How to use her in a sentence
40 example sentences · determiner, pronoun, noun
Her means belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc). Example: “Give it to her (after preposition)”
Examples of her by meaning
determinerBelonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city...
- This is her book
- Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1
- On top of the circle she wrote her name, Louise, just above where the 12 on a clock would be.2001, Betsy Gould Hearne, Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 78
determinerBelonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense).
- If a student wishes to memorize her poem and share it aloud with the rest of the class, suggest a buddy system.2017, David Yellin, Essentials of Integrating the Language Arts, page 115
pronounThe form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction...
- Give it to her (after preposition)
- He wrote her a letter (indirect object)
- He treated her for a cold (direct object)
nounA female person or animal.
- I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
- By this time, she had so many questions, but she only hit him up for one answer about those “hims” and “hers.” She asked, “Do both hims and hers reproduce hummers?”2004, Charles J. Sullivan, Love and Survival, page 68
More sentences with her
- Her parents had lived in Botswana, spreading the word among the tribespeople.From the entry word
- Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment.From the entry abandonment
- "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.From the entry abide
- Despite her proper upbringing, we found her manners to be terribly abrasive.From the entry abrasive
- The professor stopped her lecture abruptly when she noticed someone fall off their seat.From the entry abruptly
- He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since.From the entry on
- She speaks English, French, and German. English is her first language.From the entry english
- The scientist received the highest accolade in her field for the groundbreaking discovery.From the entry accolade
- She was extremely accommodating when it came to changing her schedule.From the entry accommodating
- The artist took out her colors and began work on a landscape.From the entry color
- Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.From the entry birth
- The treatment accorded Russia by her sister nations will be the acid test of their good will.From the entry accord
- Let's give her a call. Do you have her number handy?From the entry number
- While reading her book, Sally leaned back against her husband, wishing it were the human kind.From the entry husband
- She did it all on her own like a big girl.From the entry big
- Taking a break from work seems to have done her a world of good.From the entry world
- The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her!From the entry take
- She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city.From the entry take
- I can't talk to her: she is too busy SMSing her friends.From the entry SMS
- Using some tweezers, she worked the bee sting out of her hand.From the entry work
- After reflecting a little bit, I've decided to consent to her practising the piano in the house.From the entry consent
- The student received a failing grade for circling every true and false on her quiz.From the entry false
- She had to accelerate her work pace to meet the deadline.From the entry accelerate
- My professor's accent is so thick that it's difficult to understand her lectures.From the entry accent
- She spoke with a strong accent that betrayed her southern roots.From the entry accent
- She quickly acclimatized to her new job in a foreign country.From the entry acclimatize
- Her actions were clearly accessory because they helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.From the entry accessory
- To find more about her, check out her bio on Instagram.From the entry bio
- My grandma is a fuddy-duddy when it comes to keeping her house clean.From the entry fuddy-duddy
- Hannah achieved her lifelong dream of winning a medal at the Olympics.From the entry achieve
- Ask him that he tell her —No need to, she'll already know by know.From the entry ask
Meaning of her
- determiner Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
- determiner Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense).
- pronoun The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.
Questions about her in a sentence
- How do you use her in a sentence?
- Her is used as a determiner, pronoun and noun. For example: “Give it to her (after preposition)”
- What is a short sentence with her?
- “This is her book”
- What does her mean?
- Her means belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: her (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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