HOW in a Sentence

Learn HOW 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.

405 example sentences for HOW, such as:

1. I don't know how it's happened.
2. My cousin knows how to take care of me.
3. No one can understand how I really feel.
4. You don't know how frightened Martha is.
5. I don't understand how the two ideas relate.

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 Meanings and Examples of HOW
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
how
 ad.  in what way, used to ask about condition or quality
 ad.  to what degree or extent
 conj.  the way or manner in which
Classic Sentence: (203 in 14 pages)
1  She wondered how long it would be before they showed that they were flowers.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
2  "Rub that and see how thick and warm it is," she said.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
3  I will pinch you a little if you like, to show you how real I am.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
4  How peculiar he was and how coolly he spoke of not living.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  You don't know how frightened Martha is.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
6  I don't know how it's happened.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
7  My cousin knows how to take care of me.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  He told them how he had found the lamb just as the sun was rising three mornings ago.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  I must see how the going out agrees with him.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
10  We couldn't never tell him how it broke, poor lad.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
11  You can really have no notion how delightful it will be.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X. The Lobster Quadrille
12  They're that hungry they don't know how to get enough to eat without makin talk.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  He remembered afterward how intensely wide awake and alert he had thought he was.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
14  He went to her and stood a moment, not knowing exactly how to proceed.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
15  Then he showed Huckleberry how to make an H and an F, and the oath was complete.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.
17  How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
18  He had miscalculated how long the trip would take.
19  This shows how people are influenced by TV advertisements.
20  This type of glass won't shatter no matter how hard you hit it.
21  No one can understand how I really feel.
22  It's hard to understand how the accident came about.
23  I don't understand how the two ideas relate.
24  This unit teaches students how to administer First Aid.
25  Success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
26  He clewed us in on how the accident happened.
27  All new students are given lessons in / on how to use the library.
28  He had various ideas on how to raise capital for the project.
29  It is very moving to see how much strangers can care for each other.
30  The video provides instruction on how to operate the computer.