How to use us in a sentence
40 example sentences · pronoun, determiner, noun
Us means me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.). Example: “Don't treat us like idiots.”
Examples of us by meaning
pronounMe and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.).
- Don't treat us like idiots.
pronounMe and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.).
- Let's ask him if he'll give us a lift.
pronounWe, used in the same circumstances where “me” would be used instead of “I”, e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the...
- Who's there? — Us. (or) — It's us.
- Who's going to go? — Us. We'll go.
pronounAny entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region...
- It's not true that the rest of Europe hates us.
- I went to watch my favourite team play Real Madrid, but they thrashed us 5-0.
pronounPeople in general.
- Grief ages us.
pronounThe person(s) being addressed.
- Come on! Wakey wakey! Let's get us up and out of bed, please.
pronounMe.
- Give us a look at your paper.
- Fetch us a cold beer from the fridge, would you.
- She's turned the weans against us!
pronounMe (in all contexts).
- Look at us while ye’re speakin tiv us.
- Could ye dee that for us?
More sentences with us
- Let us pray that peace may soon return to our war-torn homeland.From the entry may
- I need to get my planting done, as the season will soon be on us.From the entry on
- Before we knew it, the forest was on us, and the air grew colder and damper.From the entry on
- There is just one woman in town who can help us.From the entry be
- (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.From the entry be
- It was a slow news day, so the editor asked us to make our articles wordier.From the entry slow
- We were just playing, and then some big kids came and chased us away.From the entry big
- The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her!From the entry take
- We have dealt with the generals; now let us turn to the particulars.From the entry general
- Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.From the entry win
- Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!From the entry ground
- We're going down to the Indian for a curry—wanna join us?From the entry indian
- As mom gave us a long look, I gave a sigh and my sister gave a laugh.From the entry give
- The dealer wronged us by selling us this lemon of a car.From the entry wrong
- Stones were thrown at us, but we couldn't see who did.From the entry at
- At my request, they agreed to move us to another hotel.From the entry at
- Sure, most of us hunt deer around here, but not many of us have ever hunted moose.From the entry deer
- Raising six children who all went on to be doctors was a tough feat for us.From the entry feat
- The doctor told us of an interesting case he had treated that morning.From the entry case
- He gave us a comparative example to illustrate how the human mind works.From the entry comparative
- A few customers in the shop had some quarrels with us, so we called for the manager.From the entry quarrel
- Those who think they know it all are annoying to those of us who do.From the entry all
- We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.From the entry mine
- The kerosene lasted all winter, so the furnace kept us always warm.From the entry kerosene
- Grapes give us whole-fruit snacks, grape juice, raisins, wine, and more.From the entry grape
- That huge wood bed is too heavy for us to carry it that far.From the entry bed
- This victory will make us great in the eyes of the world.From the entry eye
Meaning of us
- pronoun Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.).
- pronoun Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.).
- pronoun We, used in the same circumstances where “me” would be used instead of “I”, e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula.
Questions about us in a sentence
- How do you use us in a sentence?
- Us is used as a pronoun, determiner and noun. For example: “Don't treat us like idiots.”
- What is a short sentence with us?
- “Grief ages us.”
- What does us mean?
- Us means me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.).
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: us (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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