and
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
How often you will meet it
Rank 2 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,313,665 times across 155,370 chapters — 3.476% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
conjunction
- used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
and in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
-
To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
-
His face clouded over for a minute, and he slightly sighed.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
-
The girl and her chaperon had been deposited early in the desirable second-story window in Durfee, looking down on the tree.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
-
The love of mimetic representation, either as a participant or as a spectator, is an ineradicable instinct of childhood and adolescence.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
-
There he straightened up and brushed his earth-stained fingers across a dullred splotch on one cheek of his sullen set face.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1