How to use it in a sentence
40 example sentences · pronoun, determiner, noun
It means the third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing. Example: “Take this book and put it on the shelf.”
Examples of it by meaning
pronounThe third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human...
- Take this book and put it on the shelf.
- Take each day as it comes.
- I found a poor little cat. It seems to be half starving.
pronounA third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a baby or child, especially of unknown gender.
- She took the baby and held it in her arms.
- Like a tap that a child has tried its hardest to turn off but hasn't quite managed.2005, Marcus Zusak, The Book Thief, part 10
pronounA third-person singular pronoun used to refer to an unspecified person.
- She had never seen that each human being was different, would react differently, had its own peculiar idiosyncrasies.1959, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Ordeal by Innocence
pronounRefers to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
- It's me, John.
- Somebody wanted a drink, didn't they? Who was it?
- It is I, your king.
pronounThe impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement (known as the dummy...
- It is nearly 10 o’clock.
- It’s very cold today.
- It’s lonely here without you.
pronounThe impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short...
- live it up
- stick it out
pronounReferring to a desirable quality or ability, or quality of being successful, fashionable or in vogue.
- After all these years, she still has it.
- Later that night, a friend told Brady, “Still got it.” “Never lost it,” he replied.2021, Seth Wickersham, It's Better to Be Feared: The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness, Liveright Publishing, →ISBN
pronounReferring to sexual intercourse or other sexual activity.
- I caught them doing it.
- Are you getting it regularly?
- Is man really the only animal who does "it" face to face?1968, Dear Doctor Hip Pocrates; advice your family doctor never gave you, page 5
More sentences with it
- If you want to know the meaning of a word, look it up in the dictionary.From the entry dictionary
- After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense.From the entry nonsense
- The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.From the entry brown
- The word "advisedly" has a connotation of "wisely", although it denotes merely "intentionally" and "deliberately."From the entry connotation
- It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade.From the entry trade
- Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.From the entry head
- He never learned how to pour a glass of beer so it didn't have too much head.From the entry head
- "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.From the entry abide
- After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again.From the entry about
- I don’t know all the theoretical abracadabra about how it works, I’m only its pilot.From the entry abracadabra
- She believes it is important to keep abreast of new scientific developments.From the entry abreast
- Before we knew it, the forest was on us, and the air grew colder and damper.From the entry on
- What's the English for 'à peu près'? It depends: how is it being used?From the entry english
- We used to prepare everything today, but now we split it over two days.From the entry today
- We could've spent today at the seaside if it weren't gusty.From the entry today
- It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.From the entry the
- It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.From the entry the
- It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.From the entry absent-minded
- She was extremely accommodating when it came to changing her schedule.From the entry accommodating
- Sorry to spring it on you like this but I've been offered another job.From the entry spring
- The proposed gas tax died after the powerful rural senator refused to let it out of committee.From the entry die
Meaning of it
- pronoun The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.
- pronoun A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a baby or child, especially of unknown gender.
- pronoun A third-person singular pronoun used to refer to an unspecified person.
Questions about it in a sentence
- How do you use it in a sentence?
- It is used as a pronoun, determiner and noun. For example: “Take this book and put it on the shelf.”
- What is a short sentence with it?
- “It's me, John.”
- What does it mean?
- It means the third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: it (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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