How to Use any in a Sentence
any
adverb- The food there is never any good.
- I could not walk any farther.
- I can't eat any more pizza.
- He won't be any happier there than he was here.
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Ma'am, Chet doesn't work here any longer.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
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The stakes could not be any higher.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 24 June 2026
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The stakes could not be any higher.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2026
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The stakes could not be any higher.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026
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Will the new ban be any better?
—Personal Finance Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2026
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But the frogs don't know any better.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 June 2026
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This didn’t make the songs any better.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
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The prep couldn't be any simpler.
—Brennan Long, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
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The kids didn’t know any better.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
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This drink couldn't be any simpler.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
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Could the timing of this week’s game be any worse?
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
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This is what the regime is scared of — that nobody is afraid any longer.
—Sharareh Drury, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
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But Brandon doesn’t care whether the jokes are any good.
—Caroline Framke, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
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But Damien’s fast start couldn’t have been any better.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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Don’t ask me to support the post office any more.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
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The glass slipper does not fit any better over there.
—Greg Cote updated March 23, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
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And the window to win isn’t getting any wider.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
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The timing of which couldn’t be any better.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
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But that didn’t lead her any closer to answers.
—Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 5 Apr. 2026
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Would the south really be any safer?
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
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How will this year be any different?
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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Why should this year be any different?
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 1 June 2026
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Fear that what comes next for the country might not be any better.
—Patrick Anderson, The Providence Journal, 4 Mar. 2026
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Why should her death be any different?
—Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
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In so many ways, no song could have fit Busch’s life any better.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 21 May 2026
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Couldn't be any happier with their progress.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
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