How to use fetch in a sentence
40 example sentences · verb, noun, interjection
Fetch means to retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get. Example: “You have to fetch some sugar in order to proceed with the recipe.”
Examples of fetch by meaning
verbTo retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
- You have to fetch some sugar in order to proceed with the recipe.
- I'm thirsty. Can you fetch me a glass of water, please?
- When they got home, the Rat made a bright fire in the parlour, and planted the Mole in an arm-chair in front of it, having fetched down a dressing-gown and slippers for him, and told him river stories till supper-time.1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC
verbTo obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
- If you put some new tyres on it, and clean it up a bit, the car should fetch about $5,000
- 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
- The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847
verbTo bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
- to fetch headway or sternway
verbTo recall from a swoon; to revive; sometimes with to.
- to fetch a man to
verbTo accomplish; to achieve; to perform, with certain objects or actions.
- to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap
nounAn act of fetching data.
- a fetch from a cache
nounAn area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves.
- When a fetch is close to land, this variability will alter anticipated wind directions and velocities.1977, Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.), Shore Protection Manual, page 29
nounA stratagem or trick; an artifice.
- They used cunning fetches to swindle money out of the gullible.
More sentences with fetch
- Fetch me a cold beer if there's one in the fridge.From the entry if
- In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus.From the entry state
- Won't you be a doll and fetch me a glass of water?From the entry doll
- It took you a long time to fetch that tool! Did you take the scenic route?From the entry scenic route
- With a good burnish, the old table should fetch a higher price.From the entry burnish
- A dog was sent to fetch the downed birds for the hunters.From the entry downed
- Accounts with OG names like "Daniel" or "summer" can often fetch a high price.From the entry og
- Head over to the Charlie Papa and fetch me the latest timetable.From the entry Charlie Papa
- We're running short of wine. Could you fetch some more, please?From the entry run short
- Fetch! Fetch! — (dog fetches stick) — Who's a good boy!From the entry who's a good boy
- Fetch! Fetch! — (dog fetches stick) — Who's a good girl!From the entry who's a good girl
- You wait here while I fetch my coat.From the entry here
- Fetch us a cold beer from the fridge, would you.From the entry us
- Go and fetch the butter from the dairy.From the entry dairy
- Anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price!From the entry coeval
- He said he would eat his hat if more than ten people came. He'd better fetch a knife and fork!From the entry eat one's hat
- Fetch! Fetch! — (dog fetches stick) — Good boy!From the entry good boy
- "Fetch! Fetch!" (dog fetches stick) "Good girl!"From the entry good girl
- The painting fetched a princely sum.From the entry princely sum
- Could you fetch me some bobby pins?” She shoved the clutch into my hands.2016, Stephanie Scott, Alterations, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry thanksies
- “Go, old man, and fetch your daughter for burial.” The old man rode off.2014, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Afanas’ev, edited by Jack V. Haney, The Complete Folktales of A. N. Afanas’ev, volume I, University Press of…. From the entry blin
- Next she fetched the large stone mortar where it hunkered down all lurksome in Darkhouse.2014, Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things. From the entry lurksome
- I fetched my briefs, pulled them on, and we left the changing room.2012, Luis Algorri, You’ll Hear From Me: A Gay Story about Passion and Love. From the entry briefs
- I PUT ON my clear, dorktastic goggles automatically while Dylan fetched the dissecting tray.2012, James Patterson, chapter 20, in Nevermore: The Final Maximum Ride Adventure, Young Arrow, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry dorktastic
- Louisa fetched the jemmy, and they approached the house in a line;.2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 217. From the entry jemmy
- In the morning, he’ll fetch you, and he’ll show you what horses we have.2009, Katharine Kerr, The Silver Mage (The Silver Wyrm; book four), DAW Books, →ISBN, page 67. From the entry weaponmaster
- "Fetched us a good haul of sparklies last night, did our young Twist," said the rat.2008, Heather Vogel Frederick, Goldwhiskers, page 27. From the entry sparklies
- He has gone to fetch our good shipmistress, but he says to begin the discussion without him.2008, Isobelle Carmody, The Stone Key, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 319. From the entry shipmistress
Meaning of fetch
- verb To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
- verb To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
- verb To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
Questions about fetch in a sentence
- How do you use fetch in a sentence?
- Fetch is used as a verb, noun and interjection. For example: “You have to fetch some sugar in order to proceed with the recipe.”
- What is a short sentence with fetch?
- “a fetch from a cache”
- What does fetch mean?
- Fetch means to retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fetch (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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