How to Use yes in a Sentence

yes

1 of 2 adverb

• The short answer is yes, bass do have teeth—lots of them in fact.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023
• If the answers are yes, the backlash may well be worth it.
  — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
• The short answer is yes: Babies can and do hiccup in the womb.
  — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 10 Aug. 2023
• If the answer to any of those questions is yes, push yourself to cut back this year.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• The unifying idea of the beauty design for his show was yes, pink!
  — Kathleen Hou, ELLE, 9 Sep. 2023
• The judges huddled with Louis and all voted yes, sending him through to Hollywood.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
• If the answers to these questions are yes, the over-all inflation outlook is benign.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
• The short answer, from a legal perspective, is yes, according to experts.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 9 June 2023
• Goh sat stoically in court Tuesday, giving short yes-and-no answers to the judge’s questions through a Korean interpreter.
  — Malaika Fraley, The Mercury News, 2 May 2017
• Second, out of 35 people who responded yes, two canceled the night before, two canceled two minutes before the party started, and six were no-shows.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2023
• The 21 other Democrats voted yes; all 18 Republicans voted no.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
• The answer to that is yes, given the constitutional presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
• The board defeated Ramirez’s resolution last week with 6 members voting yes, 11 voting no and 9 abstaining.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
• Bourbon is the specialty pour here which justifies the 10, yes 10, old fashioneds on the cocktail menu (and this being LA, there are a couple of sunny Mexican spins on the drink, including a tequila, agave, grapefruit bitter version).
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2017
• The short answer is yes, bass do have teeth—lots of them in fact.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023
• If the answers are yes, the backlash may well be worth it.
  — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
• The short answer is yes: Babies can and do hiccup in the womb.
  — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 10 Aug. 2023
• If the answer to any of those questions is yes, push yourself to cut back this year.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• The unifying idea of the beauty design for his show was yes, pink!
  — Kathleen Hou, ELLE, 9 Sep. 2023
• The judges huddled with Louis and all voted yes, sending him through to Hollywood.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
• If the answers to these questions are yes, the over-all inflation outlook is benign.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
• The short answer, from a legal perspective, is yes, according to experts.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 9 June 2023
• Goh sat stoically in court Tuesday, giving short yes-and-no answers to the judge’s questions through a Korean interpreter.
  — Malaika Fraley, The Mercury News, 2 May 2017
• Second, out of 35 people who responded yes, two canceled the night before, two canceled two minutes before the party started, and six were no-shows.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2023
• The 21 other Democrats voted yes; all 18 Republicans voted no.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
• The answer to that is yes, given the constitutional presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
• The board defeated Ramirez’s resolution last week with 6 members voting yes, 11 voting no and 9 abstaining.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
• Bourbon is the specialty pour here which justifies the 10, yes 10, old fashioneds on the cocktail menu (and this being LA, there are a couple of sunny Mexican spins on the drink, including a tequila, agave, grapefruit bitter version).
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2017

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yes

2 of 2 noun

• We need a yes to go ahead with the project.
• She answered all the questions with yeses and nos.
• Say yes to 4-7, and your roots are a touch on the red side.
  — Southern Living, 1 May 2017
• Say yes to 4-7, and your roots are a touch on the red side.
  — Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2016
• All that was left to do was ship out the queries and wait for a yes.
  — Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
• Swiss earned a yes from all four judges, moving her to the next round.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022
• The women received four yeses and advanced to the next round.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 19 July 2023
• If this were a yes-or-no question, the answer would be no.
  — Dr. Rob Sharp, Country Living, 28 June 2010
• The yeses: Caviar, foie gras and chocolate, all of which the Chemels are generous with.
  — Jonathan Kauffman, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
• The answer is a resounding yes: the Château de Fontainebleau.
  — Thad Carhart, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2016
• For classics and basics, trust your gut about yeses and nos.
  — Redbook, 5 Apr. 2017
• As with much of nutrition, the answer is not a clear yes or no.
  — Rahel Mathews, The Conversation, 7 May 2020
• All that’s needed is a ‘yes’ vote of 24 owners, and Snyder will be gone from the NFL.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
• Rossell scored four yeses from the judges and progresses in this 18th season.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 June 2023
• The exit poll has the current margin of victory at 68% for the yeses and 32% in favor of the nos.
  — Gabriella Paiella, The Cut, 25 May 2018
• While the Browns hammer the idea of alignment, the fear is a room full of stubborn yes men who undo Brown's work.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 8 Dec. 2017
• The world now contains more ways to ask questions than a simple yes or no or five-point scale.
  — Alexandra Samuel, WSJ, 16 May 2017
• Down five with 45 seconds to go after a (yes) banked-in 3-pointer.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
• Despite that stance, Dunleavy voiced many of the talking points espoused by the new vote-yes group.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022
• Now 42% Off $21 at Amazon The buttons and two-tone hue on this raglan t-shirt are both major yeses.
  — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 25 July 2023
• In this gilded age of - yes - trust fund YouTube sh*ts, Karim Benzema is a rare breed.
  — SI.com, 7 Oct. 2019
• Disney+ is a yes for families and nerds; DC Universe even more so.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 8 Jan. 2020
• The issue today isn’t a simple yes or no to processed food.
  — Nicola Temple, WSJ, 4 May 2018
• The bill, which needed four votes to pass, received three yeses, two nos and two abstentions.
  — Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com, 21 June 2018
• The glare of the spotlight is on them to perform at their highest level for a jury who will vote yes or no.
  — Compiled By Courtney Ortega, star-telegram.com, 18 May 2017
• Voters will then vote yes or no on the final five, who must receive 80 percent approval to make the Hall of Fame.
  — Adam Fisher, Indianapolis Star, 31 Jan. 2020
• For the price — a fraction of the regular fare in this case — an unequivocal yes.
  — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2017
• If there’s a burning in your bosom, that’s probably a yes.
  — Jason Kehe, WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023
• Stefanik pressed Gay, asking her to give a yes or no answer to her original question.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2023
• When Citron attempted to answer, Graham asked him for a yes or no answer.
  — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024