for food.From the entry hungry
  • A new challenge will arise every time you think you've solved the last one.From the entry arise
  • This item is incredibly broken. I win almost every run I get to use it.From the entry broken
  • That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.From the entry get
  • He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.From the entry get
  • The American Revolution has influenced every democratic process in Europe since the 19th c.From the entry have
  • He met every objection to the trip with another reason I should go.From the entry meet
  • I ride to work every day and park the bike outside the office.From the entry ride
  • Every day I run my dog across the field and back.From the entry run
  • The run of the show lasted two weeks, and we sold out every night.From the entry run
  • Every once in a while, though, Idol comes across an unusual talent who just blows everyone away.From the entry unusual
  • The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.From the entry round
  • They brought us a round of drinks about every thirty minutes.From the entry round
  • Every wine has a certain distinctive character which sets it apart from all others.From the entry certain

Meaning of every

  1. determiner All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.
  2. determiner Denotes equal spacing at a stated interval, or a proportion corresponding to such a spacing.
  3. determiner Denotes an abundance of something.

Full definition of every

Questions about every in a sentence

How do you use every in a sentence?
Every is used as a determiner. For example: “Every person in the room stood and cheered.”
What is a short sentence with every?
“She watches my every move.”
What does every mean?
Every means all of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: every (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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