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How to use is in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb

Is means used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural. Example: “There is three of them there.”

Examples of is by meaning

verbUsed in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.

  • There is three of them there.

More sentences with is

  • The fundamental group of the figure eight is free of rank 2.From the entry free
  • I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.From the entry book
  • In the UK, the highest social grade is A – upper middle class.From the entry a
  • The only standard brassiere cup size smaller than the A cup is the AA cup.From the entry a
  • Monday is the first day of the week in many countries of the world.From the entry day
  • “Rich” is an antonym of “poor”; “full” is an antonym of “empty”.From the entry antonym
  • It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade.From the entry trade
  • Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things.From the entry verb
  • Substantive editing is never trivial, whereas some aspects of copyediting are trivial.From the entry substantive
  • The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.From the entry deal
  • The product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.From the entry product
  • Skill is the product of hours of practice. His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue.From the entry product
  • The company is looking for people with good heads for business.From the entry head
  • Police are not naming the suspect as he is a minor.From the entry name
  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is more commonly known by its abbreviated form BSE.From the entry abbreviate
  • Unfair discrimination between the able-bodied and the disabled is illegal in many places.From the entry able-bodied
  • She believes it is important to keep abreast of new scientific developments.From the entry abreast
  • That TV programme that you wanted to watch is on now.From the entry on
  • That horse is twenty-to-one on, so you need to stake twenty pounds just to win one pound.From the entry on
  • What's the English for 'à peu près'? It depends: how is it being used?From the entry english
  • English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.From the entry english
  • Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.From the entry today
  • This is the sporty jacket for today's modern man on the go.From the entry today
  • The term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.From the entry acceptation
  • The notion of culture is one whose meanings are plural and shifting.From the entry plural
  • The plural of 'cat' is 'cats', but the plural of 'child' is 'children'.From the entry plural
  • You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.From the entry spring
  • Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.From the entry in
  • There is no point whatever in going on with this discussion.From the entry whatever
  • In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.From the entry zero
  • The zero sign in American Sign Language is considered rude in some cultures.From the entry zero
  • A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.From the entry quarter
  • A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.From the entry quarter
  • Each batch is an FTP. The log tracking them is on the dashboard.From the entry FTP
  • My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other."From the entry one
  • The one male audience member at the concert is invited on stage.From the entry one
  • A legislative remedy might be some harsh medicine; is that cure worse than the ill?From the entry medicine
  • The second volume in "The Lord of the Rings" series is called "The Two Towers".From the entry second
  • His job is second priority, because his family is the most important thing in his life.From the entry second

Meaning of is

  1. verb Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.

Full definition of is

Questions about is in a sentence

How do you use is in a sentence?
Is is used as a verb. For example: “There is three of them there.”
What is a short sentence with is?
“There is three of them there.”
What does is mean?
Is means used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: is (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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