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How to use too in a sentence

40 example sentences · adverb

Too means likewise. Example: “There has been a cutback in federal subsidies. Rates have been increasing too.”

Examples of too by meaning

adverbLikewise.

  • And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26

adverbAlso, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one.

  • There has been a cutback in federal subsidies. Rates have been increasing too.
  • He's always willing to help. He, too, is generous with his time.
  • It is important to remember, too, that she is generous with his time. Sometimes, too, she does ask for the odd favor.

adverbTo an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.

  • Near-synonyms: extremely, unnecessarily, all too
  • I'm still much too young to drive, and my grandpa is already far too old.
  • This water is too polluted for us to drink (it).

adverbTo a high degree, very.

  • She doesn't talk too much. I'm not too sure about this.

adverbUsed to contradict a negative assertion with present and simple past forms of be, do, and auxiliary verbs.

  • You're not old enough yet. ― I am too!
  • You can't jump that fence. ― Can too jump it!
  • We haven't been mean to you. ― Have too, plenty of times

More sentences with too

  • He never learned how to pour a glass of beer so it didn't have too much head.From the entry head
  • One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.From the entry name
  • Mary decided to have an abortion because she was too young to raise a baby.From the entry abortion
  • The few cheapest hotels I could find are the farthest too.From the entry few
  • You're getting short of memory because you have too many apps open.From the entry open
  • I can't talk to her: she is too busy SMSing her friends.From the entry SMS
  • He mostly works in logging but sometimes works in carpentry too.From the entry work
  • It's too early for this sort of thing. I'm not awake yet.From the entry early
  • I had children too early (in life), so my first baby arrived early.From the entry early
  • This is an industrial product—it's much too strong for home use.From the entry industrial
  • Too busy thinking about my baby, and I ain't got time for nothing else.From the entry baby
  • The car behind was following too close and could not brake in time.From the entry close
  • He seems like too timid a man to fill the pulpit at such a large church.From the entry pulpit
  • The initial design of the park was rejected for being too expensive.From the entry design
  • He lucked out with that girl of his. Smart, sweet, sassy, and pretty too.From the entry girl
  • And, what's even worse, I have to work on Sunday too.From the entry what
  • I was so hot from being in the sun too long.From the entry hot
  • This kind of chili pepper is way too hot for my taste.From the entry hot
  • Terry wrote that module? I didn't know she was a hack too!From the entry hack
  • It's a peaceful marina with not too many boats and yachts.From the entry marina
  • If the mix is too fluid, the ags can sink away from the surface.From the entry ag
  • That huge wood bed is too heavy for us to carry it that far.From the entry bed
  • I want to go to this place but the entrance is too expensive.From the entry entrance
  • Your remarks piqued my curiosity, as it did my mom's too.From the entry do
  • I love doing puzzles, especially crosswords, but lately I've taken to sudokus too.From the entry do
  • This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.From the entry lead
  • I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much.From the entry burst
  • If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.From the entry fire
  • If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.From the entry feed

Meaning of too

  1. adverb Likewise.
  2. adverb Also, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one.
  3. adverb To an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.

Full definition of too

Questions about too in a sentence

How do you use too in a sentence?
Too is used as an adverb. For example: “There has been a cutback in federal subsidies. Rates have been increasing too.”
What is a short sentence with too?
“Near-synonyms: extremely, unnecessarily, all too”
What does too mean?
Too means likewise.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: too (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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