you're
Americancontraction
Usage
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Example Sentences
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“I cautioned him, ‘You’re still growing,’” his mother, Nichol, said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
“They made it sound like, ‘You’re a local, you’ll get $28 tickets.’
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Rachel said: "All I kept hearing was, 'You're not an emergency patient, you're not a gastro-patient, you're not a surgical patient'. I wasn't anyone's patient."
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
“My dad, that morning, was like: ‘You’re on the news!’
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
When I asked him for his reaction, he replied, “I don’t care how often people say, ‘You’re a saint.’
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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