The word “and” is a coordinating conjunction used to connect words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance. Writers use it to combine ideas, link actions, and create rhythm within sentences. The examples below are drawn from authentic works to show how “and” appears in real writing.
Real Sentences for And
We all loved him, and our slaves fairly worshipped the ground he trod.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
13 words, 70 characters
Gunn dominated the place, and his vile personality hung over it like a shadow.
Source: Captain Rogers (The Lady Of The Barge) by W. W. Jacobs
14 words, 78 characters
They were the tracks of unshod ponies, three of them, and the ponies had been galloping.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
16 words, 88 characters
His manners were perfect, and his courtliness was that of a typical southern gentleman of the highest type.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
18 words, 107 characters
His horsemanship, especially after hounds, was a marvel and delight even in that country of magnificent horsemen.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
17 words, 113 characters
I had always been his favorite among the younger generation of Carters and so I hastened to comply with his demand.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
21 words, 115 characters
It was Tars Tarkas, and I could read his thoughts as they were an open book for the undisguised loathing upon his face.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
23 words, 119 characters
And because of this conviction I have determined to write down the story of the interesting periods of my life and of my death.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
24 words, 127 characters
He had no love for authority, and certainly not the slightest intention of submitting to the domination of an ordinary Swede sailor.
Source: The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
22 words, 132 characters
Left alone in the study, I opened the safe and withdrew the contents of the drawer in which he had told me I would find my instructions.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
27 words, 136 characters
I found the watchman who had discovered him, together with the local police chief and several townspeople, assembled in his little study.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
22 words, 138 characters
Possibly I had conjured up impossible dangers, like some nervous old housewife, and when I should catch up with Powell would get a good laugh for my pains.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
28 words, 155 characters
There were no marks of violence on the body, and with the aid of a local physician the coroner’s jury quickly reached a decision of death from heart failure.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
29 words, 158 characters
When he returned it was without warning, and I was much surprised to note that he had not aged apparently a moment, nor had he changed in any other outward way.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
31 words, 160 characters
He was a splendid specimen of manhood, standing a good two inches over six feet, broad of shoulder and narrow of hip, with the carriage of the trained fighting man.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
30 words, 164 characters
His features were regular and clear cut, his hair black and closely cropped, while his eyes were of a steel gray, reflecting a strong and loyal character, filled with fire and initiative.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
32 words, 187 characters
I am the more willing to comply, because I shall thus give a general answer to the question, so very frequently asked me—“How I, when a young girl, came to think of, and to dilate upon, so very hideous an idea?”
Source: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
42 words, 212 characters
He seemed always to be laughing; and he entered into the sports of the children with the same hearty good fellowship he displayed toward those pastimes in which the men and women of his own age indulged; or he would sit for an hour at a time entertaining my old grandmother with stories of his strange, wild life in all parts of the world.
Source: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
64 words, 339 characters
Upon my return to the United States a few months ago, after the extraordinary series of adventure in the South Seas and elsewhere, of which an account is given in the following pages, accident threw me into the society of several gentlemen in Richmond, VA, who felt deep interest in all matters relating to the regions I had visited, and who were constantly urging it upon me, as a duty, to give my narrative to the public.
Source: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe
77 words, 423 characters
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