How to use mine in a sentence
40 example sentences · pronoun, determiner, noun
Mine means used predicatively. Example: “The house itself is mine, but the land is not.”
Examples of mine by meaning
pronounUsed predicatively.
- The house itself is mine, but the land is not.
- These books are mine.
- And he is mine, mine for ever.1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 7
pronounUsed substantively, with an implied noun.
- Mine has been a long journey.
- ‘My name’s Felix Leiter,’ said the American. ‘Glad to meet you.’ ‘Mine’s Bond - James Bond.’1953, Ian Fleming, “Rouge et Noir”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 50
pronounUsed absolutely, set off from the sentence.
- Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend.
pronounMy house or home.
- We had the party at mine.
pronounAs double possessive.
- This house of mine is over 100 years old.
- You have something of mine.
determinerMy; belonging to me.
- Well, then, fix it up nice, waiter, and make mine baked hash an’ mashed ’taters and stewed corn and waiter!—plain white bread, no fancy rolls!1936 December 23, Hazel Livingston, “‘Love’s Litany’”, in Walter V. Hogan, editor, The Daily Reporter, volume XX, number 53, White Plains...
nounAn excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
- Meronyms: mine shaft, mineshaft; mine car
- This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.
- He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.
nounAny source of wealth or resources.
- She's a mine of information about the history of mathematics.
- To those seeking information about train services on the Continent, Cook's Continental Guide is always a mine of accurate information.1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.: Train speeds still rising”, in Modern Railways, page 418
More sentences with mine
- After that last screw-up of mine, my stock is pretty low around here.From the entry stock
- The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.From the entry work
- That gun’s not mine! It’s a plant! I’ve never seen it before!From the entry plant
- That gun’s not mine! It was planted there by the real murderer!From the entry plant
- It’s become a habit of mine to have a cup of coffee after dinner.From the entry habit
- Mine is the blue one, and hers is the red one.From the entry hers
- Mine is the white car parked next to the tan pickup truck.From the entry tan
- Your mobile is pants — why don’t you get one like mine?From the entry pants
- Do you want your coffee light or black? -I like mine light.From the entry light
- I'm pleased to meet you! I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.From the entry meet
- This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine.From the entry attempt
- Will you be doing the shopping this evening? If so, will you do mine too, please?From the entry will
- She buried her face in the pillow, and I buried mine in my hands.From the entry bury
- Editing Wikipedia started as a hobby, but it's turned into a complete obsession of mine.From the entry obsession
- A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.From the entry adopt
- It doesn’t matter where you’re from, anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine.From the entry drop
- Anyone who wants a car like mine can buy one themself.From the entry themself
- Yes, he's a relation of mine, but only a distant one.From the entry relation
- A slave’s work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.From the entry cumbersome
- You never bring you’re own pen but always ask to borrow mine, you scabby git!From the entry scabby
- I spun a brody in some chat up at the old zinc mine.From the entry brody
- More civilians than soldiers have been blown up by anti-personnel mines.From the entry blow up
- An anti-personnel mine will kill a soldier but is ineffective against a tank.From the entry anti-personnel
- We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract.From the entry exhaustion
- The ship hit a naval mine and sank with all hands.From the entry naval mine
Meaning of mine
- pronoun Used predicatively.
- pronoun Used substantively, with an implied noun.
- pronoun Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
Questions about mine in a sentence
- How do you use mine in a sentence?
- Mine is used as a pronoun, determiner and noun. For example: “The house itself is mine, but the land is not.”
- What is a short sentence with mine?
- “These books are mine.”
- What does mine mean?
- Mine means used predicatively.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mine (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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