HIM in a Sentence

Learn HIM 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.

404 example sentences for HIM, such as:

1. You should treat him fairly.
2. The enemy beat him to a mummy.
3. I thanked him and said I would.
4. She heard him turn on the shower.
5. Throwing his finger at him again.

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 Meanings and Examples of HIM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
him
 pron.  used as the object of a verb, to refer to a man, boy, or male animal that has just been mentioned
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  "Well, I married him," said Myrtle, ambiguously.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  I wanted to get up and slap him on the back.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  I thanked him for his hospitality.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
4  He had a big future before him, you know.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
5  "I told him the truth," he said.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
6  He could play upon him as he chose.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
7  Morning would break and find him there.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
8  You are beside him, sleeping and waking.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
9  She begged him to think again on the subject.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
10  Edward is very amiable, and I love him tenderly.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
11  Oh, yes; and as like him as she can stare.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
12  He wished him at the devil with all his heart.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32
13  I observed him narrowly, and am convinced of it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
14  Throwing his finger at him again.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVIII
15  I thanked him and said I would.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  We expected him to arrive yesterday.
17  I had no option but to ask him to leave.
18  The attack on him was quite deliberate.
19  She slapped him hard across the face.
20  The enemy beat him to a mummy.
21  Her efforts to avoid him proved useless.
22  I promised him that I'd stay sober tonight.
23  It is a tough nut for him to crack.
24  She grabbed the boy and dragged him away.
25  You should treat him fairly.
26  His wife accompanied him on the trip.
27  Peter has fainted; try to bring him to.
28  She heard him turn on the shower.
29  The doctor has injected him under the skin.
30  She looked up at him with beseeching eyes.