Definition of 'they're'
they're in American English
(ðɛər, unstressed ðər)
contraction of
they are
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Examples of 'they're' in a sentence
they're
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If any of them misbehave, they're in the doghouse.
And they're going to do engineering and the building trades, bricklaying and all that.
Many comics find they're funny on the school playground fending off bullies.
Thanks to warmer weather, they're getting fatter, hairier, scarier and more numerous.
They're going to make a day of it.
In England they're working on a sort of artificial photosynthesis.
There's a Runner subspecies, and they're still kept around.
They're hungry, in need of a good scrub and pining for their luxury lifestyles.
They're the most cost-effective way to add style and atmosphere.
They're within a stone's throw of each other.
Example sentences from Collins dictionaries
They're down on the ground floor.
They're still not speaking.
They're taking it with the apathetic calm which many mistake for British phlegm.
Package holidays are not always all they're cracked up to be.
they're out in the garden
that's them, they're coming now
they're well matched
They're selling the house.
can you make out what they're saying?
They're always going on about choice and market forces.
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