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How to use wi in a sentence

40 example sentences · pronoun, preposition

Wi means us. Example: “Are yee commin with wi or not?”

Examples of wi by meaning

pronounUs.

  • Are yee commin with wi or not?

prepositionWith.

  • Are-ta doin owt wi this?

More sentences with wi

  • Wi t'car shoo's drivin, Aw bet thee shoo's bow-legg'd wi brass.From the entry bow-legged wi' brass
  • Hadway wi ye man, ye liftin wi lops.From the entry lop
  • Mi böts ir a' eltit wi' glaar.From the entry elt
  • He was elt(er)ed wi' gutters fae head to foot.From the entry elt
  • Bourdna wi' bawty lest he bite ye.From the entry bawty
  • Ees claes were liftin wi vormin!From the entry liftin
  • In Liq̓ʷala, the word Liǧwiłdax̌w refers to a large sea worm that cannot be easily killed.2022-2024, “About”, in Wei Wai Kum Treaty. From the entry Liq̓ʷala
  • Ye'll end up wi' glasses, then a' the lads will ca'ye Specky – d'ye hear me?2013, Sandra Brown, Where There Is Evil, page 31. From the entry specky
  • The sun broke through the cloods, and the douce song o’ a laverock filled me wi’ gledness.2012 September 29, “The Times young poets of the year”, in The Times, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, Weekend section, page 6. From the entry douce
  • I dinna wish to worrit myself about ye running off to the nunnery or wi' another man.2010, Amanda Forester, The Highlander’s Sword, page 169. From the entry worrit
  • Ye bust yer chops engineering intelligent monkeys an ye hae a guid craik wi them.2007 April 26, “The Scottish word: Craik”, in Scottish Words Illustrated. From the entry craik
  • And as I said, sir, the whole garden was swarming wi' Pandies, so have a care.2003, V. A. Stuart, The Heroic Garrison, →ISBN. From the entry pandy
  • Polly hev’ been walkin’ out wi’ Frank a good while now. ‘Tis time ‘twere settled between ‘em.1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon. From the entry walk out with
  • They’ve summat to put up wi’ hez t’ tram conductors, especially wheer t’ swells lives.1930 January 4, Northern Weekly Gazette, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, →OCLC, page 21, column 3. From the entry ay
  • Whuskers and petticoats wi' the vices o' both and the virtues o' neither.1929, Percival Christopher Wren, Good Gestes, The McSnorrt Reminiscent. From the entry sort
  • She fleyed Johnnie awa' frae the door when he was for daffin' wi' the serving lasses.[1927 July, John Buchan, “The Black Wood by Day”, in Witch Wood, London: Hodder and Stoughton, published August 1927, →OCLC, page 90. From the entry lass
  • There's nae banes broke, and I've dressed your face wi' a sure salve.[1927 July, John Buchan, “The First Blast”, in Witch Wood, London: Hodder and Stoughton, published August 1927, →OCLC, page 120. From the entry mend
  • Ah'd like to wahrn (warn) thi agaan 'evvin owt to dew wi' that chap.1924, J H Wilkinson, Leeds Dialect Glossary and Lore, page 60. From the entry again
  • I canna be bathered wi' the chatterin', fykie, kyowowin' little wratch.1919, J. B. Salmond, My Man Sandy. From the entry wratch
  • “I do stand wi’ ’ee all through, Jacob,” said Farmer Wangle.1918 August, John Read, “The Old Craftsman: A West Country Study”, in Hermes, University of Sydney, page 198. From the entry rottletrap
  • No, tha'd drop down stiff, as dead as a door-knob, wi' thy nesh sides.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 8, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry nesh
  • There are two dialects (or varieties) of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ language spoken on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.2019, Tasha R. Hauff, Lakȟótiyapi kiŋ uŋglúkinipi (We revitalize our Lakota Language): Native Language Revitalization at Standing Rock, UC…. From the entry Lakȟótiyapi
  • If anyone told him the same thing he'd think they were crazy or at the very least, "mad wi' it" drunk!2016, Joanne Sundell, Arctic Will, Waterville, M.E.: Five Star Publishing, →ISBN, page 48. From the entry mad with it
  • It tane Bill three month fae the time he pairtit wi Beatrice tae get tae the toon o Shanzi.2011, Wulf Kurtoglu, Caroline Macafee, Braken Fences, →ISBN, page 43. From the entry toon
  • 'Whit's up wi' yer John Greig (leg) then?2011, Harry Morris, “Eye, Right!”, in It Wisnae Me … Honest!, Edinburgh: Black & White, →ISBN, part four. From the entry tickety-boo
  • 'That tower rises sixty feet from the ground,' he told me, 'and it's thirty feet in diameter, wi' three floors.'1991, Diana Gabaldon, chapter 29, in Outlander, London: Random House. From the entry broch
  • Time wi’ his scythe hed mawn t’crop on his heead, An’ then fafft it away wi’ his wing.1949, W.J. Halliday, Arthur Stanley Umpleby, The White Rose Garland, page 104. From the entry faff
  • And when he come down in the evenings, he’d drop in every night to have a crack wi’ Old Bob.1936, Arthur Ransome, chapter 3, in Pigeon Post. From the entry crack
  • 'He'll do nowt o' the sort,' I answered; 'and he wi' a hoast in his thropple like a badly cow.a. 1919, F[rederic] W[illiam] Moorman, “Tales of a Grandmother: I. The Tree of Knowledge”, in More Tales of the Ridings, London: Elkin…. From the entry thrapple
  • Read us one o' King David's psalms or canticles, then we'll go to our sleep wi' a song in our hearts."1917, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, Christine, a Fife fisher girl, page 21. From the entry overgang
  • Oh, daftened wi' the moonshine they call love.1913, The Windsor Magazine, volume 37, page 97. From the entry daften
  • An' them deear liddle 'an's wur never made fer work; but" condolingly, "never mind, I'm kintent wi' yer."1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry condolingly
  • They fills their bellies wi’ ther ’oney,” bleated Granny blastingly.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry 'deed
  • They fills their bellies wi' ther 'oney," bleated Granny blastingly.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry blastingly
  • The ram was marked wi' keel at the reet o' the tail an' the yowes upon their hips.1902, James Thomson, Recollections of a Speyside parish. From the entry yowe
  • But in the end, the figures of fine and foul tottle up, in accord wi' their ordered sum.1902, Bram Stoker, The Mystery of the Sea, page 38. From the entry tottle
  • "Gin ye hae your appetite wi' you we'll eat, Mr.1902, William MacLeod Raine, A Daughter of Raasay. From the entry nainsell
  • He charged me to tell ye, he loved ye as a person and a friend and he said to try my luck arm-wrestlin' wi' Mr.2014, C. R. Bryan, Bump's Circus. From the entry griefsome

Meaning of wi

  1. pronoun Us.
  2. preposition With.

Full definition of wi

Questions about wi in a sentence

How do you use wi in a sentence?
Wi is used as a pronoun and preposition. For example: “Are yee commin with wi or not?”
What is a short sentence with wi?
“Are-ta doin owt wi this?”
What does wi mean?
Wi means us.

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