: the masculine active principle in nature that in Chinese cosmology is exhibited in light, heat, or dryness and that combines with yin to produce all that comes to be
Examples of yang in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Respectively played by Jonah Hill and Michael Cera, the brash Seth is the yin to gentle Evan's yang.
—
Ew Staff, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The movie's most fundamental yings and yangs are abundant: Life's highs and lows, births and deaths, and successes and failures are all demonstrated through Button's unusual path and the characters he's met along the way.
—Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2023
Look, these are difficult balancing acts, and the yin and the yang of this is that there's some degree of trade-off between wages and jobs.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2023
There is a little bit of a ying and a yang.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2021
See All Example Sentences for yang
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Ew Staff, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The movie's most fundamental yings and yangs are abundant: Life's highs and lows, births and deaths, and successes and failures are all demonstrated through Button's unusual path and the characters he's met along the way.
—Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2023
Look, these are difficult balancing acts, and the yin and the yang of this is that there's some degree of trade-off between wages and jobs.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2023
There is a little bit of a ying and a yang.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2021
See All Example Sentences for yang
Cite this Entry
“Yang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yang. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share