How to Use their in a Sentence

their

adjective
  • The birds have left their nest.
  • The trees have all shed their leaves.
  • All the furniture in their house is brand-new.
  • They are on friendly terms with their neighbors.
  • The students are seeking to exercise their rights.
  • Their artwork is on display at the museum.
  • He was angry because of their arriving late.
  • Did the Cleveland Browns make a mistake not putting Shon Coleman in their lineup as a rookie last season?
    Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 27 May 2017
  • The birds in the tree out front renew their chirping and tittering; the waitress resumes filling the saltshakers.
    Mike Sager, Esquire, 30 Oct. 2006
  • The thunderous thud of thousands of men beating their chests and chanting in unison echoed amid skyscrapers, while mourners clad in black sobbed.
    Maria Abi-Habib, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2016
  • With the Diamondbacks playing well, club officials decided to test the idea for this slice of their schedule.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 27 May 2017
  • Both had been turned in by a landlord after their owner had been evicted.
    Sheldon S. Shafer, The Courier-Journal, 2 June 2017
  • Cicadas have five stages in their development, and after the first stage, each subsequent stage takes about four years to complete.
    Peter Wade, Esquire, 28 May 2017
  • The two boys endured a spell in a military school before being swept up in rock music in their teens.
    Bloomberg.com, 27 May 2017

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