these

[ theez ]
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pronoun, adjective
  1. plural of this.

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How to use these in a sentence

  • Quite a part of the game, believe me!these sort of things are only toys for children.

    The Sorrows of Satan | Marie Corelli
  • Sir Knight, wouldst know thy lady's name?these pin-pricks tell from whence I came.

    Suppers | Paul Pierce
  • Higher still were a dark belt of stunted firs and the sandstone ledge, and above these-home.

    A Cumberland Vendetta | John Fox, Jr.
  • They cuddn'-ta-helptit-with-all-these-socean steamers-going-over-there every-day.

    Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad | John Kendrick Bangs
  • If the governor was a Duke of Devonshire, all these-caprices might be pardonable; but my theory is, roast-beef before roses.

    Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. | Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for these

these

/ (ðiːz) /


determiner
    • the form of this used before a plural noun: these men

    • (as pronoun): I don't much care for these

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Other Idioms and Phrases with these

these

see one of these days.

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