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How to use for in a sentence

40 example sentences · conjunction, preposition, particle

For means because. Example: “I had to stay with my wicked stepmother, for I had nowhere else to go.”

Examples of for by meaning

conjunctionBecause.

  • I had to stay with my wicked stepmother, for I had nowhere else to go.
  • "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."1900, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

prepositionTowards; in the direction of.

  • The astronauts headed for the moon.
  • Run for the hills!
  • He was headed for the door when he remembered.

prepositionLeading towards in time or circumstance.

  • We're heading for bankruptcy.
  • He's set for graduating this year.

prepositionDirected at; intended to belong to.

  • I have something for you.
  • Maya Erwin, Vice President of Marketing & Innovation at Blue Diamond added in a press release: “Partnering with Mike’s Hot Honey allowed us to create something truly unique for snack lovers.2025 March 5, Ayomari, “Blue Diamond Almonds Gets Swicy With Mike’s Hot Honey”, in Foodbeast, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2025

prepositionIn order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).

  • Everything I do, I do for you.
  • We're having a birthday party for Janet.
  • The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.

prepositionBefitting of someone’s beliefs, needs, wants, skills, or tastes; best suited to.

  • I’ll strike a blow for you.
  • If having to bag the groceries correctly is more than you can handle, then this isn't the job for you.

prepositionTo be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose or meaning.

  • This is a new bell for my bicycle.
  • The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
  • This medicine is for your cough.

prepositionSupporting, in favour of.

  • All those for the motion, raise your hands.
  • Who's for ice-cream?
  • I'm for going by train

More sentences with for

  • I only use the library for the encyclopedia, as we’ve got most other books here.From the entry encyclopedia
  • My old encyclopedia has been gathering dust on the shelf for the past decade.From the entry encyclopedia
  • The family had steak and kidney pie for dinner and cherry pie for dessert.From the entry pie
  • We've worked out the schedule for Easter week: we'll be shopping Monday.From the entry Monday
  • The shop wasn't giving me enough hours so I started searching for a second job.From the entry hour
  • The man used his watch as barter to pay for his tab.From the entry barter
  • She bartered a bonsai for one of the rare books in my library.From the entry barter
  • It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade.From the entry trade
  • The restaurant had "Thank you for your patronage!" printed on its take-out bags.From the entry patronage
  • The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.From the entry deal
  • The company is looking for people with good heads for business.From the entry head
  • I’ve heard merchants still use an abacus for adding things up in China.From the entry abacus
  • Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment.From the entry abandonment
  • High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.From the entry abandonment
  • This wood has the ability to fight off insects, fungus, and mold for a considerable time.From the entry ability
  • The campaign for the abolition of slavery changed the course of history.From the entry abolition
  • This idea has been about for a while but has only recently become fashionable.From the entry about
  • Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.From the entry odd
  • I’ve got three complete sets of these trading cards for sale, plus a few dozen odds.From the entry odd
  • The English and the ROTW have a long history of conflict, periodically interrupted for tea.From the entry english

Meaning of for

  1. conjunction Because.
  2. preposition Towards; in the direction of.
  3. preposition Leading towards in time or circumstance.

Full definition of for

Questions about for in a sentence

How do you use for in a sentence?
For is used as a conjunction, preposition and particle. For example: “I had to stay with my wicked stepmother, for I had nowhere else to go.”
What is a short sentence with for?
“Who's for ice-cream?”
What does for mean?
For means because.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: for (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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