THEIR in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for THEIR, such as:

1. Men too seldom see their own faults.
2. Bad workmen often blame their tools.
3. They treat their children very badly.
4. They washed their faces and went to bed.
5. Sports cars tend to hold their value well.

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 Meanings and Examples of THEIR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
their
 a.  of or belonging to them
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The father of Safie had been the cause of their ruin.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
2  The poor that stopped at their door were never driven away.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
3  My wife and my sister will never recover from their horror.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
4  Their colours and their forms, were then to him.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
5  But I felt that I had no right to share their intercourse.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
6  I remained for several years their only child.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
7  I entered it and approached the tomb which marked their graves.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
8  They had not been long married, and their eldest child was but just born.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
9  They entered, and their leader addressed me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
10  I took their word for all that they averred, and I became their disciple.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
11  I sat on the front steps with them while they waited for their car.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
12  Mr. Dimmesdale gently repelled their entreaties.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
13  "Yet some men bury their secrets thus," observed the calm physician.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
14  In their eyes, the very ground on which he trod was sanctified.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
15  By the by, I mean to lecture you a little upon their account myself.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  They washed their faces and went to bed.
17  Men too seldom see their own faults.
18  Most of their mileage is in and around town.
19  We drove up a narrow dirt track to their house.
20  The two armies agreed to trade off their prisoners.
21  The people still follow their traditional beliefs.
22  They treat their children very badly.
23  It's dreadful the way they treat their staff.
24  They tried to treat all their children alike.
25  They go to wave their boys off on the troop trains.
26  Nothing will stop them in their quest for truth.
27  Bad workmen often blame their tools.
28  We listen to our employees and value their input.
29  Sports cars tend to hold their value well.
30  Tickets were selling at twice their face value.