Word.ws English Dictionary

How to use le in a sentence

40 example sentences · article, preposition

Le means the. Example: “If you tickle me again, I'ma kick you in le balls.”

Examples of le by meaning

articleThe.

  • If you tickle me again, I'ma kick you in le balls.
  • Le strong silent type!'1996 September 28, Game Freak, Pokémon Blue, Nintendo, level/area: S.S. Anne
  • That was always OUR song (me and le girlfriend of the time).2003 January 10, johnny dupe (quoting nowhere man), “Re: I can walk with jezus...”, in alt.fan.wings (Usenet)

prepositionNext to, near (still used in some place names).

  • Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham near an old Roman road.
  • Dalton-le-Dale, Hetton-le-Hole, Witton-le-Wear

More sentences with le

  • A village in Bălești, Gorj County, Romania.From the entry Bălești
  • A village in Bălești, Vrancea County, Romania.From the entry Bălești
  • Le Pen, who finished second, is his opponent in the runoff election on Sunday.2022 April 21, Michael Crowley, “U.S. Braces for Potential French Election Shockwave”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry runoff
  • Le Pen looks more mainstream now, it’s because the mainstream looks more like her.2022 April 20, Rim-Sarah Alouane, “Marine Le Pen Is as Dangerous as Ever”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry mainstream
  • Elsewhere in his correspondence, we witness le Carré pace the room about his notices anyway.2022 December 5, Dwight Garner, “John le Carré: The Spy Novelist Who (Mostly) Kept Quiet”, in The New York Times. From the entry ruffleable
  • Reeve Edgar le Sherman, honest and fair," he mocked, "defrauding his own fellows for gain.2020, Vesper Stamper, A Cloud of Outrageous Blue, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 49. From the entry wooler
  • Dutilleux’s nocturnelike “Sur le Même Accord” with the London Philharmonic, a work he and Ms.2008 April 26, Anthony Tommasini, “Masur’s Vigorous Last Laps in Paris”, in New York Times. From the entry nocturnelike
  • Oui, l’anarchie c’est l'ordre; car, le gouvernement c’est la guerre civile.2002 [1850], Anselme Bellegarrigue, “Manifeste de l’Anarchie [Anarchist Manifesto]”, in Paul Sharkey, transl., L'anarchie, Journal de…. From the entry anarchy
  • What's the sample here - a dozen people, a thousand, a million, tout le monde?2001 February 4, Star Tribune. From the entry tout le monde
  • Our furversion may be less graphic and spoogey than others', but vive le difference, non?1996 March 24, Lontra (quoted by D.M. Quozl Falk), “confessions of a furry toonophile”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet). From the entry furversion
  • “Do you remember the curiously sudden death of John Paul I, Monsieur le Baron?” August spoke loudly.1993, Alain Arias-Misson, “Foul Play”, in The Mind Crime of August Saint: A Novel, Boulder, Colo.: Fiction Collective Two, →ISBN, page 240. From the entry papicide
  • Le Conte's and sharptailed pass through on migration; grasshopper and Henslow's nest here.1988 April 8, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry sharptailed
  • Le travail de deuil, est-ce un travail, une espèce de travail?1986 [1974], Jacques Derrida, translated by John P. Leavey, Jr. and Richard Rand, Glas, Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press…. From the entry thanatopraxis
  • Kidder Smith Jr. of San Francisco plan to marry in France in March at Marly‐le‐Roi, near Paris.1970 January 31, “Miss Palumbo, G.E.K. Smith Jr. Plan Marriage”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN…. From the entry Ernestina
  • Children playing house are assuming parts but they are not rôle playing.1959, F. Alexander Magoun, “Teaching and Learning”, in The Teaching of Human Relations by the Case Demonstration Method, Boston, Mass.…. From the entry rôle play
  • Le Chiffre's mouth worked, but only a high-pitched ‘eek’ came from it.1953, Ian Fleming, “A Crag-like Face”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 128. From the entry eek
  • Monsieur le Maire was most gracious, most beaming and very moustachey.1936, Brian Stuart, Adventure in Algeria, London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, page 131. From the entry moustachey
  • "Vooley voo le vooley voo," said he fiercely, at the same time looking at me suspiciously.1923, Woman's Home Companion, volume 50, numbers 7-12, page 8. From the entry vooley
