How to Use there in a Sentence
there
adverb- I drove the kids there.
- Turn there at the church.
- Go to your room and stay there.
- I used to live near there.
- When will you be there?
- Put the package there on the table.
- What do you see out there?
- If we leave now, we should get there by noon.
- She was sitting there a minute ago.
- They have lived there for 30 years.
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The plan was to meet up at a bar, and then go from there.
—Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2020
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Williams was thrilled to be out there in front of a crowd.
—Jason Gay, WSJ, 12 June 2021
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Smith couldn't get a swing on the ball in there and had to take a drop.
—Brett Martel, ajc, 23 Apr. 2021
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From there Reyes scored on a ground ball for a 3-2 lead.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 6 May 2022
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Go back and look at it, maybe the bat didn’t get out there.
—Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 22 Oct. 2022
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Many of them would do the same stuff over and over again out there.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 31 Dec. 2020
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The coach that took him there left the prep school after two weeks on the job.
—NBC News, 19 Dec. 2020
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Click on the headlines to read them, and stay safe out there.
—Brian Barrett, Wired, 19 Dec. 2020
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Tried to aim left of the bridge, hit a low chaser down there.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2021
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Brush or roll paint out from there, so the paint winds up thinnest at the edges.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
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Click the headlines to read the full stories, and stay safe out there.
—WIRED, 4 Nov. 2023
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And these people have the blueprint on how to get there.
—Amanda Nachman, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2021
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There’s not a lot of products out there that are like this.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2022
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And have the kind of power to be able to drive the ball to the opposite field says a lot right there.
—Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 22 July 2023
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There was a need for a pumper engine able to fight fires at new heights.
—Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 6 July 2017
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The students, who were mostly Black and brown, many from poor families, all seemed excited to have her there.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Mary is a devoted daughter who has been there for me after a cancer surgery, taking off from work to help me after the surgery.
—R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2026
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This can feed any weed seeds that have landed there and encourage their growth.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
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The waters near the border are rich with sea life, but few dare to fish there because the area is heavily restricted and closely watched.
—Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
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For the Royals’ sake, hopefully Perez and Quatraro can smooth over any issues there might be.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026
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