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How to use nice in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, adverb, interjection

Nice means pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary. Example: “You weren’t nice to me this morning.”

Examples of nice by meaning

adjectivePleasant, satisfactory, complimentary.

  • When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)1998, “Who Let the Dogs Out?”, performed by Baha Men
  • What's difficult is when you think someone is saying something nice about you, but you're not quite sure.2008 April 19, Rachel Cooke, quoting David Lodge, “Nice work”, in The Observer, →ISSN

adjectiveOf a person: friendly, attractive.

  • You weren’t nice to me this morning.
  • Yes, please tell me how Shillary is the nicest corporate oligarchical servant, and how she will lovingly sell out the people who voted for her to her banker masters, with a twinkle in her fellating eye.2016 February 13, Gene Lyons, anonymous quotee, “Understanding the 'Bernie Bros'”, in The Daily Journal, volume 83, number 37, page A11

adjectiveRespectable; virtuous.

  • What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
  • She was so nice, in fact, that she wouldn't let me put my hand underneath or even on top of her bra, and so I finished with her, although obviously I didn't tell her why.1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 14

adjectiveShows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.

  • The soup is nice and hot.
  • We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

adjectiveShowing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly.

  • a nice way of putting it

adjectiveShowing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.

  • "It's her own funeral, you know," said Sir Lulworth; "it's a nice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one's own mortal remains."1914, Saki, Laura
  • It would be a nice theological point to try and establish whether Ophis is Moslem or gnostic.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 131
  • Why it should have attained such longevity is a nice question.2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador, published 2007, page 242

adverbNicely.

  • Children, play nice.
  • He dresses real nice.
  • This riesling's going down nice.2002, Gina Riley, Jane Turner, That's Unusual: Scripts from Kath and Kim, Series 2, page 245

interjectionUsed to signify a job well done.

  • Nice! I couldn't have done better.

More sentences with nice

  • The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.From the entry brown
  • I don't think he is a nice person, because he yells at people for no reason.From the entry because
  • A holiday somewhere warm – Florida, say – would be nice.From the entry say
  • He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him.From the entry cold
  • I brought home from the market a nice bunch of fresh spinach leaves straight from the farm.From the entry fresh
  • After the strenuous climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath.From the entry soak
  • Tea is much nicer if you let it draw for more than two minutes before pouring.From the entry draw
  • I’ve had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.From the entry have
  • That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.From the entry then
  • The teacher was nice and graded the test on a curve.From the entry curve
  • When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water.From the entry squash
  • It'd be nice if they'd make the filter easier to change.From the entry it'd
  • She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.From the entry grate
  • Why did you ditch your last boyfriend? He was so nice to you.From the entry ditch
  • The car salesman told me that the used Volvo was a nice little runner.From the entry runner
  • It was a good crop of oats this year. What a nice change after last year's crop!From the entry crop
  • Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.From the entry kettle
  • That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?From the entry trick
  • When are you going to stop whoring around, find a nice girl, and give us grandchildren?From the entry around
  • The pathological liar was morally inferior to his much nicer constituents.From the entry inferior
  • Finally getting that cracked window fixed was a nice corollary of redoing the whole storefront.From the entry corollary
  • It was very nice meeting you, Samantha. ― Likewise, Mr Thompson.From the entry likewise
  • He’s a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky.From the entry shaky
  • It’s a nice car, but they are charging an exorbitant price for it.From the entry exorbitant

Meaning of nice

  1. adjective Pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary.
  2. adjective Of a person: friendly, attractive.
  3. adjective Respectable; virtuous.

Full definition of nice

Questions about nice in a sentence

How do you use nice in a sentence?
Nice is used as an adjective, adverb and interjection. For example: “You weren’t nice to me this morning.”
What is a short sentence with nice?
“Children, play nice.”
What does nice mean?
Nice means pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nice (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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