How to use whatever in a sentence
40 example sentences · noun, determiner, pronoun
Whatever means a thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten. Example: “Good heavens! Whatever time is it?!”
Examples of whatever by meaning
determinerWhat ever; emphatic form of 'what'.
- Good heavens! Whatever time is it?!
determinerRegardless of the ... that; for any ... that.
- Whatever your choice, there will be consequences.
- I will stick with you, whatever fate befalls us.
determinerAny ... that; of no matter what type or kind that.
- Whatever doubts I had were quickly dispelled.
- Write down whatever thoughts come into your mind.
- Whatever utility the work may have outside of its stated boundaries will be largely because of such a nonprovincial approach.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill....
determinerAny; of no matter what type or kind.
- He must be stopped, whatever the cost.
pronounWhat ever; emphasised form of 'what', used to ask which thing, event, circumstance, etc.
- Whatever do you mean?
pronounRegardless of anything that.
- Whatever he does, he will still lose the game.
- Whatever happens, stay calm.
pronounAnything that; all that.
- Do whatever works.
- I’ll do whatever I can.
pronounAnything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind; sometimes used to indicate that the speaker does not...
- I don't need any of this stuff, so take whatever.
- Whatever they've got in there, that — whatever —."1965 January 2, “The Brain of Colonel Barham”, in The Outer Limits, season 2, episode 15
- There's a pile of stuff on that table; clippings, pamphlets, posters, whatever, that needs to be sorted and filed.2021, Michael Kurland, Whatever the Cost
More sentences with whatever
- All unemployments, seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work.From the entry unemployment
- If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them.From the entry them
- Poorer children often have to wear whatever an older sibling has outgrown.From the entry outgrow
- "collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason.From the entry upset
- Whatever your plan is, I just think this idea's omega stupid. Ain't you got something better?From the entry omega
- Whatever random hobby you're into, there's an Internet community for it.From the entry random
- There's no use in spewing a million words about it; whatever will be, will be.From the entry use
- Somehow the combination didn’t make sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth.From the entry make sense
- Whatever the company says, the media is going to run them down.From the entry run down
- They will donate net proceeds—whatever money is left after they pay their expenses—from the show to charity.From the entry proceeds
- This is scratch paper, so go ahead and scribble whatever you want on it.From the entry scratch
- He's like a human parrot: he resays whatever he's told - without any comprehension of its meaning.From the entry resay
- Strip down clean to the basic fibre, whatever it is, and cut it into knittable lengths.From the entry knittable
- The growers will root cellar whatever portion of the crop does not sell at harvest time.From the entry root cellar
- They gave thanks for whatever they deemed worth being thankful for and proceeded to party hardy.From the entry party hardy
- He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.From the entry free
- The point is that we should stay together, whatever happens.From the entry point
- Whatever the boss says goes, do you understand?From the entry go
- Whatever else she may be, she is not a surgeon.From the entry else
- He doesn't think, he just says whatever he pleases.From the entry please
- What society tells people that they can “do whatever they want” to dissidents, and yet berates anyone for treating them well?From the entry berate
- We are ready for whatever is upcoming.From the entry upcoming
- She can always chisel whatever she needs from her father.From the entry chisel
- Whatever he thinks, he is a terrible driver.From the entry terrible
- Just use whatever you can scrape together.From the entry scrape
Meaning of whatever
- noun A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
- determiner What ever; emphatic form of 'what'.
- determiner Regardless of the ... that; for any ... that.
Questions about whatever in a sentence
- How do you use whatever in a sentence?
- Whatever is used as a noun, determiner and pronoun. For example: “Good heavens! Whatever time is it?!”
- What is a short sentence with whatever?
- “Do whatever works.”
- What does whatever mean?
- Whatever means a thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: whatever (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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