HER in a Sentence

Learn HER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

420 example sentences for HER, such as:

1. I daren't ask her for a rise.
2. She was crooning to her baby.
3. I was fascinated by her voice.
4. We can't just assume her guilt.
5. She cancelled her trip to Paris.

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 Meanings and Examples of HER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
her
 pron.  used as the object of a verb, to refer to a woman, girl, or female animal that has just been mentioned
 a.  belonging to or connected with the person mentioned, the possessive form of she
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Yet I would die to make her happy.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
2  Her host looked at her incredulously.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  She snapped them out with her fingers.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  She narrowed her eyes and shivered.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
5  Tell 'em all Daisy's change' her mine.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
6  It had gone beyond her, beyond everything.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
7  He found her excitingly desirable.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
8  He felt married to her, that was all.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
9  "Then he killed her," said Wilson.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
10  She looked also at her slumbering child.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE INTERVIEW
11  But the task was beyond her skill.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VI. PEARL
12  She remembered her oath, and was silent.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
13  The letter was the symbol of her calling.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
14  The world's law was no law for her mind.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
15  Never afterwards did it quit her bosom.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIV. CONCLUSION
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  The artist looked at her with scorn.
17  I daren't ask her for a rise.
18  We can't just assume her guilt.
19  She was on her knees beside the bed.
20  She cancelled her trip to Paris.
21  She told me every detail of her trip.
22  She kissed her baby on the cheek.
23  She is having trouble with her teeth.
24  She was crooning to her baby.
25  She had trouble keeping her balance.
26  Change lays not her hand upon truth.
27  She's very conventional in her views.
28  The bag was wrenched from her grasp.
29  I was fascinated by her voice.
30  There was real venom in her voice.