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How to use ye in a sentence

40 example sentences · pronoun, article, interjection

Ye means you (the people being addressed). Example: “This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.”

Examples of ye by meaning

pronounYou (the people being addressed).

  • Ye wud have died larfin'.1915, Charles L Graves, Humours of Irish life, pages 241-242

pronounYou (the singular person being addressed).

  • "Hurted, how-are-ye!" says Hughie; "How could anyone get hurted so simple as that?1915, Charles L Graves, Humours of Irish life, page 255

articleThe.

  • Ye Olde Medicine Shoppe

More sentences with ye

  • This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.From the entry even
  • Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. — Scottish proverb, said satirically.From the entry quat
  • If ye gannin oot the neet ye betta tell wor Jimmy.From the entry wor
  • Ye mountains, that ye did leep like rams; and ye hills, like lambs of the flock.From the entry leep
  • I'm not wasting my time going to lectures given by ye olde professor Jones.From the entry ye olde
  • Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.From the entry even as
  • An it harm none, do what ye will.From the entry an
  • See also Etymology of ye (definite article).From the entry thorn
  • How man, get off is ye propa stinka!From the entry stinka
  • Come and dance, ye lads and lasses!From the entry lass
  • Hadway wi ye man, ye liftin wi lops.From the entry lop
  • Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?From the entry cadge
  • Howay man ye slowin' wa doon like!From the entry howay
  • Will ye myek is a stotty for me bait pet?From the entry myek
  • Ye taalk ower pitmatic for a lad from Gatesheed.From the entry pitmatic
  • "Divint gaup at hor, she'll knaa ye fancy ha"From the entry gaup
  • Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!From the entry look upon
  • Bourdna wi' bawty lest he bite ye.From the entry bawty
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Himlingøye.From the entry Himlingøye
  • Could ye dee that for us?From the entry us
  • I’ll clip ye round the lugs!From the entry clip
  • "Haad yeor gob, ye lippy yap!"From the entry haad
  • He picked up the sell from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingː "dee, dee ye fooking quhoreǃ".From the entry sell
  • What’s the terrible part of the sailor’s life ask ye, lad?2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe). From the entry doldrums
  • Have ye forgotten who you're workin' for, ye useless Eastern amadan!2015, Capcom, The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures, published 2021, level/area: The Adventure of the Runaway Room. From the entry amadan
  • Look at 'er, Jay, 'ave ye ever seen a better dimber mort?2015, Erica Monroe, Beauty and the Rake. From the entry dimber mort
  • "Mine love and gratitude to ye Fallen Angels, still marked with battle brine.2015, S[ilvia] Acevedo, God Awful Loser, Milwaukee, W.I.: Three Points Publishing, →ISBN, page 335. From the entry thineselves
  • Ye require naught more than a bath to cleanse thineselves, as do all creatures great and small.2015, S[ilvia] Acevedo, God Awful Loser, Milwaukee, W.I.: Three Points Publishing, →ISBN, page 335. From the entry thineselves
  • It isnae healthy a lassie reading all the time the way ye do.2013, Sandra Brown, Where There Is Evil, page 31. From the entry specky
  • When I put this to her, her reply is modest, and typically Corkonian: “Ah, will ye stop.”2012 July 4, Valerie O’Sullivan, “From Reenaree to Buramino … with lots of love from Mary T [Murphy]”, in The Kerryman, North & West Kerry…. From the entry Corkonian
  • Besides, there's an old saying: peek not through a knothole, lest ye be vexxed.2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 836. From the entry knothole
  • So th'first thing ye do is to find th'raypoorter, an' tell him ye're there.2012, Jeff Silverman, Classic Golf Stories: 26 Incredible Tales from the Links, →ISBN, page 169. From the entry ye'd
  • Thin ye ordher a bottle iv brown pop, an' have ye'er second fan ye with a towel.2012, Jeff Silverman, Classic Golf Stories: 26 Incredible Tales from the Links, →ISBN, page 169. From the entry ye'd
  • “Whatever are ye lookin' at, Neil?” his mother demanded, looking up from fastening her favorite garnet brooch.2010 December 17, Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Anchor Canada, →ISBN. From the entry thon
  • "We're here t' greet ye," piped a plumpy little girl, pulling at Cal's sleeve.2010, Donald Meikle, Twowinter Tales, page 73. From the entry plumpy
  • 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
  • "Mabby he won't be tellin' ye all, even if be is shtarted, " replied Mrs.2009, Charles Stewart, The Fugitive Blacksmith, page 162. From the entry mabby

Meaning of ye

  1. pronoun You (the people being addressed).
  2. pronoun You (the singular person being addressed).
  3. article The.

Full definition of ye

Questions about ye in a sentence

How do you use ye in a sentence?
Ye is used as a pronoun, article and interjection. For example: “This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.”
What is a short sentence with ye?
“Ye Olde Medicine Shoppe”
What does ye mean?
Ye means you (the people being addressed).

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ye (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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