How to use everyone in a sentence
40 example sentences · pronoun
Everyone means every individual in a set; every person. Example: “When the financial irregularities were discovered, the CEO gagged everyone in the accounting department.”
Examples of everyone by meaning
pronounEvery individual in a set; every person.
- Everyone’s heart palpitated as Leo Dillon handed up the paper and everyone assumed an innocent face.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 22
More sentences with everyone
- When the financial irregularities were discovered, the CEO gagged everyone in the accounting department.From the entry gag
- Everyone who is drinking is drinking, but not everyone who is drinking is drinking.From the entry drink
- While everyone else offered thoughts and prayers, she made a concrete proposal to help.From the entry concrete
- Most Americans don't know 'WC' and many Brits mock 'bathroom' but almost everyone understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.From the entry bathroom
- So, everyone wants to know – did you win the contest or not?From the entry so
- The bank robbers disbanded after everyone got their cut of the money.From the entry cut
- Come on everyone! Let's get ourselves up and out of bed, please.From the entry ourselves
- Every once in a while, though, Idol comes across an unusual talent who just blows everyone away.From the entry unusual
- Regular drills can ensure that everyone knows how to exit safely in an emergency.From the entry drill
- Everyone in the football stadium expected a pass play on third down.From the entry pass
- Americans don't know 'WC' and Brits mock 'bathroom' but everyone usually understands 'toilet' or 'lavatory'.From the entry lavatory
- Come on, everyone, bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub!From the entry bolt
- Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia.From the entry front
- The professor gave an erudite lecture that impressed everyone in the audience.From the entry erudite
- Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.From the entry ghost
- Everyone heard the announcement, but not everyone agrees on what the subtext was.From the entry subtext
- Although few people scored high marks, everyone did quite well—the lowest decile was over 50%.From the entry decile
- Those who want to muzzle everyone else are likely nothing less than pseudovirtuous.From the entry muzzle
- The sudden rush of customers had everyone in the shop hopping.From the entry hop
- We don't have much room in this car, so everyone will have to squeeze in.From the entry squeeze in
- Everyone knows he committed the crime, but he still denies it.From the entry deny
- Everyone pick a token (hat, wheelbarrow, thimble, etc.) and place it on the Start square.From the entry token
- The loud bang in the hallway seemed to alarm everyone in the building.From the entry alarm
- Johnny is such a little waver; everyone who passes by receives his preferred greeting.From the entry waver
- Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes.From the entry bum
- The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.From the entry program
- Everyone who came by oohed and aahed over her new appearance.From the entry aah
- He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.From the entry brand
- She went around the office and got everyone to sign the card.From the entry around
- He's so crooked that everyone avoids interacting with him as much as they can help it.From the entry crooked
- This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.From the entry clique
- The old song caused a little sway in everyone in the room.From the entry sway
- Everyone glared in disapproval at the man talking loudly on the phone.From the entry disapproval
- Thank you for coming everyone and I hope to see you again next year. Good morning.From the entry good morning
- The child's innocent question revealed the embarrassing truth in front of everyone.From the entry innocent
- Does everyone know what car they're going in? Then let's rock and roll!From the entry rock and roll
- Good evening everyone and welcome to our 34th annual general meeting.From the entry good evening
- Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming to our special meeting today.From the entry good afternoon
- We've now ordered stash for everyone who said they wanted some.From the entry stash
Meaning of everyone
- pronoun Every individual in a set; every person.
Questions about everyone in a sentence
- How do you use everyone in a sentence?
- Everyone is used as a pronoun. For example: “When the financial irregularities were discovered, the CEO gagged everyone in the accounting department.”
- What is a short sentence with everyone?
- “Everyone knows he committed the crime, but he still denies it.”
- What does everyone mean?
- Everyone means every individual in a set; every person.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: everyone (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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