into
moving to the inside of something
How often you will meet it
Rank 64 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 410,444 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.195% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
preposition
- moving to the inside of something
- showing a change from one state to another
into 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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She put the paper into his hands.
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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Quickly he crouched behind the fence, and the aged look came back into his face.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · 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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This boy went into his tiny bedroom and threw himself down with his face in his pillow and lay still.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1