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How to use wee in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Wee means small, little. Example: “You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire.”

Examples of wee by meaning

adjectiveSmall, little.

  • You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire.
  • The beat of its wee heart held against her own, sent her intense maternity surging like the spring sap in a young tree.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia...
  • There's Jimmy Hanlon was never his own man since, and I had me nose broke on me—I find it yet—and some says there was a wee girl from Tanderagee got herself killed.1915, Charles L Graves, Humours of Irish life, pages 241-242

nounAn act of urination.

  • I need to have a wee.
  • Yes, a Royal wee (laugh track) — followed by a Royal flush (laugh track).1987 December 17, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “A Diplomatic Incident”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 2, episode 3, spoken by Bernard...

verbTo urinate.

  • I need to wee! I can't hold it any longer!
  • When I was young, I was up every night until the wee hours.2011 March 15, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic)

interjectionThe squeal of a pig.

  • Pigling Bland became frightened and cried "Wee, wee, wee!1913, Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Pigling Bland

More sentences with wee

  • He worked into the wee small hours to get everything perfect for the opening day.From the entry wee small hours
  • There was a wee bit of an argy-bargy outside the pub.From the entry argy-bargy
  • That teacher is under investigation for beasting wee 'uns.From the entry beast
  • Washington loves a death watch, which is what McCarthy’s speakership provided from its first wee hours.2023 October 5, Mark Leibovich, “Kevin McCarthy Got What He Wanted”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The…. From the entry speakership
  • Do the same thing every week, just a wee bit heavier.2022 July 27, Bernadine Jones, “Why women and weights are a healthy fit”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News…. From the entry fitfluencer
  • Scotty: My wee granny used to say, "Ya cannae break a stick in a bundle."2016, Simon Pegg et al., Star Trek Beyond, approx 110 min.. From the entry sticks in a bundle are unbreakable
  • 'The wee girls haven't caught a frog yet, so this talk of amphibicide is all exaggeration.'2016, Celia Brayfield, Harvest. From the entry amphibicide
  • This is where the relationships online can get a wee bit weird.2012, Scott Stratten, Alison Kramer, UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging. From the entry DM
  • “Go round ont' Daddy's back, like a coalbag, a wee coalbag.2012, Jessica Stirling, The Dark Pasture: Book Three. From the entry coalbag
  • I want to go outside and have a wee on a tree, now, Pocket.2010, Christopher Moore, Fool, page 250. From the entry raised by wolves
  • She was a wee stoater with beautiful ringlets down to her shoulders.2009, Dennis Canavan, Let the People Decide: The Autobiography of Dennis Canavan. From the entry stoater
  • It is hard to picture a wee monkeylike adult creature weighing no more than an ounce.2008 April 3, John Noble Wilford, “One-Ounce Mississippian of 55.8 Million Years Ago”, in The New York Times. From the entry monkeylike
  • It was a wee place down between my bed and the wall where the door was.2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, London: Hamish Hamilton, ISBN 978-0-241-14241-7; 1st US edition, Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, 2008…. From the entry oose
  • Except that the deal's off if some wee scrote of a doctor opens his gub.2001, Christopher Brookmyre, Quite ugly one morning, page 147. From the entry gub
  • Una is turned into a right snottery wee brat, and she will need to mind her step.2001, Evelyn Conlon, Hans-Christian Oeser, Cutting the Night in Two: Short Stories by Irish Women Writers. From the entry snottery
  • Like good wine, if you'll let me get a wee bit elitist on you.1998, Mike Hoye, “Racquet advice for newbie”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet). From the entry grigio
  • The wee square Albert cake with ice on it, fruit cake.1990, Jean Faley, quoting John McKee, Up Oor Close: Memories of Domestic Life in Glasgow Tenements, 1910–1945, Wendlebury, Oxon: White…. From the entry ice
  • “Many a penny's worth I sold to your da, when he was weer than you are.”1924, Louis Joseph Walsh, “Yellow Man”, in Twilight Reveries, M. H. Gill & Son, Ltd., pages 44–45. From the entry weer
  • It is true they are pygmy clubs; just wee bits o’ things, toys.1923 August, “Golf”, in The Playground, volume XVII, number 5, Cooperstown, N.Y.: Playground and Recreation Association of America, →OCLC…. From the entry shorties
  • This blizzard is no place for a wee bucket boy!2023, A. C. MacDonald, Twistwood Tales (comic), Andrews McMeel, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry jings
  • "Go for a wild wee," Len confirms.2023, Isobel Wycherley, Gone Too Far West - The Complete Series. From the entry wild wee
  • The wee man crossed the footstick to where Johnny was and took him back over to his side.2017, Steve Lally, Monaghan Folk Tales. From the entry footstick
  • The others in the patrol grunted, turning back to cooking their food, sharpening their sgianan dubha, or scratching their wee balls.2016, Angela Quarles, chapter 3, in Must Love Kilts: A Time Travel Romance (Must Love Series; book 3), [U.S.A.]: Unsealed Room Press, →ISBN. From the entry sgian dubh
  • A new fad swept Arcata’s wee hours.2016 August 24, “Pvt. Yelly McYellington reporting for duty”, in Mad River Union, volume 3, number 48, Arcata, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page…. From the entry donuteria
  • Perhaps a tad under-attended, maybe a wee bit unstructured.2015, Michele Fitzpatrick, The Women's Center, →ISBN. From the entry under-attended
  • “Och, ooh, it’s so confusing, it hurts my wee head!2014 September 14, “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), via HBO. From the entry och
  • 'So it's your problem, no mine, if the wee mimmerkin's run,' he added, wiping his hand on his jerkin.2014 February 14, Pat McIntosh, The Gil Cunningham Omnibus: The Harper's Quine, The Nicholas Feast, The Merchants's Mark, St. Mungo's…. From the entry mimmerkin
  • Just that you were a 'pair o' wee bisms.'2014, Andrew Glascoe, Nobody Knew She Was There, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry bism
  • Remember that wee shop in Dublin sold the great yellowman?2013, Christina Reid, Reid Plays, →ISBN. From the entry pruck
  • So if it was my maw's and da's, he could not say nothing because he should get the weest.2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 187. From the entry weest
  • Just a look could cause sin, just an "ooh wee, he is fine, I got to get with him!"2007, Evangelist Shanetria Peterson, The Greatest Part of Me and Now It's Time for Deliverance. From the entry ooh-wee
  • I work as an IT assistant in a plooky wee company and theres always been problems with our Exchange 5.5 Server.2003 August 25, hazel, “malformed reply address”, in microsoft.public.exchange.admin (Usenet). From the entry plooky

Meaning of wee

  1. adjective Small, little.
  2. noun A short time or short distance.
  3. noun Urine.

Full definition of wee

Questions about wee in a sentence

How do you use wee in a sentence?
Wee is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire.”
What is a short sentence with wee?
“I need to have a wee.”
What does wee mean?
Wee means small, little.

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