How to Use so in a Sentence

so

adverb
  • The test was not so very hard after all.
  • I don't think they can score twice in so short a time.
  • He looked so handsome in his suit.
  • We are all so excited about the trip.
  • He dislikes her so much that he won't even talk to her.
  • I feel so much better after taking that nap.
  • I'm so happy that you decided to join us for dinner.
  • There has always been an interest in genetic cloning, but never more so than in recent years.
  • Her hair was soaked in blood, so was the bed and the floor.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • And so far there are few peeps about the horrors of gambling.
    Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2021
  • So don’t even tell me and try to compare your life to mine.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Thank you so very much for summoning the courage to share it.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2020
  • The mantle is very hot, so there's no way for ice to form there.
    Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The audience would be vast, so the song had to be good.
    Tim Dahlberg, Star Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The woman claimed she had been told to do so by an unknown man.
    John Benson, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2022
  • If so, tell us about them in the comments or shoot me an email at amaloney@nola.com.
    Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 3 Jan. 2018
  • Gift ideas are there and so are instructions as to how and when to return the gifts.
    cleveland, 28 Nov. 2022
  • No, just so there’s no problem with tea in the morning.
    Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Don’t be so quick to rake up and dispose of dead plant matter.
    Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2020
  • The woman’s back was turned to my friend, so my friend was unaware of it.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The Senate's ethics rules are not so clear cut, though.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Feb. 2021
  • And Face the Nation will be back in a minute, so stay with us.
    CBS News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The young actors were so curious to just pick his brain.
    Town & Country, 21 Jan. 2023
  • That movie was so important to gay guys like me still living out in the boonies.
    Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Many of these deals are almost out of stock, so be sure to move quickly.
    Kristin Granero, SELF, 28 Nov. 2022
  • But so are the bits and pieces of chance, recollected in the book, that made both movies.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
  • That’s part of the reason fans embraced them so quickly.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022
  • There are so many on the market these days, so judging their worth is a hard game to play.
    ELLE, 15 June 2022
  • Even so, at this time a year ago, the pace of admissions was well over twice that.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Store for a day or so in a covered container for the flavors to meld.
    Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune, 13 July 2018

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