Yes means: Used to show agreement or acceptance. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Yes in practice.

Frequent word

Yes in a sentence

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Yes meaning

  1. Used to show agreement or acceptance.
  2. Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
  3. Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.

Synonyms of Yes

affirmative no

Yes in Dutch

ja ja

Example sentences (20)

Anyone who cannot answer a yes or no question with a simple yes or no is unfit to serve this nation in any capacity.

Press yes and as soon as you press yes you will be able to see either a Red beam of light or a Purple beam of light.

In Wellington only 26.08 per cent of voters said 'Yes' and in Wellington east only 23.63 per cent said 'Yes'.

Yes, we train, yes, we push our bodies, but also what’s probably even more important is the recovery process.

Yes, yes, you must be laughing to yourself at this point, thinking isn’t that just the same thing as shampoo?

I’m trying to find a way how to clone myself rn because damm) And yes, Yes i had to recreate the sad moment.

Yes, crime does happen in Lubbock and yes there are people who are wanted for committing crimes in Lubbock.

Yes I cry, yes I break down, but after I cry, I just look in the mirror and say, ‘keep moving,'” she said.

Yes, the rubber tip has the familiar form of a nursing mom, and yes, it has a tiny hole or holes through which milk can flow.

Yes, boycotts in the Middle East are hurting the company and yes, consumers are demanding affordability.

Yes, actually, although yes, it’s also great that the Queen can get on a horse at 93. At least she isn’t a menace on the roads.

His campaign slogan is a leaner version of Barack Obama’s “Yes we can” message, reading simply “YES”.

Yes talking is important and yes men need people to lean on, but Sean spoke loudly and was still mostly misunderstood/not believed.

So, yes you were out-coached, and yes you as the HC should have taken responsibility for the loss.

But the female officer, clearly disgruntled at being challenged, insists: ‘Yes she is, yes she is,’ jabbing the air in front of her.

Because when we say yes it means saying yes to the destruction of our endangered lands," she said.

Yes, there are trailer-friendly sequences of manic and frantic farce and, yes, the plot follows the expected formula to its detriment.

Valentin voted no, Ned voted yes, Michael voted yes, and then Ned called for Brook Lynn’s vote.

Yes, it’s strategic to cast a star whose fame arose from winning his viewers’ hearts, and yes, Efron is an effective tool for persuasion.

Finally, he has to set a target date for the Yes movement as a whole to motivate activists, get them campaigning and driving Yes support up.

These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:

Common combinations with yes

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • yes yes 116×
  • and yes 45×
  • yes it 23×
  • yes the 17×
  • yes to 16×
  • the yes 16×
  • yes and 15×
  • yes you 12×
  • yes we 11×
  • yes there 10×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "yes" in a sentence?
An example: "Anyone who cannot answer a yes or no question with a simple yes or no is unfit to serve this nation in any capacity." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "yes" from real English texts.
What does "yes" mean?
Yes means: Used to show agreement or acceptance.
What are synonyms of "yes"?
Common synonyms of "yes" include: affirmative, no.
What is "yes" in Dutch?
"yes" translates to Dutch as: ja, ja.
How many example sentences with "yes" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "yes", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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