every
all the members of a group, with none left out
How often you will meet it
Rank 145 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 165,146 times across 175,173 chapters — 0.079% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
determiner
- all the members of a group, with none left out
every 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.
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I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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On the urgent insistence of every one he made a speech.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Who was I to argue with Ray, whose fame was in every one's mouth--soldier, traveller, and diplomatist?
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Try every child in every child's part before you make your final selection of the cast of characters.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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In every little fold of them drops were trickling down now to water the earth and give back the sea its own.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1