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How to use thee in a sentence

40 example sentences · pronoun, verb, noun

Thee means objective and reflexive case of thou. Example: “I thee shall a hundred golden coins; th'amount thou shalt the Queen is much higher.”

Examples of thee by meaning

verbTo use the word thee.

  • The hardcore role-players will wake up one day feeling, like a dead weight on their chest, the strain of endless texting in Renaissance Faire English—yet dutifully go on theeing and thouing all the same.2006, Julian Dibbell, chapter 5, in Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot, New York, N.Y.: Basic...
  • You want to hear the word of God, and be challenged to go out and change the world.2009, David R. Keeston [pseudonym; Alan D. Jenkins], “Seeing God in the Ordinary”, in The Hitch Hikers’ Guide to the Gospel, [Morrisville...

More sentences with thee

  • I thee shall a hundred golden coins; th'amount thou shalt the Queen is much higher.From the entry shall
  • Ey up, ther's somedy comin daan t'rooad, Aw'll talk to thee later.From the entry ey up
  • Bi Gow, it stinks enuff to mek thee gip does that!From the entry gip
  • Get thisen to bed, thee maungy little tyke, Aw've tell'd thee time an agean!From the entry maungy
  • Wi t'car shoo's drivin, Aw bet thee shoo's bow-legg'd wi brass.From the entry bow-legged wi' brass
  • This is a case of freedom of speech for me and not for thee.From the entry for me and not for thee
  • Only let my family live, I treat thee.From the entry treat
  • Eh Polly! Aw do you love thee above a bit.From the entry above a bit
  • I thee tell, Woman: our Son is become lost to Shakespeareanism and Latin, all but unwilling to be a Typesetter as his Father.From the entry Shakespeareanism
  • Come here an' I'll befang thee!From the entry befang
  • Friday she was thee keynote speaker for the Samaritan House at their Women Against Violence luncheon.2021 October 8, Chelsea Donovan, “Woman stabbed 32 times during attack by ex-boyfriend, now the domestic violence survivor shares her…. From the entry surthrivor
  • "Thees store can only be obtain by making the es-step over my corpsey."2019, Henry Wallace Phillips, Plain Mary Smith: A Romance of Red Saunders. From the entry corpsey
  • And while they wassailed the trees they sang:— “Here's to thee, old Apple tree!2016, Alice Morse Earle, Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth, Krill Press via PublishDrive, →ISBN. From the entry clayen
  • Grant, O Lord, I beseech thee, that the Virgin and Martyr, St.2015, Anonymous, Aeterna Press, The Life and Miracles: Saint Philomena, Virgin and Martyr, Aeterna Press. From the entry virgin
  • Thee must keep quiet and not speak to strangers, or they shalt think thee is an airling.2015, Sylvia Abolis Mennear, Enchanted Castle on the River: Matt's Journey. From the entry airling
  • May the divine Savitri, the well-handed, well-fingered, and well-armed, clear thee by his might!'2014, Julius Eggeling, The Satapatha Brahmana, Part III, page 64. From the entry well-handed
  • Foulon began to swear like a pagan, shouting: ‘Get thee hence, thou rogue and blackguard!2014, Helen Hagen, Evrard, Lord of Ethe, Books on Demand, translation of original by Ludovic Dispaux, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry swear like a pagan
  • Humbly shall I Spit at thee, Crawling my Hand at your HindPocket, as you Kisse Me.2012, Amelia Rosselli, Jennifer Scappettone, Loco Motrix. From the entry hindpocket
  • Command Egil the Skald to stand forth and stir our viking blood with his songs of thee.2010, Myra Gross, Archie Gunn, The Star of Valhalla, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 335. From the entry skald
  • Ask not for whom the bone bones; it bones for thee.2002, Ken Keeler, “Godfellas”, in Futurama, season 3, episode 20, spoken by Bender (John DiMaggio). From the entry boned
  • I may not evermore acknowledge thee, lest my bewiled guilt should do thee shame.1995, Constance O'Banyon, La Flamme. From the entry bewile
  • And know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.1994, Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction. From the entry strike down
  • "Mabel and me're going to have new folderols if it costs thee thy whole company by God!1993, James Clavell, James Clavell’s Gai-Jin: A Novel of Japan, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN, pages 265–266. From the entry titfer
  • Thou hast praised thineselves for self-giving as if thee, and thee alone, had created a bountiful harvest.1974 November 16, Goodman Ace, “Top of My Head”, in Saturday Review, volume 2, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Saturday Review/World, Inc.…. From the entry thineselves
  • I say to each and every one of thee; Hast thou forgotten the Supreme Creator?1974 November 16, Goodman Ace, “Top of My Head”, in Saturday Review, volume 2, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Saturday Review/World, Inc.…. From the entry thineselves
  • "I fear thee not, thou ticking tyrant." "You slay me," grinned Cedric.1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 29. From the entry slay
  • “I will call up Demons to destroy thee!” “You're crackers,” said Carrot, backing away.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 28. From the entry crackers
  • I will tell thee, albeit that I know thou wilt not understand me.1968 [1540], John Nevinson, transl., Raffella of Master Alexander Piccolomini: Or Rather, A Dialogue of the Fair Perfectioning of Ladies…. From the entry buffin
  • Now I shall sell myself and do this act if only I have thee at my back.1940, United States Congress, The Madras Law Journal, page 813. From the entry archdevil
  • Not as thou art I sing to thee, but as the gal thou usedst to be!1936 February 17, “This Won’t Get the Prize”, in The Bangor Daily News, volume XLVII, Bangor, Me.: Bangor Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry usedst to
  • “Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd?” Shepherd FARLEY abounds in it.1936 May 23, “TOO MUCH FARLEY”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry sheephood
  • Never shall his companionable draught cause thee an afterlook of anxiety into the tankard!1932, John William Tibble, Anne Northgrave Tibble, John Clare: a Life, published 1972, page 187. From the entry afterlook
  • Ah luv thee, thy legs, an' th' shape on thee, an' th' womanness on thee.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina…. From the entry womanness
  • Ashore they would have whipped thee through the streets at the cart’s tail.”1923, Charles Boardman Hawes, The Dark Frigate, Chapter 8. From the entry beakhead
  • Thee bissen gwain thee ownzelf, bist, Farmer?" "I gwain!" said Farmer Boggis."1922, Samuel Robinson Littlewood, Somerset and the Drama, page 89. From the entry vlother
  • Hand and heart may ache : But idle whims shall not make thee a gaud.1919, Melancthon Woolsey Stryker, Vesper bells. From the entry forseek
  • Man, when thou seest the comet, know that another seeketh besides thee nor ever findeth out.1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC. From the entry comet
  • There is an Eternity behind thee as well as one before.1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 76. From the entry before

Meaning of thee

  1. pronoun Objective and reflexive case of thou.
  2. pronoun Thou.
  3. verb To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.

Full definition of thee

Questions about thee in a sentence

How do you use thee in a sentence?
Thee is used as a pronoun, verb and noun. For example: “I thee shall a hundred golden coins; th'amount thou shalt the Queen is much higher.”
What is a short sentence with thee?
“Come here an' I'll befang thee!”
What does thee mean?
Thee means objective and reflexive case of thou.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: thee (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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