HOW in a Sentence

Learn HOW from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
405 example sentences for HOW, such as:
1. I don't know how it's happened.
2. I can't express how grateful I am.
3. My cousin knows how to take care of me.
4. You don't know how frightened Martha is.
5. I'm not sure how to approach the problem.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of HOW
how
 ad.  in what way; used to ask about condition or quality;
Classic Sentence: (203 in 14 pages)
1  She wondered how long it would be before they showed that they were flowers.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
2  "Rub that and see how thick and warm it is," she said.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
3  I will pinch you a little if you like, to show you how real I am.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
4  How peculiar he was and how coolly he spoke of not living.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  You don't know how frightened Martha is.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
6  I don't know how it's happened.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
7  My cousin knows how to take care of me.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  He told them how he had found the lamb just as the sun was rising three mornings ago.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  I must see how the going out agrees with him.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
10  We couldn't never tell him how it broke, poor lad.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
11  You can really have no notion how delightful it will be.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X. The Lobster Quadrille
12  They're that hungry they don't know how to get enough to eat without makin talk.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  He remembered afterward how intensely wide awake and alert he had thought he was.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
14  He went to her and stood a moment, not knowing exactly how to proceed.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
15  Then he showed Huckleberry how to make an H and an F, and the oath was complete.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
2  Tears are mailed to me the gift green, address is not how happiness.
3  Mary wouldn't admit how much the children wearied her.
4  It's not clear how the new law will affect the ordinary citizen.
5  He took an almost gleeful delight in showing how wrong they can be.
6  We alone is the best penalty we originally fault how difficult.
7  He will always be a slave who knows not how to earn and save.
8  I can't express how grateful I am.
9  Be careful how you approach her - she's very temperamental.
10  I'm not sure how to approach the problem.
11  The article raised doubts about how effective the new drug really was.
12  They blustered about how they would beat us all up.
13  The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.
14  No matter how far away forever, I will protect you everything.
15  How do we treat the life, the life how we treat.