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How to use more in a sentence

40 example sentences · determiner, adverb, pronoun

More means additional; further. Example: “If you run out, there are more bandages in the first aid cupboard.”

Examples of more by meaning

determinerAdditional; further.

  • If you run out, there are more bandages in the first aid cupboard.
  • More people are arriving.
  • I want more soup.

determinerBigger, stronger, or more valuable.

  • He is more than the ten years he spent behind bars at our local prison, as he is a changed man and his past does not define him.

adverbTo a greater degree or extent.

  • I like cake, but I like chocolate more.
  • I could no more climb that than fly!
  • More advanced students.

adverbUsed to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.

  • You're a great deal more beautiful than I ever imagined.
  • I am much more eager to help than you.
  • With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4

adverbUsed in addition to an inflected comparative form.

  • I was more better at English than you.

pronounA greater number or quantity (of something).

  • We’re running out of napkins. I should have bought more.
  • There isn’t enough salt in this. You need to add more.
  • I'd love to see more of Bob and Linda.

pronounAn extra or additional quantity (of something).

  • There aren’t many people here yet, but more should be arriving soon.
  • Speaking about Canada, where I teach, while the canon remains the raison d’etre of the discipline, some changes have come about and more are in the offing.2016, Arun P. Mukherjee, “English Studies in Contemporary India”, in M. Sridhar, Sunita Mishra, editors, Language Policy and Education in...

More sentences with more

  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is more commonly known by its abbreviated form BSE.From the entry abbreviate
  • Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English.From the entry english
  • The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.From the entry the
  • It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.From the entry the
  • Your definition of "elephant" needs to be more precise than "a big animal with large ears".From the entry definition
  • Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.From the entry four
  • I checked in the back of the stockroom and found some more stock.From the entry stock
  • Things around here are just a little more country than what he's used to.From the entry country
  • I think some Christians would love Jesus more if they weren't so stuck in religion.From the entry religion
  • Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that!From the entry time
  • I’m more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else.From the entry academic
  • To find more about her, check out her bio on Instagram.From the entry bio
  • Are there more students in this class, or is this it?From the entry it
  • That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.From the entry it
  • Each of these aircraft has been upgraded with a new radar and a more powerful engine.From the entry radar
  • The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.From the entry thin
  • Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and hard drugs combined.From the entry kill
  • A flying ace is usually one with five or more confirmed kills.From the entry kill
  • One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below.From the entry give
  • Roman and medieval football matches were more violent than any modern type of football.From the entry football
  • If more drivers knew how to zipper, the accident would not have disrupted traffic so much.From the entry zipper
  • He took the swing shift for he could get more overtime.From the entry for
  • I need some more books to read and friends to go partying with.From the entry to
  • The more breadcrumbs I threw on the ground, the more they quacked.From the entry quack

Meaning of more

  1. determiner Additional; further.
  2. determiner Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.
  3. adverb To a greater degree or extent.

Full definition of more

Questions about more in a sentence

How do you use more in a sentence?
More is used as a determiner, adverb and pronoun. For example: “If you run out, there are more bandages in the first aid cupboard.”
What is a short sentence with more?
“More advanced students.”
What does more mean?
More means additional; further.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: more (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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