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How to use fix in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Fix means to pierce; now generally replaced by transfix. Example: “He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"”

Examples of fix by meaning

verb(Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.

  • He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"
  • She sniffed, too, comprehendingly, and fixed her son with a relentless eye.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 111

verbTo attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.

  • A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.
  • A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
  • The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet.

verbTo focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.

  • She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.

verbTo mend, to repair.

  • That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
  • You can't fix stupid.
  • Fix this for me.

verbTo be immensely pleasurable to.

  • Some pizza rolls would fix me right now.
  • Getting tongued by a hot woman would fix me.

verbTo prepare (food or drink).

  • She fixed dinner for the kids.
  • She fixed Peter a slice of black bread and jam by cutting the hard crust petalwise around the edge, so the child could tear off convenient pieces.1945, Marianne Steiff Finton Meisel, Years Before the Flood, page 14
  • I fixed us drinks—orange juice with some vodka I'd gotten on sale—and washed a few dishes to get my mind off Jess and the fact of his not texting back.2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 94

verbTo make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually...

  • A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.

verbTo surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

  • Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.

More sentences with fix

  • Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.From the entry today
  • I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.From the entry see
  • They were betting big on a great mill, but they didn't realize that the fix was in.From the entry mill
  • Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.From the entry car
  • Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together.From the entry hammer
  • Hello my flower, shall I fix up a cheese sarnie for you?From the entry sarnie
  • Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.From the entry tape
  • If you make enough of a fuss about the problem, maybe they'll fix it for you.From the entry fuss
  • If you can't fix it with duck tape, it's not worth fixing.From the entry duck tape
  • Why don't you ask Joe to fix it? He's very mechanical.From the entry mechanical
  • If the machine is really broken, noodling with the knobs is not going to fix it.From the entry noodle
  • I don't exactly know how to fix this lawnmower; I'm really just fiddling.From the entry fiddle
  • I refuse to send them any more money until they fix this mix up.From the entry mix up
  • She brought back a mess of fish to fix for supper.From the entry mess
  • As soon as I figure out what is wrong with my car, I will fix it.From the entry figure out
  • Upgrade to the latest version for new features and bug fixes.From the entry version
  • I will be a happy camper when they fix the potholes on my commute.From the entry happy camper
  • I tried to fix it, but I think I just goofed it up some more.From the entry goof up
  • We're putting the new software features on ice until we can fix the existing bugs.From the entry on ice
  • I complained that the heat was not working, and the landlord sent the handyman to fix it.From the entry handyman
  • Rather than fix the code, we just band-aided the problem by hiding the error message.From the entry band-aid
  • The ceiling was so leaky that someone had to fix it.From the entry leaky
  • "Where's David?" "He stayed at home to fix the washing machine."From the entry at home
  • I need someone to fix me up with a tent and some camping gear.From the entry fix up

Meaning of fix

  1. verb To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
  2. verb (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
  3. verb To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.

Full definition of fix

Questions about fix in a sentence

How do you use fix in a sentence?
Fix is used as a verb and noun. For example: “He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"”
What is a short sentence with fix?
“Fix this for me.”
What does fix mean?
Fix means to pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fix (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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