How to use him in a sentence
40 example sentences · pronoun, noun
Him means with dative effect or as an indirect object. Example: “Now him and Bernie are best friends.”
Examples of him by meaning
pronounAs a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.
- Now him and Bernie are best friends.
pronounUsed in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).
- Who was there? —Him.
- Who did this? —Him. He did it. (or:) It was him. He did it.)
- Who did that? —(It was) not him: I was watching him the whole time.
pronounWith nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition.
- Lowe quit the West Wing last year amid rumours that he was unhappy that his co-stars earned more than him.2003 June 11, Claire Cozens, The Guardian
pronounA person of elevated skill at a sport, game, or other activity.
- Stop trying that, you're not him bro.
- Bro thinks he's him.
- They must have amnesia, they forgot that I'm him.2023, PLUMMCORP RECORDS, 0:33 from the start, in dracula flow 3
nounA male person or animal.
- I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
- Both hims took a good look at him.2004, Tom Wolfe, I Am Charlotte Simmons: A Novel
- 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 him
- There had been words between him and the secretary about the outcome of the meeting.From the entry word
- His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.From the entry patronage
- The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.From the entry deal
- He was abandoned on the island with no one to help him.From the entry abandon
- Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment.From the entry abandonment
- The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.From the entry accept
- His lieutenants hired a team of miners to help spring him.From the entry spring
- He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.From the entry die
- I googled him but there were no references to him on the Internet.From the entry google
- He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.From the entry birth
- She offered him an apple and an orange; he took (the) one and left the other.From the entry one
- When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him.From the entry clock
- Even though he's bit, of course the zombies would still chase him.From the entry bit
- It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.From the entry be
- Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.From the entry send
- Looking at him as he came into the room, I took him for his father.From the entry take
- His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.From the entry increase
- His complete absorption in the novel made him lose track of time.From the entry absorption
- Her actions were clearly accessory because they helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.From the entry accessory
- Ask him that he tell her —No need to, she'll already know by know.From the entry ask
- You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.From the entry drink
- His sensitive radar for hidden alliances keeps him out of trouble.From the entry radar
- Henry VIII created him a Duke. Last month, the queen created two barons.From the entry create
- He was convinced that it was his alcoholism that gave him cancer.From the entry give
- I daren't tell him I've had an affair with another man.From the entry dare
- They benched him for the rest of the game because they thought he was injured.From the entry bench
- John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.From the entry green
- I’ve yet to see him. — I have not yet seen him.From the entry yet
- He hasn't twigged that we're planning a surprise party for him.From the entry twig
Meaning of him
- pronoun With dative effect or as an indirect object.
- pronoun Following a preposition.
- pronoun With accusative effect or as a direct object.
Questions about him in a sentence
- How do you use him in a sentence?
- Him is used as a pronoun and noun. For example: “Now him and Bernie are best friends.”
- What is a short sentence with him?
- “Bro thinks he's him.”
- What does him mean?
- Him means with dative effect or as an indirect object.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: him (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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