Explore Gets through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Gets meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of get
Using Gets
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of get
- In the example corpus, gets often appears in combinations such as: he gets, gets to, and gets.
Context around Gets
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 15 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gets
- In this selection, "gets" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, everyone, candidate, votes, drafted, paid and elevated stand out and add context to how "gets" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include action who gets a running, and ahmed gets the tag, everyone gets and gets closer. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gets" sits close to words such as simply, questions and population, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gets
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Finally, the artist gets paid, and then the songwriter gets paid. (11 words)
He gets a slam, but misses the elbow and Ahmed gets the tag. (13 words)
Both men on their feet now, Joe gets the jabs, but Punk gets a kick. (15 words)
Don’t get me wrong, I wish the guy a speedy recovery and all that, yada, yada, but I don’t care how healthy he gets and if he even gets better as a player, this is still the New York Jets that we’re talking about. (47 words)
If no one candidate gets over 50% of the vote, then the candidate with the lowest amount of first-place votes gets their ballots sprinkled with magic fairy dust, and their second-choice candidate gets elevated to the status of first-place votes. (43 words)
Darius tags in Action, who gets a running dropkick for a 2. Bowens with a big thrust kick gets a 2. Darius in to take out Caster, Darius in to be met by Billy Gunn, and they head outside. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
If no one candidate gets over 50% of the vote, then the candidate with the lowest amount of first-place votes gets their ballots sprinkled with magic fairy dust, and their second-choice candidate gets elevated to the status of first-place votes.
Depending on how you read it, this is Sophia’s novel: She gets a name; she gets a play; she gets the agency to move figures around on a stage and have them act out her whims.
So she gets up on the ladder and before you know it, her skirt gets caught in the processor and gets pulled up over her hips.
I get why everyone gets mad when rich person X gets a short sentence and poor person of color Y gets a long one.
And almost gets the wicket of Rahul as it gets an edge and just evades the keeper.
As Tom gets more possessive and his exploitative objectives become fully realized, Lea gets in far over her head and the overt nature of this cautionary tale is delivered in bracing, unflinching fashion.
Because, when Reigns gets drafted to whatever brand he gets drafted to, he will take the WWE Undisputed Universal Championship with him, and he will stay.
Both men on their feet now, Joe gets the jabs, but Punk gets a kick.
But he gets an edge off he next ball that goes in the opposite direction from what he intended and gets a boundary.
Darius tags in Action, who gets a running dropkick for a 2. Bowens with a big thrust kick gets a 2. Darius in to take out Caster, Darius in to be met by Billy Gunn, and they head outside.
Don’t get me wrong, I wish the guy a speedy recovery and all that, yada, yada, but I don’t care how healthy he gets and if he even gets better as a player, this is still the New York Jets that we’re talking about.
Everyone gets a cold from time to time and everyone gets tired," said Mr Andrade.
Finally, the artist gets paid, and then the songwriter gets paid.
Gets more concerning as the injuries mount and he gets older but I still have faith.
He gets a slam, but misses the elbow and Ahmed gets the tag.
He gets out of the Belichick shadow, and if VJ gets a HC gig, Patricia would be a logical DC choice, or could be a DC somewhere else.
Here, everyone gets their say - from the omnipotent narrator, played excellently by Rochelle Rose, who oversees the entire play and then at the end even gets involved herself.
Here gets a clean shot at the quarterback, it just happens that he gets there late.
Honoree and PBS news anchor Amna Nawaz also stated, “When it comes to the power of journalism, I think a lot about who’s in the room, who gets to ask questions, who gets to frame the story.
If he gets the proper car, if he gets the speed and the team behind him, he can cause an upset.
Phrases with gets
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with gets
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- he gets 48×
- gets to 28×
- and gets 26×
- gets the 25×
- it gets 25×
- she gets 19×
- who gets 15×
- gets out 8×
- that gets 8×
- everyone gets 7×