their
[ðer]
Definition:
1. Of or belonging to them.
2. Used instead of his or her to refer to a person whose sex is not mentioned or not known.
Use 'their' in a sentence:
- 1. Their success is ascribable to the quality of their goods.
- 2. Parents should beware of imposing their own tastes on their children.
- 3. Their outspokenness on behalf of civil rights sometimes cost them their jobs.
- 4. Whether you love or loathe their music, you can't deny their talent.
- 5. Their smaller rival is battling to end their duopoly.
- 6. Their new album features remixes of some of their previous hits.
- 7. Play me their new CD, please.
- 8. Their glasses clinked, their eyes met.
- 9. Their relationship flowered.
- 10. People had lost their homes and all their possessions.
- 11. Their friends suggested they should put up their prices.
- 12. Their belts are pulled tight against their bony frames.
- 13. They have loyally supported their party and their leader.
- 14. He laughed at their dirty jokes and sang their raucous ballads.
- 15. Flowers are chosen for their scent as well as their look.
- 16. Their skin was tanned and glowing from their weeks at the sea.
- 17. Their price depended almost entirely on their scarcity.
- 18. Their clothes were dirty and their hair unwashed.
- 19. Their backs were bowed under the weight of their packs.
- 20. The new evidence will strengthen their case.
- 21. Play their new CD for me, please.
- 22. The band made their first record as far back as 1990.
- 23. The team got a hiding in their last game.
- 24. Make sure you get a good look at their faces.
- 25. Many people paid with their lives.
- 26. They had their hands tied behind their backs.
- 27. As people get older, they get set in their ways.
- 28. Everywhere people were going about their daily business.
- 29. Isn't it time the government came clean about their plans for education?
- 30. It was time to put their suggestion into practice.
- 31. This gives the design team a sound basis for their work.
- 32. Their views are nonconformist and their political opinions are extreme.
- 33. Some teachers find it difficult to keep their classes in order.
- 34. Their support is conditional on his proposals meeting their approval.
- 35. I think their new song's really cool.
- 36. Many women begin colouring their hair in their mid-30s.
- 37. They felt that their leaders had bargained away their freedom.
- 38. Their harmonious relationship resulted in part from their similar goals.
- 39. The land is used by local people to graze their animals.
- 40. The band's new album takes up where their last one left off.
- 41. Their latest release is a worthy successor to their popular debut album.
- 42. Their new album is their doomiest.
- 43. Voters continue to rate education high on their list of priorities.
- 44. Their age can be determined by extrapolation from their growth rate.
- 45. Being back with their family should provide emotional stability for the children.
- 46. The aim is to give people more power over their own lives.
- 47. Their success is due in large part to their determination.
- 48. The activities help children to develop a sense of their own worth.
- 49. Their first child was conceived on their wedding night.
- 50. Social workers must always consider the best interests of their clients.
- 51. Men often don't like to share their problems.
- 52. Politicians put their own spin on the economic situation.
- 53. This course is designed so that students can progress at their own speed.
- 54. The course allows students to progress at their own speed.
- 55. The children are completely out of control since their father left.
- 56. Many people living in institutions have lost their sense of self.
- 57. Having a child gave new meaning to their lives.
- 58. Everyone experiences these problems at some time in their lives.