in
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
How often you will meet it
Rank 6 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 3,542,837 times across 155,139 chapters — 1.684% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
preposition
- inside something, or within a place, period, or state
in 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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Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Many extra children may be introduced in several of the plays, as a chorus.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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He rose, and having silently shown the paper to Christian, enclosed it in an envelope, and gave it to Mr. Ferguson.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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The boy nodded his head sidewise toward his own home, and the girl silently nodded hers up and down in answer.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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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