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How to use yourselves in a sentence

36 example sentences · pronoun

Yourselves means you (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed. Example: “You yourselves won’t eat at that restaurant. Why are you recommending it to us?”

Examples of yourselves by meaning

pronounYou (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.

  • You yourselves won’t eat at that restaurant. Why are you recommending it to us?

More sentences with yourselves

  • Pouring drinks is one thing I always make a hash of, so please help yourselves.From the entry make a hash of
  • You're meant to wash up after yourselves, don't leave it for me.From the entry meant to
  • Sit yourselves down together until the white smoke comes out.From the entry white smoke
  • Drawing the rhetorical distinction between the "people like yourselves" at the overwhelmingly white rally and "those people" protesting was, needless to say, a provocative framing of the issue.From the entry those people
  • Surah 18:50: 'And We told the Angels "prostrate yourselves before Adam".2020, Abu-Hamdiyyah, Muhammad, The Qur'an: an introduction, Routledge, page 101. From the entry jinn
  • You lot squabble amongst yourselves.’ He stole Catherine's newspaper on the way out.2018, Mick Herron, London Rules, Baskerville 2022, p. 119. From the entry Donald
  • Brace yourselves, Pokémon Goers - Legendary Pokémon Raikou, Entei, and Suicune are coming your way!2017 September 4, Vikki Blake, “Here's How To Catch Pokemon Go's Three New Legendary Pokemon”, in MTV UK. From the entry Pokémon Goer
  • There's gonna be an announcement later this aft, but he's targeting vulnerable people like yourselves, alright?2016, Sally Wainwright, 49:45 from the start, in Happy Valley, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire). From the entry aft
  • Go ahead and test the upgrade a little more but don't push yourselves.2016, James Barclay, Heart of Granite. From the entry skytime
  • Therefore Christ commands: Look well to yourselves, least perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkedness.2015 [1554], St Peter Canisius, Catechism of St. Peter Canisius, Lulu.com, page 153. From the entry drunkedness
  • If you don' believe me, you can go ahead on with your manhunt by yourselves.2014 July 1, Reavis Z. Wortham, Vengeance is Mine, Sourcebooks + ORM, →ISBN. From the entry toothache bark
  • Therefore concern yourselves, you philosophers: how God has created this world in six days.2010, Jeff Bachl, translated by Michael L. Birkel, Genius of the Transcendent: Mystical Writings of Jakob Boehme, Shambhala, translation…. From the entry threeness
  • You know what though, you guys should min' yourselves walkin' street star, dere's bere nutters about.1997, Courttia Newland, The Scholar: A West Side Story, London: Abacus, →ISBN, page 207. From the entry cool
  • I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting.1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury…. From the entry smarten
  • You little muSoft goons should learn about FAQs before you bogotify yourselves in front of large audiences.1996, Jonny Llama, “Re: New hacker”, in alt.hacker (Usenet). From the entry bogotify
  • "Beseat yourselves, gentlemen, beseat yourselves," he insisted, pointing to a rough-hewn bench.1954, Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau, translated by Stephen Becker, The Sacred Forest: Magic and Secret Rites in French Guinea, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry beseat
  • Are you allowing yourselves to be fooled by this mountebank, this harlequin?1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part III: “The Mayors”, chapter 7, page 106, ¶ 13. From the entry mountebank
  • “I never saw such twinsy twins before,” she said; “do you know yourselves apart?”1915, Carolyn Wells, “The Double Party”, in Two Little Women, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, page 59. From the entry twinsy
  • Effectively a statement was made that ‘you are going to have to find the money for the banks yourselves.2015, John Theodore, Jonathan Theodore, Cyprus and the Financial Crisis: The Controversial Bailout and What It Means for the Eurozone…. From the entry haircut
  • PLUS (please brace yourselves, fangirls) he's coming to play at the Perth Arena in a few months – ermahgerd.2012 October 24, “Livin' A Teenage Dream”, in X-Press Magazine, number 1341, page 11. From the entry ermahgerd
  • You've got the place to yourselves without the daytrippers.2009 January 5, Steven Morris, “Welcome to Lundy, where it feels like the 1950s - and Britain is still booming”, in The Guardian. From the entry daytripper
  • You may use these marbles as currency amongst yourselves.2007, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 4 (black comedy, surreal comedy), spoken by Xavier (Vernon Chatman). From the entry quadrant
  • Brace yourselves; we're going in a little hot!2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Marcus Stacker (Pete Stacker), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Covenant. From the entry hot
  • You boys is havin' yourselves a good time, ain't you?”2002, Jim Blair, The Foundation, page 139. From the entry whooee
  • "Please, I beg you, do not ruffle yourselves!1972, Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Knopf, page 114. From the entry ruffle
  • Now, take care of yourselves, all of you.1955, Agnes Newton Keith, Bare Feet in the Palace, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, page 125. From the entry lallygag
  • As to her haveage I am as ignorant as yourselves.1916, Ashton Hilliers, “Demi-Royal”, in The Living Age, volume 291, page 213. From the entry haveage
  • “You four scunges need to clean yourselves up,″ Jarrad announced — ironic given his own personal hygiene, Jake thought, which was less than impeccable.2008, Pam Withers, Mountainboard Maniacs, page 120. From the entry scunge
  • If the flight is relatively empty, you might be able to get an entire nonbulkhead row, complete with armrests that raise, to yourselves.1993, Riverside Mothers Group, Claire Zion, Entertain Me!, page 152. From the entry nonbulkhead
  • "Weep for yourselves," he said, And our eyes are full of tears; But ' tis for our plans missped, Not for our wasted years.1956, Henri Ghéon, The Mystery of the Finding of the Cross: A Play in Three Acts, page 86. From the entry misspeed
  • Help yourselves to pads and pencils.1931, Intellect, volume 34, page 164. From the entry booketeria
  • I see in the distance a fire; peradventure I shall bring you tidings thence, or a brand from the fire that ye may warm yourselves.1930, Marmaduke Pickthall, transl., The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, New York: Alfred A Knop, surah 28, verse 29, page 397. From the entry travel
  • An un-teacher, hopefully—and it is a difficult task that I embark upon, playfully— an un-teacher, hopefully, lets you lead yourselves toward the freedom of your being.2006, Susan M. Watkins, Conversations With Seth. From the entry unteacher
  • Just ask yourselves this question, you older men, you silver-tops here—What was done with toxic thyroid disease before men like Charles Mayo, the elder Kocher, Crile, Miles F.1922 December, W. D. Gatch, J. R. Eastman (commentator), “Surgical Aspects of Endocrinology”, in Journal of the Indiana State Medical…. From the entry silver top
  • If I let you both loose for that purpose, will you promise to allow yourselves to be fastened again in such a way as I may indicate?"1908, anonymous author, The Way of a Man with a Maid, Volume 2 Chapter 9. From the entry let someone loose

Meaning of yourselves

  1. pronoun You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.

Full definition of yourselves

Questions about yourselves in a sentence

How do you use yourselves in a sentence?
Yourselves is used as a pronoun. For example: “You yourselves won’t eat at that restaurant. Why are you recommending it to us?”
What is a short sentence with yourselves?
“Help yourselves to pads and pencils.”
What does yourselves mean?
Yourselves means you (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yourselves (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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