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How to use yeah in a sentence

40 example sentences · particle, interjection

Yeah means yes. Example: “I was walking down the road, yeah, and you know what I saw, yeah? A dog wearing a dress!”

Examples of yeah by meaning

particleYes.

  • —You wanna get pizza for dinner? —Yeah, all right.

particleUsed to express acknowledgment of what was previously said.

  • —You wanna get pizza for dinner? —Yeah, I think I'm gonna have leftovers instead.

particleUsed to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.

  • I was walking down the road, yeah, and you know what I saw, yeah? A dog wearing a dress!

interjectionExpressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.

  • Yeah! We did it!

More sentences with yeah

  • Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.From the entry skip
  • Yeah, yeah, blah blah blah, Mom, you said this all yesterday.From the entry blah
  • "Are you afraid of a little bit of rain?" "Kinda, yeah."From the entry kinda
  • (In a poker game): I raise you twenty. — Oh, yeah? I think you're bluffing. I call.From the entry oh yeah
  • Oh, yeah, there was a police car outside the building for some reason.From the entry oh yeah
  • Oh yeah, they're a real class act; they left their garbage all over the grass.From the entry class act
  • Yeah, I also hate her. I hope she gets offscreened in the third act low-key.From the entry offscreen
  • "I double dog dare you!" "Oh yeah? Well, I triple dog dare you!"From the entry triple dog dare
  • Yeah, I sometimes go nuts when people try and write on my stuff.From the entry go nuts
  • Yeah, this Caucasian country was dealt a very poor geographic hand.From the entry deal a hand
  • Oh, yeah? Well, don't look now, but we're on the grass!From the entry don't look now
  • Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny.From the entry get
  • Oh yeah, I'm supposed to promote that vision thing.From the entry thing
  • Yeah, I think we might need something a bit sturdier.From the entry might
  • That rapper there, yeah, he got bars.From the entry bar
  • Yeah, I just got the June issue of Wombatboy.From the entry issue
  • Don't come 'round my ends again, yeah?From the entry ends
  • Yeah, that guy is a real einstein — he always finds a way to mess up the simplest order.From the entry einstein
  • Yeah, their jazz is diggable, but they leave something on the table by not getting funkier with the horns.From the entry diggable
  • Aww yeah, I got a new video game!From the entry aww yeah
  • Yeah, maybe if you were Freddie flipping Mercury!From the entry -flipping-
  • Yeah, that's probably my favorite micspam to use.From the entry micspam
  • Yeah, we named her Mildred. It's an old family name. Don't worry, though. She also has four middle names to choose from.From the entry family name
  • They might be willing to admit, OK, yeah, if you invent superintelligence, things will probably be crazy.2025 April 11, Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, “Big Tech’s Tariff Chaos + A.I. 2027 + Llama Drama”, in The New York Times (Hard Fork podcast)…. From the entry cross that bridge when one comes to it
  • Yeah the third arrow is a big deal to some people for some reason.2025 September 18, u/DentistPitiful5454, “Well that was quick...”, in Reddit, r/liberalgunowners, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2025. From the entry authcom
  • Yeah, this is what’s known as the Elon Musk memelord thesis, basically.2022 April 29, Ezra Klein, “Elon Musk Might Break Twitter. Maybe That’s a Good Thing.” (14:17 from the start), in The Ezra Klein Show…. From the entry memelord
  • Oh yeah it's rad that Covid basically normalised smaller artists doing urlfests.2022 June 29, u/CucumberHorse21, “Online Festivals and showcases were the funnest highlight of my Covid lockdown”, in Reddit, r/pcmusic. From the entry urlfest
  • Yeah in America they made me vaccinate my child before the school admission.2020 March 26, Michael Di Iorio, “M.I.A comes out as anti-vaccine, says she’d rather choose death”, in Rolling Stone, Australia. From the entry vaxin
  • Yeah, true.” Paige mimicked the gesture, even though her straight brown hair had zero floofiness.2020, Matthew S. Cox, Dr. Infinity and the Soul Smasher (The Adventures of Übergirl; 4), Division Zero Press, →ISBN. From the entry floofiness
  • Yeah, you saw what he could do when he flips out.2019 December 20, “Finding Mr. Right”, in Harley Quinn, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Harley Quinn (Kaley Cuoco). From the entry computer
  • Oh yeah, because you know who's been long overdue a challenge?2019 January 17, James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999, spoken by James Acaster. From the entry cis
  • “Yeah, I'm feening for some fresh air,” Finn said, using his crutches to get to his feet.2019, Sam Kevin Daniel, Crossfire, →ISBN, page 55. From the entry feen
  • Yeah that's pretty much how I expected today to go too."2018, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 3879: Pointy Boi. From the entry stoned
  • Yeah, nice shout, what about sticking a pair of glasses on him too?2018 September 6, Peter Crouch, How to Be a Footballer, Random House, →ISBN. From the entry shout
  • Is it from something?” “Oh, yeah, you've got to watch it,” Sebastian said.2018, Riley Redgate, Final Draft, Abrams, →ISBN. From the entry memelord
  • “Yeah, in case anyone wants to make some candy as one of their projects.2018, Arcade or Bust! (The Loud House), Nickelodeon Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry amiright

Meaning of yeah

  1. particle Yes.
  2. particle Used to express acknowledgment of what was previously said.
  3. particle Used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.

Full definition of yeah

Questions about yeah in a sentence

How do you use yeah in a sentence?
Yeah is used as a particle and interjection. For example: “I was walking down the road, yeah, and you know what I saw, yeah? A dog wearing a dress!”
What is a short sentence with yeah?
“Yeah! We did it!”
What does yeah mean?
Yeah means yes.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: yeah (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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