How to Use through in a Sentence

through

1 of 3 preposition

• He hit the nail through the wood.
• He just walked through the door.
• I looked through the window.
• She could see a figure through the fog.
• The bullet had gone through his hand.
• The security guards pushed their way through the crowd.
• She looked through the binoculars.
• Let joy lead, and build trust through play.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2026
• She’s gotten so fast through the years.
  — Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
• Walk me through how that happened.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
• Let’s walk through some of the highlights.
  — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
• Like when water breaks through a leaky roof.
  — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
• Flames were seen sweeping through the house.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
• Don't walk through flood waters.
  — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026
• Walk them through the calls and content that worked.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• So far, the results have been mixed through two weeks.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
• All will remain on the gallery’s walls through the end of the show.
  — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
• So about midway through the Gorge.
  — AFAR Media, 15 May 2026
• And Corbett has been through a lot.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
• All the way through roughly age 16.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026
• Focus on one idea and carry it through.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2026
• An icy wind blew through the buckled windows.
  — Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
• Both cases are working their way through the courts.
  — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 29 May 2026
• Thread one end through the basket and twist the wire back on itself.
  — Joe Kohl-Riggs, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
• Hulst was not even halfway through his sophomore year.
  — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
• The step-through frame is legit-easy for riders of all sizes.
  — Joe Salas april 07, New Atlas, 7 Apr. 2026
• Mother's Day rain works its way through our area all day long.
  — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 8 May 2026
• Tolbert has worked his way to the big leagues through skill and effort.
  — Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
• Or, on the flip side, scroll through your messages or photos.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 6 Apr. 2026
• The bathroom is plain but a nice size, with a step-through shower.
  — Katie McDonough, Curbed, 16 Feb. 2026

through

2 of 3 adverb

• Read the essay through and tell me what you think.
• The nail went completely through.
• We'll never get through—the mud is too deep.
• Let these people go through, please.
• It snowed heavily, but we made it through.
• The package was shipped through to New Orleans.
• That seems like a best way through.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• June is not the month to push through.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
• Many roads were closed, with tanks rolling through.
  — Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
• That’s when soul and funk start to peek through.
  — Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
• At which point, there’s no way out but through.
  — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
• Look for any small holes or crevices mice could squeeze through.
  — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 7 Feb. 2026
• Look for any small holes or crevices mice could squeeze through.
  — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 14 June 2026
• But bighorn — with their broad, curved horns — can’t squeeze through.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
• Yet the deal is likely to go through.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
• No one is just passing through.
  — Ben Ryder Howe, Air Mail, 24 Jan. 2026
• My swing path is out instead of through.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
• Banfield got one more call through.
  — Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• Nice and calm, the entire way through.
  — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
• Stir well to combine, and warm through.
  — Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
• His helmet was smashed and cracked through.
  — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 11 June 2026
• And there’s ample stuff to sift through.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
• Each opening gets rammed right through.
  — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• This was just the latest test to push through.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 Dec. 2025
• That’s been an amazing process to go through.
  — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
• Grit your way through, because the new tracks rock.
  — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 12 Mar. 2026
• Add the peas and pancetta and stir to heat through, about 1 minute.
  — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
• And don’t forget to see the job all the way through.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
• Tonight, a quick snow or rain shower may slide through.
  — Justin Lewis, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
• The regime wants to charge tolls for the tankers passing through.
  — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026

through

3 of 3 adjective

• Is this a through road?
• The left lane is for through traffic only.
• If you're through using the phone, I'd like to use it next.
• I'm not through yet. I have one more topic to discuss.
• Grab your feast in the drive-through lane or opt for the walk-up window.
  — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• Barnwell Road will also have a through lane and a right-hand turn lane.
  — Arielle Kass, ajc, 28 June 2018
• That was the through line throughout the entire filming process.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 23 July 2022
• This metaphor provides a through line throughout the entire episode.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2022
• The car then went from the through lane into the left-hand turn lane without its turn signal.
  — cleveland, 11 Dec. 2019
• Its step-through frame, which placed the fuel tank under the seat, made saddling up a snap.
  — Popular Science, 12 Apr. 2020
• Drake’s frustration and fatigue have been something of a through line in his art.
  — Juan Vidal, Billboard, 29 June 2018
• While the over-the-top costumes were vast and varied last night, there was a through line between them all.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2021
• But they weren't finished -- the group pulled through the drive-through lane and threw an empty can through its window.
  — Kendall Trammell and Deanna Hackney, CNN, 3 Sep. 2019
• For the crew, the challenge was to embrace change, while still maintaining a through line from seasons past.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 20 Nov. 2019
• The new location features a new dining area, bigger drive-through lane and state-of-the-art kitchen.
  — Bob Bong, Daily Southtown, 18 Aug. 2017
• The three were in synch again in the 66th when Griezmann launched Messi with a through ball.
  — Joseph Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
• The opt-out election is not available to partnerships that have a flow-through entity as a partner.
  — Driscoll Ugarte, miamiherald, 27 Apr. 2018
• Two minutes later, though, Quioto ran around right back Graham Zusi to pick up a through ball.
  — Matthew Futterman, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2017
• Ellsberg would become a through line to the Watergate scandal.
  — Ben Bradlee, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2021
• Garbuz is believed to have contracted the virus in Westchester and not through travel.
  — Fox News, 8 Mar. 2020
• Unlike the existing Starbucks, the new shop will include a drive-through lane and window.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 23 May 2017
• Danny Rose gets a through ball on the left from Jordan Henderson and gets off a clean shot.
  — Andrew Das, New York Times, 5 July 2018
• Arriving at Union depot we were compelled to wait an hour for the through train to Cape May.
  — Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2022
• Onlookers stopped and watched from the street, their yards and homes as the dozen or so vehicles with blue flashing lights passed through stop signs and busy junctions.
  — Christopher Harress, AL.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• Burst made an impact long before her first goal, which came in the 68th minute off a through ball from senior Brooke Javier.
  — Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 7 Dec. 2020
• That means six of the afflicted in San Antonio caught the virus from an unknown source here, and not through travel.
  — Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 20 Mar. 2020
• Michel and Pereyra both fired shots on frame in the opening minute and Akindele muffed a one-on-one with a keeper off a through ball from Pereyra.
  — Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA, 8 Oct. 2019
• Glaude said that in Baldwin’s nearly 7,000 pages of writing the demand for honesty is the through line.
  — USA Today, 23 Feb. 2021
• Antoine Hoppenot netted his first goal of the season off a through ball from Speedy Williams in the 28th minute.
  — Kelly Ward, The Courier-Journal, 13 Sep. 2020
• The sensor uses ultrasonic waves to identify where the finger rests on the side of the phone, and the gauge measures force through strain on the surface.
  — Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 14 Jan. 2020