  • On a le sens de chat, ou on ne l'a pas.1922 September, “The Race of Tom”, in The Atlantic Monthly, page 424. From the entry catophile
  • Adèle, more and more disquieted, finally spoke to Margaret of her uneasiness.1915 April, Helen Jetmore Major, “When Fancy Leaves the Narrow Path”, in The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, volume 45, number 4…. From the entry disquieted
  • Le Pen, without ever getting a direct response.2022 April 21, Roger Cohen, “Macron and Le Pen Trade Punches in Pivotal Debate on France’s Future”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry flummoxed
  • Bejaysus, I wish I didn’t have to go back and face what I have to face but c’est le vie.2016 March 15, Philip Ryan, quoting Enda Kenny, “Enda Kenny tells Irish embassy in Washington: ‘Bejaysus, I wish I didn’t have to go back…. From the entry bejaysus
  • But in the good ol' U.S. of A., a little exposed A cup can cause le major scandale.2005, Izzy Tihanyi, Coco Tihanyi, Surf Diva: A Girl's Guide to Getting Good Waves, Mariner Books, →ISBN, page 171. From the entry boobage
  • “I just dress up to set a rôle play.”2005, Emily Delacote, chapter 17, in A Gentle Cause of Chaos: A Novel, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 150. From the entry rôle play
  • Le Paige established a legitimation for the Parlement's authority which was part history, part romantic fiction, and part political wishful thinking.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 231. From the entry legitimation
  • Le Vau is responsible for the jutting central core, while the wings that backstep so elegantly were designed Hardouin-Mansart.2001, Giovanna Magi, All Paris, →ISBN, page 122. From the entry backstep
  • The bars’ clientèle called Foucault “Herr Doktor”.1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 34 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN). From the entry clientele
  • And when the aura of sports reaches the stratospheric level of a Michael Jordan, tout le monde takes notice.1991 November 20, Chicago Tribune. From the entry tout le monde
  • Le Guin is a grand far-fetcher or transumer of the true tradition of romance we call literary fantasy.1987, Harold Bloom, Ursula K. Le Guin's the left hand of darkness, page 10. From the entry transumer
  • Le Guin propose through their narratives' complexity that the reader abandon the safety of a "readerly" text's conventional discourse.1984, Natalie Myra Rosinsky, Feminist futures--contemporary women's speculative fiction, page 29. From the entry transtemporal
  • Beaumarchais n’eut aucun mal, avec le concours de Rochford sans doute, à mettre ces deux coquins hors d’état de nuire.1977, Frédéric Grendel, translated by Roger Greaves, “The Sex of the Dragoon”, in Beaumarchais: The Man Who Was Figaro, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry squiblet
  • Le Crepe Rest needs Waitresses, Dishwashers, and Crepieres.1975 April 9, “Help Wanted”, in The Reporter Dispatch, 59th year, number 34, White Plains, N.Y.: Gannett, →OCLC, page D 9, column 6. From the entry crepiere
  • Heading the complainants is Sir Edward le Breton, Lord of the Manor of Loders, and a member of Bridport Rural Council.1959 December, “Din from Diesels in Dorset”, in Railway Magazine, page 866. From the entry complainant
  • For example: the plant manager, the personnel director, and the superintendent may employ rôle playing in preparing for a union negotiation.1959, F. Alexander Magoun, “Teaching and Learning”, in The Teaching of Human Relations by the Case Demonstration Method, Boston, Mass.…. From the entry rôle playing
  • Et le râle, qu'est-ce qu'on en fait.1956 [1951], Samuel Beckett, translated by Samuel Beckett, Malone Dies, translation of Malone meurt (in French). From the entry vagitate

Meaning of le

  1. article The.
  2. preposition Next to, near (still used in some place names).

Full definition of le

Questions about le in a sentence

How do you use le in a sentence?
Le is used as an article and preposition. For example: “If you tickle me again, I'ma kick you in le balls.”
What is a short sentence with le?
“Dalton-le-Dale, Hetton-le-Hole, Witton-le-Wear”
What does le mean?
Le means the.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: le (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.

Last updated:

Cite this page: “How to use le in a sentence.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sentences/le. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.