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How to use fair in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Fair means beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality. Example: “Monday's child is fair of face.”

Examples of fair by meaning

adjectiveBeautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.

  • Monday's child is fair of face.
  • There was once a knight who wooed a fair young maid.
  • "It was a purely scientific research party sent out by my father's father, the Jeddak of Helium, to rechart the air currents, and to take atmospheric density tests," replied the fair prisoner, in a low, well-modulated voice.1912 February–July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Under the Moons of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC...

adjectiveUnblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.

  • one's fair name
  • After scratching out and replacing various words in the manuscript, he scribed a fair copy to send to the publisher.

adjectiveLight in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.

  • She had fair hair and blue eyes.
  • In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

adjectiveJust.

  • He must be given a fair trial.

adjectiveAdequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.

  • Their performance has been only fair.
  • The patient was in a fair condition after some treatment.
  • Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

adjectiveFavorable, pleasant.

  • The weather was fair today.

adjectiveNot overcast; cloudless; clear.

  • a fair sky
  • They had good weather and tolerably fair winds, and before they entered the Straits of Magellan the captain had formulated a plan for the disposition of Garta.1909, Frank R. Stockton, The adventures of Captain Horn, Chapter 42

adjectiveFree from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.

  • a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view

More sentences with fair

  • It's not fair to do that – it's just not on.From the entry on
  • This will be a good card for the last day of the fair.From the entry card
  • (determination): You shall go to the ball!; He shall be given a fair trial.From the entry shall
  • You only won that game because your last opponent logged. That's no fair!From the entry log
  • John always gets the best tips because he gets the best tables! It's not fair!From the entry table
  • It's only fair to let him borrow your kite, after you've had his toys all day.From the entry only
  • All I want is for my views to get a fair hearing.From the entry hearing
  • That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year.From the entry shower
  • He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up.From the entry clip
  • The children whisked down the road to the fair, laughing and chattering as they went.From the entry whisk
  • There was a fair amount of cruising going on at the gay party.From the entry cruising
  • If a gambler plays a fair game repeatedly, his payoff over time is a martingale.From the entry martingale
  • But mom! Can't I go to the fair? The others say it will be funtastic!From the entry funtastic
  • Pretending to be slow is fair game. Pretending to be injured is not.From the entry fair game
  • After the middle sister's call from a friend's house, her slice of cake was fair game.From the entry fair game
  • Be fair to people: not everyone can be empathic, like Cathy is. Her gift is rare.From the entry empathic
  • People who are firm but fair, and fair but firm, are the salt of the earth.From the entry salt of the earth
  • They said it was going to fair off later on, but it didn't.From the entry fair off
  • They said it was going to fair up later on, but it didn't.From the entry fair up
  • He said he wanted a fair go to apply for the scholarship.From the entry fair go
  • The hall of mirrors was her favorite attraction at the fair.From the entry hall of mirrors
  • It was a stormy day and it was slap-bang in the middle of the fair weather season.From the entry slap-bang
  • The food was great at this year's frost fair. Lots of people were out skating and sledding.From the entry frost fair
  • Police interrogators don't have to play fair: they are allowed to lie to or coerce a witness.From the entry play fair
  • Me an' my folks are goin' to the yearly village fair! will ya come with us?From the entry village fair

Meaning of fair

  1. adjective Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
  2. adjective Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
  3. adjective Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond and red hair.

Full definition of fair

Questions about fair in a sentence

How do you use fair in a sentence?
Fair is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “Monday's child is fair of face.”
What is a short sentence with fair?
“a fair sky”
What does fair mean?
Fair means beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fair (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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