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Example sentences for "her was"

  • The Freddie Palmer he was showing to her was a surprising but perfectly logical development of a side of his character with which she had been familiar in the old days; she was watching for that other side--the sinister and cruel side.

  • To think of her was to think of the circumstances surrounding her coming into the world; and to think of those circumstances was to think of immorality.

  • It would be difficult to say how much of his gentleness to her was due to her physical charm for him, and how much to his respect for her mind and her character.

  • His confidence in her was contagious; it was so evident that he really did believe in her.

  • The thought of her was in his mind all day.

  • The bloom of her was gone, all the brave pride and joy of girlhood.

  • She too sensed what was coming, and the sex instinct in her was on tiptoe in flight.

  • He had plenty of pocket-money, and could buy her trinkets, ribbons and gloves: I had no money, and my tribute to her was of flowers and fruits.

  • Poor Kate was the wrathfullest woman I ever saw, while her obstinate refusal to answer any questions about herself only increased the ferocity of the men, whose treatment of her was shameful in the extreme.

  • To think of her was to get good-humoured; to speak of her was to raise the image of a dried Normandy pippin.

  • Three weeks went on, and more evidence of his want of interest in her was forthcoming.

  • The ice of self-command which had latterly gathered over her was broken, and the currents burst forth again, and overwhelmed her.

  • His lecture to her was, he thought, one of the absurdest mistakes.

  • Why, the first thing the housekeeper said to her was, "So you 're back again!

  • The memory of her was clouded by the thought of how much she had suffered, and the conviction intruded itself painfully that, if they had but known more, something might have been done for her.

  • His highest term of praise of her was to speak of her as the helpmeet for him.

  • The excitement that he had felt in her was gone.

  • One deep need of her was gone, but another was there.

  • The ice of self- command which had latterly gathered over her was broken, and the currents burst forth again, and over whelmed her.

  • The very tone in which her sister spoke to her was proof of this.

  • Marriage to her was a thing always delightful to contemplate.

  • The matter to her was one of vital importance.

  • The proposal made to her was as rich as though he had sought her down at Nuncombe Putney, with his preferment, plus the £2,000, in his own pocket.

  • London to her was an abode of sin; and though, as we have seen, she delighted to call herself one of the county set, she did not love the fields and lanes.

  • This moment to her was as the gap in the wall of riders before him is to the jockey; in that moment she saw clear down the straight to the winning-post.

  • All the spirit in her was broken--crushed.

  • In the heart of her was a dread of it; in her mind, the tardy admission that she was doing her duty, sacrificing at the altar upon which every woman at some time or other is compelled to make her offering.

  • He stared, courteously blank, and something in her was pleased to observe that he looked silly with his affectation of blandness.

  • His devotion to her was unchanged; of that she was sure.

  • The troop of cavalry which galloped out to her was followed by the Red Cross wagons.

  • The captain of her was a Job’s comforter.

  • Several had formed very near her, one of them so near that the master of her was afraid to fire as it might endanger the vessel.

  • I could see that what I asked of her was a great deal; but I had good grounds for hope, as I knew her ardent disposition.

  • I turned away, pretending not to know her, for the sight of her was disagreeable to me, but in a sad voice she called me by my name, congratulating me on my prosperity and bewailing her own wretchedness.

  • She was then only nine years old, and being entirely taken up by her mother I paid no attention to her; my interest in her was to come.

  • His manner immediately became more pleasing; and without making use of flowers of speech he said in a very feeling way that he trusted the impression he had made on her was equal to that which she had made on him.

  • What she should do about the second step in case it offered itself to her was a bridge not to be crossed until they came to it.

  • In terrible distress Mrs. Judson besought the officer to set her husband free, but all the notice he took of her was to have her secured.

  • All I could furnish to her was an open boat and a few lines, written upon dirty and wet paper, to General Gates, recommending her to his protection.

  • His confidence in her was broken, but not utterly destroyed.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "her was" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    her beauty; her course; her crew; her door; her ears; her for; her hands; her horse; her house; her marriage; her memory; her mouth; her new; her old; her seat; her side; her soul; her throat; her uncle; her voice; her window; here alone; here before; hereditary disease; hereditary syphilis; herself again