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How to use till in a sentence

40 example sentences · preposition, conjunction, noun

Till means until; to, up to; as late as (a given time). Example: “She stayed till the very end.”

Examples of till by meaning

prepositionUntil; to, up to; as late as (a given time).

  • She stayed till the very end.
  • I have to work till eight o'clock tonight.
  • The line was authorised on June 23, 1864, but not opened till July 11, 1881.1946 May and June, G. A. Sekon, “L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 148

prepositionBefore (a certain time or event).

  • It's twenty till two. (1:40)

prepositionTo, up to (physically).

  • They led him till his tent

prepositionTo, toward (in attitude).

  • And then she changed her voice and would be as saft as honey: 'My puir wee Ailie, was I thrawn till ye?1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

conjunctionUntil, until the time that.

  • Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try.
  • And the Mouse sat and laughed till he cried.1912, anonymous, Punky Dunk and the Mouse, P.F. Volland & Co.

nounA cash register.

  • Today I'm so finickity that I fired one of my staff for nicking twenty-pence worth of curtain hangers from Barkers because he couldn't be bothered to wait at the till queue.2005, Michael Winner, Winner Takes All, →ISBN, page 11

nounA removable box within a cash register containing the money.

  • Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe.
  • When you've finished serving that customer could you jump off please? We need to take the till.
  • That said, and I'll put this down to its newness, the bin lid was a bit snappy, like Arkwright's till (google that if you're a youngster).2023 July 26, Pip Dunn, “Merseyrail '777s' are OK for commuters”, in RAIL, number 988, page 59

nounThe contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.

  • My count of my till was 30 dollars short.

More sentences with till

  • Christmas comes but once a year, so we can but wait till then.From the entry but
  • Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.From the entry hobo
  • The robber brandished a forty-five at the cashier to make her empty the till for him.From the entry forty-five
  • He was constantly getting sideways with his boss till he got fired.From the entry sideways
  • The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste.From the entry plunder
  • Natural catastrophes plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland.From the entry plague
  • He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till.From the entry counter
  • Could you lend me ten pounds to tide me over till payday?From the entry tide over
  • So he walks in, calm as you like, and demands all the money from the till.From the entry as you like
  • John has just rung in sick. He won't be back till Monday, he says.From the entry ring in
  • I've got a day off tomorrow, so I might lie in till about 11.From the entry lie in
  • He was out till past midnight, so when he came back he was sleepier dennamug.From the entry dennamug
  • Don't fire till I give the word.From the entry word
  • There will always be lovers, till the world’s end.From the entry world
  • I can't wait till next week’s episode.From the entry episode
  • In my first job, I learned how to operate a till and to face the store to high standards.From the entry face
  • Wait till I catch you, you little basket!From the entry basket
  • There are only three sleeps till Christmas!From the entry sleep
  • The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.From the entry railroad
  • Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.From the entry knock
  • The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one.From the entry explore
  • Unfortunately, he could not hold it long enough till the end of the ride, so he puked on the bus seat.From the entry puke
  • We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done.From the entry shift
  • We waited till dusk when the observers' vision was poorest.From the entry observer
  • I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.From the entry cobble
  • I ran through my wages in two days. Now I've got to live on next to nothing till Friday!From the entry run through
  • Just you wait till your father gets home.From the entry get home

Meaning of till

  1. preposition Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
  2. preposition Before (a certain time or event).
  3. preposition To, up to (physically).

Full definition of till

Questions about till in a sentence

How do you use till in a sentence?
Till is used as a preposition, conjunction and noun. For example: “She stayed till the very end.”
What is a short sentence with till?
“It's twenty till two. (1:40)”
What does till mean?
Till means until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: till (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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