How to Use so in a Sentence
- 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.
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The ice cream man was so creepy.
—William Earl, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
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Does any of this have to be so?
—Samantha Dewalt, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
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Well, those terms are so last year.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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Life is short and goes by so fast.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
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Lips meet, sparks fly, and so on.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2026
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Short-armed even for a man so squat.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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But there is still hope, so bring your clubs.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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But the dream changed and so did I.
—Megan Thomas, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
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And so, to me, that's what these games are all about.
—Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 8 June 2026
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That might work if Juicy weren’t so good.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2026
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Trick Williams was so good in this match.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
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This world was so not designed for me.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
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The coffee brown hue is so fab.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 8 Mar. 2026
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But the notion is not so far-fetched.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
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Now, writing about these teams is so cool.
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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And so, for him, the stakes are higher.
—Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
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But the smell, the teeth, no money, so small.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
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But as data needs have grown, so too have the bills.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
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Yet, a fan’s love can only take a group so far.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Vilòn is pet friendly, so feel free to bring your pooch.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
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Their kids don't like mushrooms and so didn't have any.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
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Their kids don't like mushrooms and so didn't have any.
—CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
- I heard you met the president—is that so?
- You are saying things that are just not so.
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Drink now or hold for 15 or so years.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
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Play bravely so joy recharges your creative core.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
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Define one next step and follow through so progress continues in a steady, reliable way.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
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Because of this, the first billion or so years are called the Epoch of Reionization.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 June 2026
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But this is not necessarily so.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Keep your message clear, your commitments realistic, and your follow-through tight so momentum actually builds.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
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The sofa ships from New Jersey so location makes a difference, and Castlery has an option where you can be notified once the sofa is back in stock with shorter lead times.
—Zoë Sessums, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
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As Gavin Rossdale waves goodbye to the crowd, jet on over to HelloFresh to catch the 30-or-so minutes remaining in the set from Mexican retro-funk-pop-electronic act Midnight Generation.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
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Interview with James Talarico The 10 or so months between the announcement of Colbert's cancellation and the actual finale have been a fascinating game of tug-of-war between the comedian and the higher powers at CBS.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 20 May 2026
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