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
- pronoun You (the people being addressed).
- pronoun You (the singular person being addressed).
- article The.
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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