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How to use so in a sentence

40 example sentences · conjunction, adverb, adjective

So means as a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due to this. Example: “I was hungry, so I asked if there was any more food.”

Examples of so by meaning

conjunctionAs a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due to this.

  • I was hungry, so I asked if there was any more food.
  • He ate too much cake and so he fell ill.
  • He wanted a book, so he went to the library.

conjunctionUsed to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.

  • So how does this story end?

conjunctionUsed to introduce a rhetorical question.

  • “We'd like to visit but I don't know if we can afford a hotel.” — “So who's staying in a hotel? Stay with us.”

adverbTo the (explicitly stated) extent.

  • It was so hot outside that all the plants died.
  • He was so good, they hired him on the spot.
  • You behaviour so incensed me that I even thought of firing you.

adverbVery (positive or negative clause).

  • I feel so much better now.
  • I so nearly lost my temper.
  • He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

adverbVery much.

  • But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!
  • I so wanted to be Jess Harley again.1989, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5, Archie Comics
  • Not eating is so 90’s!2003 April 16, Michael Stokes, “I, Dude”, in Totally Spies!, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Clover (Andrea Taylor), Marathon Media, via...

adverbAt all (negative clause).

  • That is so not true!

adverbIn the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also.

  • As above, so below.
  • Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine. Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't think so. "I can count backwards from one hundred." "So can I."
  • He wants to eat now. So does she.

More sentences with so

  • I was so happy to get an A on that test.From the entry a
  • Tomorrow's Thursday, but I have Friday and Saturday off, so really it's my Friday.From the entry Friday
  • The shop wasn't giving me enough hours so I started searching for a second job.From the entry hour
  • We had no money so we had to live by barter.From the entry barter
  • He never learned how to pour a glass of beer so it didn't have too much head.From the entry head
  • I had my keys just a minute ago, so they must be about somewhere.From the entry about
  • That horse is twenty-to-one on, so you need to stake twenty pounds just to win one pound.From the entry on
  • So let’s see. There are two evens here and three odds.From the entry odd
  • You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.From the entry spring
  • We really hit it off on the first date, so we decided to meet the week after.From the entry date
  • Johnny's not doing so well today, I think he caught the epizootic.From the entry epizootic
  • The work was done in secret, so that nobody could object.From the entry secret
  • It was a slow news day, so the editor asked us to make our articles wordier.From the entry slow
  • You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband.From the entry husband
  • I think some Christians would love Jesus more if they weren't so stuck in religion.From the entry religion
  • What's so big about that? I do it all the time.From the entry big
  • I'm working in the morning, so let's meet in the afternoon.From the entry morning
  • I'll take a level as a fighter, so I can take the weapon specialization skill.From the entry take
  • Nobody answered the door when I knocked, so I had no choice but to leave.From the entry but
  • Christmas comes but once a year, so we can but wait till then.From the entry but
  • The copy machine is connected to the network so it can now serve as a printer.From the entry network
  • We finished the project an hour sooner than scheduled, so we left early.From the entry early

Meaning of so

  1. conjunction As a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due to this.
  2. conjunction Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.
  3. conjunction Used to introduce a rhetorical question.

Full definition of so

Questions about so in a sentence

How do you use so in a sentence?
So is used as a conjunction, adverb and adjective. For example: “I was hungry, so I asked if there was any more food.”
What is a short sentence with so?
“As above, so below.”
What does so mean?
So means as a result; for that reason; therefore; because of this; due to this.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: so (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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