Explore Too through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like excessively or overly. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Too in a sentence
Related words
Too meaning
- Likewise.
- Also, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one.
- To an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.
Synonyms of Too
Using Too
- The main meaning on this page is: Likewise. | Also, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one. | To an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.
- Useful related words include: excessively, overly, to a fault, besides.
- In the example corpus, too often appears in combinations such as: too much, too many, or too.
Context around Too
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Too
- In this selection, "too" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, small, big, thin, big, small and late stand out and add context to how "too" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a hormone too little or, alcohol eating too much sugar, too little, too big and too long. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "too" sits close to words such as quarter, several and know, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with too
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Too much nutmeg, too much orange, too much bourbon, and too much sugar. (13 words)
They’re either too clipped or too drawn out, too sappy or too cavalier. (14 words)
Too early, and the fruits are too small; too late and they’re already too ripe. (16 words)
She added: "Throw your middle finger up to anyone who tells you your too thin, too fat, your stretch marks are ugly, your body isn’t the right shape, your boobs are too small, too big, your bums too flat or too fat or you’re too fake! (48 words)
There are too many excuses, too many detractors, and too many who scoff at natural phenomena, the fact is, the power is in our own hands, we just spend too much time figuring out the spectacle and less time on the effect on us all. (45 words)
Kennedy believed Johnson was in too deep in Vietnam, too slow on civil rights, too unmoored from the truth, too preoccupied with his legacy, too egotistical to heed the advice of experts, too insecure to invite anyone but sycophants into his circle. (42 words)
She added: "Throw your middle finger up to anyone who tells you your too thin, too fat, your stretch marks are ugly, your body isn’t the right shape, your boobs are too small, too big, your bums too flat or too fat or you’re too fake! (48 words)
Example sentences (20)
She added: "Throw your middle finger up to anyone who tells you your too thin, too fat, your stretch marks are ugly, your body isn’t the right shape, your boobs are too small, too big, your bums too flat or too fat or you’re too fake!
Kennedy believed Johnson was in too deep in Vietnam, too slow on civil rights, too unmoored from the truth, too preoccupied with his legacy, too egotistical to heed the advice of experts, too insecure to invite anyone but sycophants into his circle.
We should be looking at how to deal with an overcrowding island – too much people here, too much traffic, too much garbage, too big names buying up properties for $$$$$$, too much blocking of our beaches, lesser space, more congestion.
Too many cops, too many cameras, too many witnesses, too many automatic plate readers, too many ways to leave breadcrumbs for the authorities to follow.
Drinking too much alcohol, eating too much sugar, and having too much dairy can cause you to lose collagen, produce too much oil, and make rosacea, acne, and eczema worse.
Lucille is too cold and too resentful for his body, and his body is too warm and too loud for Lucille.
There are too many excuses, too many detractors, and too many who scoff at natural phenomena, the fact is, the power is in our own hands, we just spend too much time figuring out the spectacle and less time on the effect on us all.
Too many injury clouds hovering over too many important players and too many others too short of a gallop.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey wasn't just too long and too big, but it felt too big and too long for no important reason.
They shouldn’t talk too quickly or too loudly — but going too slowly or too quietly isn’t good either.
Too early, and the fruits are too small; too late and they’re already too ripe.
Too much crafting, too much scavenging (though remember there’s an option to make that more tolerable), too much story and too many hours of game to get through.
Too much nutmeg, too much orange, too much bourbon, and too much sugar.
When people ask me why I’m running for office, I tell them because government is too big, too bossy, too nosy, too intrusive.
Many therapies are safe and effective only when administered at just the right time and in very precise doses -- when given too early or too late, in too large or too small an amount, medicines can be ineffective or even harmful.
When renowned Chicago Bulls commentator Stacey King described star point guard Derrick Rose as “Too Big, Too Strong, Too Fast, Too Good,” he had the otherworldly performances of the 2011 NBA MVP in mind.
They’re either too clipped or too drawn out, too sappy or too cavalier.
These diseases may relate to too little or too much secretion of a hormone, too little or too much action of a hormone, or problems with receiving the hormone.
A union representing more than 5,000 Telus technicians and clerical staff across Canada says workers are being paid too little, too much, too late or not at all ever since the telecom giant implemented a new payroll system.
Bogaerts makes too much money, has too many connections and is way too suave to have looked that bad without it being on purpose.
Phrases with too
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with too
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- too much 99×
- too many 46×
- or too 35×
- and too 35×
- is too 25×
- are too 21×
- too little 15×
- too big 14×
- too long 12×
- was too 12×