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
- pronoun Objective and reflexive case of thou.
- pronoun Thou.
- verb To address (a person) using the pronoun 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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