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How to use girl in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Girl means a female child. Example: “I saw a little girl feeding, brushing, and talking to a heifer.”

Examples of girl by meaning

nounA female child.

  • I saw a little girl feeding, brushing, and talking to a heifer.

nounA term of address to a female (see usage notes).

  • Hey, girl, I haven't seen you since last week! Where you been?
  • "Now do go away, there's a good girl."1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 14

nounOne's girlfriend.

  • He lucked out with that girl of his. Smart, sweet, sassy, and pretty too.
  • There isn't any guy going to steal my girl!1922, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Girl from Hollywood
  • I took my girl to the cinema to watch your American movies.1996, Elizabeth Wong, Kimchee and Chitlins: A Serious Comedy about Getting Along, page 74

nounOne's daughter.

  • Your girl turned up on our doorstep. She was crying about the argument on the playground. We let her vent.

nounA female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.

  • Hey, Tricksy, come here, girl! Do you want a treat? Yes, you love those biscuits, don't you! What a good girl! Here's another!
  • Lovely girl seeks forever home.2025 March 9, Australian Cattle Dog Rescue

nounA female (tree, gene, etc).

  • Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?
  • Are there “boy” trees and “girl” trees?1950, Pageant, page 51
  • Of the 100 percent total, 25 will have two girl genes, 50 will have one boy and one girl gene, and 25 will have two boy genes.1970 [earlier 1963], Helen V. Wilson, Helen Van Pelt, Helen Van Pelt's African Violets, Dutton Adult

nounA machine or vehicle, especially one that the speaker uses often and is fond of.

  • The old girl ain't as pretty as she once was, but she still purrs like a kitten and still gets out of her own way!
  • Daly came, delved into the old girl's inner works, and had her working in jig time.1917 June 29, Les Enfant, “The Trials of Commuter Jones—a Would-Be Pumber”, in Metal Worker, Pumber, and Steam Fitter, volume 87, number...
  • The tired old girl was listing heavily in the heavy seas.2013, Rose George, Deep Sea and Foreign Going

nounA female servant; a maid. (see usage notes).

  • He assumed that the girls should clean up his giant mess. We straightened out his misconception.

More sentences with girl

  • Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.From the entry abandon
  • I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.From the entry in
  • She did it all on her own like a big girl.From the entry big
  • The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.From the entry work
  • We were friends with some girls from the other school and stayed friends with them.From the entry friend
  • The man was arrested for touching a girl without her consent.From the entry touch
  • Natalie’s brown eyes looked into Jim’s blue eyes, and the girl and boy flirted.From the entry eye
  • There is a new girl in the class whom I consider to be a wunderkind.From the entry whom
  • “Thank you!” said the girl after her mom gave her a gift.From the entry thank you
  • That girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!From the entry blow
  • I had a fling with a girl I met on holiday.From the entry fling
  • Dang, girl! Your brother is gorgeous! I want him so bad!From the entry want
  • Stephen King's first novel is about a girl named Carrie dealing with supernatural powers.From the entry supernatural
  • He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.From the entry amaze
  • She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.From the entry slip
  • The girl said the man had tried to touch her special place.From the entry special
  • This girl was so rude towards the cashier by screaming at him for no apparent reason.From the entry rude
  • His older cousin was just gigging him about being in love with that girl from school.From the entry gig
  • A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.From the entry adopt
  • Man, quit actin' brand new, bruh. You only being this way 'cause there's a girl.From the entry brand new
  • The police will make every effort to trace the missing girl.From the entry every
  • Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.From the entry print
  • Girl, you can talk to the hand 'cause I ain't listenin' no more.From the entry talk to the hand
  • The young girl dimpled in glee as she was handed a cupcake.From the entry dimple

Meaning of girl

  1. noun A female child.
  2. noun A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
  3. noun A term of address to a female (see usage notes).

Full definition of girl

Questions about girl in a sentence

How do you use girl in a sentence?
Girl is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I saw a little girl feeding, brushing, and talking to a heifer.”
What is a short sentence with girl?
“Lovely girl seeks forever home.”
What does girl mean?
Girl means a female child.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: girl (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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