Sentence for were | Use were in a sentence

Were example sentence. The sentences below are ordered by length from shorter and easier to longer and more complex. They use were in a sentence, providing visitors a sentence for were.

• Eyes were on him. (10)
• Were they veree sad? (8)
• They were perplexed. (10)
• What if it were the end? (8)
• Words were indistinguishable. (10)
• Be alert, as you were last night. (10)
• Our eyes were directed on my aunt. (10)
• His energies were expended in action. (10)
• I only wish I were more worthy of him. (4)
• In perfect harmony all were eating them. (8)
• But at dinner there were plans to be made. (8)
• But they were folk to whom sleep was precious. (8)
• With her were two babes and their nursemaids. (10)
• It was Michael and Johanna who were returning. (12)
• He felt as though a light were walking by his side. (12)
• But many were the tedious hours which must yet intervene. (4)
• Gipsies were on the road, and that road led to my father. (10)
• When we had to talk reasonably we were not so successful. (10)
• His heart and all his fancies were in motion at the sound. (10)
• Sorrow and sympathy were in every heart and on every face. (14)
• All through the service his eyes were sparkling on Cornelia. (10)
• But both were of a character to draw him swiftly on to Milan. (10)
• Noises above warned him that the maids were beginning to get up. (8)
• The two hands were taken, but his voice was not so much at command. (10)
• Heard we the woodland, eyeing sun, As harp and harper were they one. (10)
• Captain Graffenreid understood: the sounds were musketry and artillery. (1)
• I wish I were a marquis, if it were only for her sake. (6)
• Her eyes were fixed with languid aspiration on the lady who was speaking. (8)
• It is as if all the feeling pent up in her were finding vent in this hug. (8)
• There were three others, Jane says, which they hesitated about some time. (4)
• They were infinitely wittier, but so much was heard and may be reported. (10)
• Ten guineas were offered for an Indian, living or dead, or for his scalp. (19)
• There were no holes in his armour through which the impertinent might pry. (8)
• They replied that they had been at work all the time, and were at work now. (10)
• We were of one mind as to the necessity for keeping him absent, if possible. (10)
• The ladies were somewhat agitated, but no longer perplexed as to their duties. (10)
• The words implied an expectation that the two families were to be better acquainted. (9)
• She knew when her spell was weakening, when the current wanted, as it were, renewing. (8)
• The varieties of handwriting were farther talked of, and the usual observations made. (4)
• The Marches, from no positive evidence of any sense, decided that they were Americans. (9)
• Adrian positively refused to go on the water unless that element were smooth as a plate. (10)
• Mary and Kitty were both with Mrs. Bennet: one communication would, therefore, do for all. (4)
• The unifications were bound to be, just as the separations before them were. (9)
• The great difference was that my headlines were smaller and my editorial page larger than his. (16)
• I dreamed last night we were in the fields together, and he walked with his arm round my waist. (10)
• Whether the torments of absence were softened by a clandestine correspondence, let us not inquire. (4)
• The circle at once widened round us, and our offers of reward were received in dispiriting silence. (2)
• Elizabeth thanked him from her heart, and then walked towards the table where a few books were lying. (4)
• They were constantly seeing Rose and his mother, in the sort of abeyance the Triscoes had fallen into. (9)
• There was froth about its lips, and its eyes were watery; it looked indeed as if it might be in distemper. (8)
• Van Diemen and his daughter were in London with Tinman and Mrs. Cavely, purchasing furniture for Elba Hall. (10)
• Respect, esteem, and confidence had vanished for ever; and all his views of domestic happiness were overthrown. (4)
• Lavender experienced a sensation as if his soul were creeping back up his legs; he spoke as it reached his stomach. (8)
• Her eyes were still luminously blue, and she let them dwell on Robert one gentle instant, giving him her hand humbly. (22)
• The three soldiers, whose faces were all bandaged, looked as surprised as they could between them, and did not answer. (8)
• They were without a long-boat, and each attempt to {148} launch canoes in the boiling surf was attended with failure. (19)
• These were the things that presented themselves very strongly to the widow Engelschall on her way to Stolpische Street. (12)
• Their time and strength, and spirits, were, therefore, exactly ready for this walk, and they entered into it with pleasure. (4)
• They were abominably cold, even in my pockets, and I had suffered past several places trying to think of an excuse to go in. (9)
• In the brilliant sunshine spires were glistening against the pearly background of the hills; the town had a clean, joyous air. (8)
• But it was not coloured, not a luminous globe: and the people were in drab, not a shining army on the march to meet the Future. (10)
• As they were all about to eat, a policeman commanded them to quit the spot, informing them that he knew both them and their dodges. (10)
• The man to whom her heart clung, the Emperor, the countless multitude below, were all at this time subject to her in heart and mind. (5)
• The storm still raged, and various were the noises, more terrific even than the wind, which struck at intervals on her startled ear. (4)
• The fact that nails were not made, except by hand, urged the carpenters to use methods of fastening which required as few as possible. (17)
• They were all getting themselves ready for the fray or the play of the coming winter; but there seemed nothing joyous in the preparation. (9)
• On the fourth dawn they were on the summit of a lofty mountain-rise; below them the sun, shooting a current of gold across leagues of sea. (10)
• Action and sacrifice had been mentioned, and Ruth said that she could not see the difference, that often they were closely akin or even identical. (12)
• Its colour was not the colour of convention, was hardly colour at all; its shapes were brooding yet distinct; its silence stunning; it had no scent. (8)
• The ride home through the mist, with its sweet intimacy, that parting which had seemed so full of tender intelligence, were parts of the same illusion. (9)
• Concerts and operas were given only at court or in the palaces of noblemen; public halls for any kind of musical occasion were unknown. (3)
• In performance of this sacred duty he blundered now and again, did certain things incorrectly, and others which he did correctly were done over and over. (1)

Also see sentences for: wept, werner.

Definition of were:

• were, wer, v.i. the pl. of was_, used as pa.t. of be_. (0)

Glad you visited this page with a sentence for were. Now that you’ve seen how to use were in a sentence hope you might explore the rest of this educational reference site Sentencefor.com to see many other example sentences which provide word usage information.