How to use pair in a sentence
40 example sentences · noun, verb
Pair means two alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of. Example: “I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair.”
Examples of pair by meaning
nounTwo alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
- I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair.
- Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18
nounOne of the constituent items that make up a pair.
- Must be good at athletics, home repairs, making mince interesting and finding the pair to the other glove.1996, Kathy Lette, Mad Cows, page 219
nounTwo people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
- Spouses should make a great pair.
nounUsed with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in...
- a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans
nounA couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
- A pair is harder to drive than two mounts with separate riders.
nounA double play, two outs recorded in one play.
- They turned a pair to end the fifth.
nounA doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams.
- The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies.
nounA pair of breasts.
- She's got a gorgeous pair.
More sentences with pair
- She gave a pair of shoes to her husband for their anniversary.From the entry give
- She put on a coat over her new pair of pajamas.From the entry pajamas
- I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck.From the entry luck
- You can't have a pair of scissors! You'll put your eye out!From the entry put out
- That'll be £69.99, please. Last for ever this pair of jeans sure will.From the entry will
- I need a pair of pliers to get a good grip on that broken screw.From the entry pliers
- If the workmanship is defective, they'll replace the shoes with a new pair.From the entry defective
- You want to spend a thousand pounds on a pair of shoes? Are you mad?From the entry mad
- I was hoping to find a pair of jeans, but I couldn't.From the entry hope
- We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.From the entry hire
- The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street.From the entry decay
- John’s bet was a bluff: he bet without even so much as a pair.From the entry bluff
- Please segregate the pairs of shoes by size into their respective boxes.From the entry segregate
- A pair of matrices share the same set of eigenvectors if and only if they commute.From the entry commute
- The channel is created by bonding the signals from these four pairs.From the entry channel
- Helen donned a pair of faded dungarees and grabbed her knapsack before rushing off to school.From the entry dungarees
- If you are going to use that chainsaw, why don't you put on a pair of chaps?From the entry chaps
- I think I'll take three pairs of shoes. Then again, I only plan to stay two days.From the entry then again
- Jill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker.From the entry kicker
- I lost my red shoes. – So what? Get a new pair.From the entry so what
- I visited my podiatrist to get a new pair of orthopedic inserts for my sneakers.From the entry podiatrist
- Nichole wore a pair of deerskin gloves because she said she could feel more through them.From the entry deerskin
- Zoë wore a pair of cloisonne earrings she had bought in France.From the entry cloisonne
- We got our hands on a pair of ringside tickets for the boxing match.From the entry ringside
- John already had two pair, aces and threes; he had a made hand.From the entry made hand
- You should wear a pair of swimming goggles because of all the pollen.From the entry swimming goggles
- After their first kiss the pair of them walked around with stars in their eyes for days.From the entry stars in one's eyes
- School uniforms for boys may include a school tie, jacket, cap and a pair of formal trousers.From the entry school uniform
- Unlike coaxial cable where the outer conductor is grounded, twisted pair is usually ungrounded.From the entry ungrounded
- His bathing trunks were ruined and he didn't have another pair.From the entry bathing trunks
- A knicker nicker nicked a pair of knickers off the clothesline.From the entry knicker
Meaning of pair
- noun Two alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
- noun One of the constituent items that make up a pair.
- noun Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
Questions about pair in a sentence
- How do you use pair in a sentence?
- Pair is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair.”
- What is a short sentence with pair?
- “She's got a gorgeous pair.”
- What does pair mean?
- Pair means two alike or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pair (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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