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How to use fun in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, adjective, verb

Fun means amusement, enjoyment or pleasure. Example: “We had a fun time at the party.”

Examples of fun by meaning

nounAmusement, enjoyment or pleasure.

  • Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.2000, Robert Stanley, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe Photoshop 6, Alpha Books, page 377

adjectiveEnjoyable or amusing.

  • We had a fun time at the party.
  • He is such a fun person to be with.
  • He's the liberated character that everyone wants to be, so he was very fun to play2016 January 11, Tom Bateman, quoted in Nigel Hunt, "Jekyll and Hyde, TV revamp of Robert Louis Stevenson classic, debuts on CBC-TV" CBC...

adjectiveWhimsical or flamboyant.

  • This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.

verbTo tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.

  • Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.

More sentences with fun

  • You're fun to spend time with, but I'm not that into you.From the entry that
  • Well, if you didn't catch this time, we'll have more fun trying again until you do.From the entry catch
  • He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.From the entry pay
  • Making fun of their football team is one sure way to get a rise from a crowd.From the entry rise
  • It won't be much fun if only guys turn up to the party.From the entry if only
  • The trailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun.From the entry trailer
  • This chick's a machine but her friend is way more fun.From the entry chick
  • Traying has provided collegiate fun and the occasional fatality for decades.From the entry tray
  • The toy was soft and squishy, making it fun to squeeze.From the entry squishy
  • This game is really fun, but the graphics aren't very good.From the entry graphics
  • Monday was a red letter day for her. She accomplished a lot and had fun doing it.From the entry red letter day
  • I wanted us to have fun today. You're such a pooper cleaning the house now!From the entry pooper
  • That was an enjoyable day; I had a lot of fun.From the entry enjoyable
  • Please stop making fun of your sister and just help her!From the entry make fun of
  • I'm married to Paula, but Jackie, my bit on the side, is far more fun.From the entry bit on the side
  • Let's plan a block party that's just as fun for the old folks as the younger folks.From the entry old folks
  • You wouldn't believe the fun and games I had trying to find somewhere to park.From the entry fun and games
  • Well have fun, but, word to the wise, don't let your sister take control.From the entry word to the wise
  • Somehow, to me, it's not quite as fun now that they've turned it into a numbers game.From the entry numbers game
  • I know a girl who's fun to roll around with, but can't have a conversation.From the entry roll around
  • I always wanted to give windsurfing a try. I reckon it could be fun.From the entry give something a try
  • I could definitely get behind a fun restaurant in this town.From the entry get behind
  • Fun fact: 60% of the deaths in this area are from drop bear attacks.From the entry fun fact
  • She looked like she was having fun, but I knew that she was faking it.From the entry fake it
  • We all went out to a karaoke bar and had a barrel of fun.From the entry barrel of fun
  • Two hours of root canal surgery – that sounds like a barrel of fun.From the entry barrel of fun
  • He's quite reliable even though occasionally he exhibits some squirrelliness for fun.From the entry squirrelliness
  • It was fun to watch her work the room.From the entry room
  • The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.From the entry slide
  • I'll teach you to make fun of me!From the entry teach
  • We had fun mashing apples in a mill.From the entry mash
  • Being a child is all fun and games.From the entry game
  • Games in the classroom can make learning fun.From the entry game
  • The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.From the entry acquisition

Meaning of fun

  1. noun Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
  2. noun Playful, often noisy, activity.
  3. adjective Enjoyable or amusing.

Full definition of fun

Questions about fun in a sentence

How do you use fun in a sentence?
Fun is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “We had a fun time at the party.”
What is a short sentence with fun?
“Being a child is all fun and games.”
What does fun mean?
Fun means amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fun (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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