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How to use have in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Have means to possess, own. Example: “I have a house and a car.”

Examples of have by meaning

verbTo possess, own.

  • I have a house and a car.

verbTo hold, as something at someone's disposal.

  • Look what I have here—a frog I found on the street!
  • Do you have the key?

verbTo include as a part, ingredient, or feature.

  • The stove has a handle. The shirt has sleeves.
  • The words cow and dog have three letters.
  • A government has three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial.

verbUsed to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.

  • I have two sisters.
  • She doesn’t have any friends.
  • I have a really mean boss.

verbTo consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).

  • I have breakfast at six o'clock.
  • You've already had five drinks!
  • She's had more than enough time already.

verbTo undertake or perform (an action or activity).

  • Can I have a look at that?
  • He's having a tantrum about it.
  • I’m going to have a bath now.

verbTo be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.

  • What class do you have right now? I have English.
  • Fred won’t be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.
  • I have a lot of work to do.

verbTo experience, go through, undergo.

  • We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
  • He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
  • I’m having the time of my life!

More sentences with have

  • If you wanna get inside, you're gonna have to crow open that door.From the entry crow
  • Tomorrow's Thursday, but I have Friday and Saturday off, so really it's my Friday.From the entry Friday
  • We still have a couple hours left to do in the yard.From the entry hour
  • Although written the same, the words lead (the metal) and lead (the verb) have totally different etymologies.From the entry etymology
  • He never learned how to pour a glass of beer so it didn't have too much head.From the entry head
  • We are having a difficult time making head against this wind.From the entry head
  • You have to pot the ball in the pocket you've named.From the entry name
  • Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.From the entry abandon
  • This phone has the ability to have its software upgraded wirelessly.From the entry ability
  • Mary decided to have an abortion because she was too young to raise a baby.From the entry abortion
  • Climbing up that steep ridge isn't on. We'll have to find another route.From the entry on
  • Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".From the entry on
  • We have a robot in the house that does the vacuuming.From the entry robot
  • The English and the ROTW have a long history of conflict, periodically interrupted for tea.From the entry english
  • The youth of today have never known what life is like without a cell phone.From the entry today
  • The Bushes have held political office for several decades and the Kennedys longer.From the entry the
  • I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.From the entry the
  • Most of the men are retired, jobless, or have otherwise temporarily absented themselves from the workplace.From the entry absent
  • I abstain from this vote, as I have no particular preference.From the entry abstain

Meaning of have

  1. verb To possess, own.
  2. verb To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
  3. verb To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.

Full definition of have

Questions about have in a sentence

How do you use have in a sentence?
Have is used as a verb and noun. For example: “I have a house and a car.”
What is a short sentence with have?
“I have two sisters.”
What does have mean?
Have means to possess, own.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: have (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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