How to use "yet" in a sentence

It's not yet lunchtime."

Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty.

The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.

And yet our distress comes from no failure of substance

And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe - the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.

But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course - both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.

'What is the news of that poor man Meltham? Is he dead yet?'

'No,' I told him, 'he's not dead yet

'Slinkton's not in yet,' he said loudly

Don't get married yet, that's my advice

'No, not yet,' Valjean replied, feeling in Marius's jacket for the wallet

Branwell still cannot believe it, yet the similarity is perfect

There is not yet the sound of the milk van or rubbish collectors

But not yet: the Mojave Desert is still all around him with its flat orange sands and dead bushes

I'm not old enough yet, though

A bit too clever, said a voice in Sala's head: they'd been together, and yet not together; they were able to talk to each other, but sometimes experienced things separately

"We don't know yet

"We don't know yet," said Sala

"We don't know enough about the pods yet

"Not yet

"We support you - Gran is just not ready yet

Mom hadn't said anything yet

'I haven't seen much of it yet,' I said

'No, I haven't decided yet,' I replied.

'Mr de Winter is not back yet, Robert,' I told him

You think you've won, but don't be too sure, I haven't finished with you yet.'

She and Michael hadn't yet begun to raise their voices to each other; their disagreements had been conducted in normal tones, sometimes even in whispers, yet Danny probably had heard enough to know they were having problems.

Although the funeral had been more than a year ago, she had not yet been able to dispose of Danny's belongings

She'd had no way of knowing that Jaborski's seventeenth trip would end in disaster, yet Michael blamed her

No one was near them, yet suddenly two photos began to rattle violently against the wall, and then both flew off their mountings and clattered to the floor behind the beige, brushed-corduroy sofa.

He was interested primarily in learning more about the mind that could create a work like Magyck! He had seen less than one-fourth of the program, yet he knew it was a hit - and far superior to others of its kind

By ten-thirty most of the audience had left and those who hadn't gone yet were in line, moving up the steps toward the rear doors of the showroom

He made her feel comfortable, yet at the same time, he intrigued her

I'll admit I don't know you all that well yet, but I think I know you well enough to say you wouldn't react that way

"You're so modest about having built a splendid law practice, yet you're an egomaniac when it comes to your cooking."

You work for some set of letters the public hasn't even heard about yet

"I don't know yet."

"I don't have anything worked out yet

Is that our love is not dead yet.

"As far as I can see, you haven't shot one hole in it yet

Not yet, anyway

"He hasn't shown up yet."

And he hasn't yet been identified in their airspace."

He hadn't gotten his papers yet when we found ourselves needing a cooperative mortician

"We haven't caught him yet."

"I'm not sure yet." She threw back the covers and got out of bed

Snow began to fall more heavily - yet ahead of them, not a single flake lay in their way

No one yet had come out of the building to challenge them, which most likely meant that Danny had jinxed the video security system.

"You haven't heard half of it yet."

Not yet

He was still her sweet boy - yet he was changed

Then yet another one

If you haven't yet read The Eyes of Darkness, I am giving away nothing important in the story when I tell you that eventually, in a search for her lost son, Tina ventures into the High Sierras in winter, where she comes across a paved road, in the middle of the wilderness, that features heating coils under the pavement to prevent snow from sticking to it

'There are some parts I do not yet fully understand myself,' he said

And yet I knew that if I looked at the horror for much longer, I would go on screaming for the rest of my life.

But I am the sort of woman you most dislike, and yet you adore me, don't you?'

And yet, she didn't seem so much shocked as - frightened.'

But I suppose Colonel Protheroe wasn't there yet, because she came back almost immediately, and walked down to the studio.'

'And yet, is that possible? Mrs Protheroe would only have just left the study

And yet at twenty past six he sits down and says he "can't wait any longer".'

I believed him, and yet I wondered why he now looked so unhappy

'Nothing yet, Sir,' Hurst said

I began to think that, although our position was terrible, there was no reason yet to give up hope

They haven't begun on us yet

'And yet she had a death certificate

He wants to know why the tent isn't up yet

And yet they are sad

She had wanted this thing for a long time, and yet one side of her said that accepting it was wrong

'Not yet, later, maybe

She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen, and yet there seemed to be something missing - I did not know what.

Sir Percival is certainly an admirable man - and yet, in three words, I hate him!