On this page you'll find 20 example sentences with Per. You'll also see the meaning and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.

Common word

Per in a sentence

Per meaning

  1. For each.
  2. To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
  3. By the, by means of the, via the, through the.

Example sentences (20)

Of the 65 per cent, it said that Ondo State accounted for 25 per cent, Edo, 22 per cent, and Bauchi, 18 per cent.

Awareness doesn't go from zero to 100 per cent, Fong said, but it might go from 25 per cent to 38 per cent, for instance.

The jobless rate is 3.6 per cent in America, 3.8 per cent in Britain, 4.2 per cent in New Zealand and 2.5 per cent in Japan.

It works on 65 per cent to 80 per cent of postmenopausal patients and just 45 per cent to 60 per cent of premenopausal patients.

A variety of restaurants (45 per cent), good air quality (44 per cent) and a good sense of community (41 per cent) also made the list.

Another would be a per capita or per athlete system that would measure the number of medals per person or per competitor at the Olympics.

Biggest contributors to decline were gold (28 per cent), silver (12 per cent) and natural gas (18 per cent), while crude dipped 4 per cent.

Energy had dropped by 3.8 per cent, materials was down by 2.6 per cent, real estate had fallen 2.1 per cent and tech was down 2.0 per cent.

I. unit of thermodynamic entropy, usually denoted "e.u." and equal to one calorie per Kelvin per mole, or 4.184 Joules per Kelvin per mole.

Lingayats account for nearly 29 per cent of the electorate followed by SC/STs (25 per cent), Kurubas (12 per cent) and Muslims (11 per cent).

And, Jeff, you highlighted the $3,000 per day per vessel decline in cash cost per vessel.

Elkwater went up 4.4 per cent, Dunmore increased 0.4 per cent, Irvine decreased to minus 0.2 per cent and Desert Blume decreased 1.1 per cent.

Tickets are $25 per adult and $10 per student for just the performance or $50 per adult and $20 per student for both the performance and reception.

Visitors from China (91 per cent), Japan (80 per cent), Korea (85 per cent) and Singapore (87 per cent) also largely shunned regional and rural areas.

An April transaction set the West Palm Beach record for the highest price per square foot in a condo at $4,100 per square foot, per the listing agent.

The IMC has offered a coupon rate of Rs 8.25 per cent per annum payable half-yearly and an effective yield of 8.42 per cent per annum to the investors.

Submitting more than one entry per person, per keyword, per day, per station in Charlottesville Radio Group will invalidate all entries by that contestant.

Ubuntu Pro costs $25 per year per workstation and $500 per year per server.

Over the past year, Lloyds is down 18 per cent, Barclays has dropped 16 per cent, NatWest is 25 per cent lower and Standard Chartered has lost 22 per cent.

The manufacturing sector, with 77 per cent share, recorded a growth of 2.8 per cent in May against 5.3 per cent in April and 2.6 per cent in the year ago month.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "per" in a sentence?
An example: "Of the 65 per cent, it said that Ondo State accounted for 25 per cent, Edo, 22 per cent, and Bauchi, 18 per cent." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "per" from real English texts.
What does "per" mean?
Per means: For each.
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