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How to use here in a sentence

40 example sentences · adverb, adjective, noun

Here means in, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. Example: “You wait here while I fetch my coat.”

Examples of here by meaning

adverbIn, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.

  • You wait here while I fetch my coat.
  • Ms. Doe is not here at the moment.
  • It says here that he died in 1970.

adverbAt this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.).

  • I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here.
  • Here endeth the lesson.
  • “And drove away—away.” Sophia broke down here.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC

adverbIn this matter.

  • You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you.

adverbNotionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.

  • Flu season is here.
  • Christmas will soon be here.

adverbIn this context.

  • Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.
  • The briefest characterization is all that will be attempted here.1904 January 15, William James, “The Chicago School”, in Psychological Bulletin, 1.1, pages 1-5

adverbAfter the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.

  • Jim here has been with the company for twenty years.

adverbAfter certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.

  • This here orange is too sour.

adverbTo this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.

  • Please come here.

More sentences with here

  • I only use the library for the encyclopedia, as we’ve got most other books here.From the entry encyclopedia
  • So let’s see. There are two evens here and three odds.From the entry odd
  • English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.From the entry english
  • He was here just a bit ago, but it looks like he's stepped out.From the entry bit
  • After that last screw-up of mine, my stock is pretty low around here.From the entry stock
  • Things around here are just a little more country than what he's used to.From the entry country
  • I'm just sitting here with a desk of cards, enjoying a slow afternoon.From the entry slow
  • You best have some money, cause there ain't no checks or credit here.From the entry money
  • See my new car here? I can't wait to take this baby for a drive.From the entry baby
  • It gives me a lot of pleasure to be here tonight.From the entry give
  • These apples here are for eating. The rest are for throwing away.From the entry for
  • Sure, most of us hunt deer around here, but not many of us have ever hunted moose.From the entry deer
  • I came here to buy souvenirs, not to be subjected to a tirade of abuse!From the entry subject
  • I wouldn't speed through here if I was you. This area is hot this time of night.From the entry hot
  • Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?From the entry hack
  • Even with all the windows open, there is hardly a breath of air in here.From the entry breath
  • You've got some face coming round here after what you've done.From the entry face
  • This car is blocking the way, but Mr Smith, whose it is, will be here shortly.From the entry whose
  • Don’t come the innocent victim. We all know who’s to blame here.From the entry come
  • All the little shops that used to be here are now gone.From the entry gone
  • Look what I have here—a frog I found on the street!From the entry have
  • I’ve worked here for exactly four years, one month and 10 days.From the entry have
  • Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?From the entry meet
  • What’s a body gotta do to get a drink around here?From the entry body
  • I would have been here on time, but a certain someone lost the car keys!From the entry certain
  • I use an echo effect here to make the sound more mysterious.From the entry effect

Meaning of here

  1. adverb In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
  2. adverb At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.).
  3. adverb In this matter.

Full definition of here

Questions about here in a sentence

How do you use here in a sentence?
Here is used as an adverb, adjective and noun. For example: “You wait here while I fetch my coat.”
What is a short sentence with here?
“Please come here.”
What does here mean?
Here means in, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: here (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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