his
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
How often you will meet it
Rank 12 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 2,369,832 times across 155,139 chapters — 1.126% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
determiner
- belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
pronoun
- the one belonging to him
his 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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His face clouded over for a minute, and he slightly sighed.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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He must get the girl and the chaperon off his hands, and be at his business.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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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