Word.ws English Dictionary

How to use yours in a sentence

40 example sentences · pronoun

Yours means that or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun. Example: “If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.”

Examples of yours by meaning

pronounThat or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

  • If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.
  • Their encyclopedia is good, but yours is even better.
  • Are all these socks yours?

pronounYour house or home.

  • Let's go over to yours.

pronounWritten at the end of a letter, before the signature.

  • Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Yours, Sincerely yours,

More sentences with yours

  • I will prove that my method is more effective than yours.From the entry prove
  • This business plan of yours looks risky. It needs a rethink.From the entry rethink
  • You made your best honest effort; if they judge you harshly, that’s their problem, not yours.From the entry problem
  • This new project of yours will only be a needless expense.From the entry needless
  • We are not so inclusivist as to tolerate intolerance such as yours.From the entry inclusivist
  • Why don't you MYOB? My marital status is no concern of yours.From the entry MYOB
  • You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions.From the entry repercussion
  • I'm holding up my end and you had better hold up yours.From the entry hold up one's end
  • Is the idea really yours? Or was it incepted into your mind by your friend?From the entry incept
  • All you have to do is go to the interview. The job is yours for the asking.From the entry for the asking
  • I could tell you a thing or two about that new boyfriend of yours.From the entry a thing or two
  • I love that bedframe of yours, but the mattress is so uncomfortable!From the entry bedframe
  • That idea of yours for using the church hall seems to have gone up the spout.From the entry up the spout
  • I can see that battered old hat of yours has been in the wars.From the entry have been in the wars
  • I'll be cold in my grave before I call that man of yours a son-in-law of mine!From the entry cold in one's grave
  • I've done my bit; I expect you to do yours.From the entry bit
  • In the not too distant future my view on the matter might be not a million miles away from yours.From the entry not
  • My work is no business of yours.From the entry business
  • The other bus meets yours at the intersection within one minute; it's a spot connection, and you might not make it.From the entry spot
  • You can't compare my problems and yours.From the entry compare
  • I'll gladly exchange my place for yours.From the entry exchange
  • That boyfriend of yours is much like the others.From the entry much
  • That new car of yours is a real beaut.From the entry beaut
  • Some of her best work can be yours: it is available at a gallery, if you can afford it.From the entry gallery
  • My results in the laboratory consistently disagree with yours.From the entry disagree
  • This one was created by yours truly.From the entry yours truly
  • We have survived our trials; yours are in the post.From the entry in the post
  • That cat of yours is evil.From the entry that
  • His answer and yours share equivalence.From the entry equivalence
  • My bird's loads fitter than yours.From the entry fitter
  • I could hear you perfectly all the way in the back of the audience! I wish my belting were as good as yours.From the entry belting
  • The fault is both of yours.From the entry of yours
  • On a through-ticket you're legally entitled to later onward travel if a delay means a missed connection, but with separate train-specific tickets the risk is yours.From the entry through-ticket
  • Then her tongue was in your mouth and yours was in hers.2023, Colin Walsh, Kala. From the entry shift
  • It might be yours are needing some help, too, maybe even more so than Seattle.2022 February 12, Danny Westneat, “The reason voters see past the terrible headlines with Seattle schools”, in The Seattle Times. From the entry mojo

Meaning of yours

  1. pronoun That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
  2. pronoun Your house or home.
  3. pronoun Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.

Full definition of yours

Questions about yours in a sentence

How do you use yours in a sentence?
Yours is used as a pronoun. For example: “If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.”
What is a short sentence with yours?
“Are all these socks yours?”
What does yours mean?
Yours means that or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: yours (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.

Last updated:

Cite this page: “How to use yours in a sentence.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sentences/yours. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.