Ours example sentences

Related (9): mine, yours, his, hers, theirs, ownership, belonging, possession, our

"Ours" Example Sentences

  1. The house on the corner is ours, and we've lived there for fifteen years.
  2. She looked at my painting and then at hers, and said ours was better.
  3. That dog running around the yard — is it ours or did it wander in from next door?
  4. We were arguing about whose turn it was until someone pointed out the whole thing was ours to decide anyway.
  5. My sister keeps borrowing my clothes, so I told her to buy ours back or stop complaining.
  6. The decision isn't theirs to make — it's ours, and we're not ready yet.
  7. Honestly, I think ours is the only apartment on this block without a noise complaint.
  8. He said the victory was ours if we were willing to fight for it.
  9. Can you believe ours is the only car that actually starts in this parking lot?
  10. The responsibility is ours now, whether we like it or not.
  11. Their coffee tastes like burnt rubber compared to ours.
  12. We found out the land was ours all along — the paperwork had been sitting in a drawer for decades.
  13. Ours was the only family that showed up to the neighborhood cleanup.
  14. The mistake was ours, not theirs, and we had to own it.
  15. She kept saying the dream was ours to build, but I wasn't sure I believed her anymore.
  16. If the opportunity is ours, we'd be stupid not to take it.
  17. The garden used to be beautiful, but now ours looks like nobody cares.
  18. He walked into the room like he owned the place — which, technically, ours was part of.
  19. The choice between staying and leaving was ours alone.
  20. Ours is the kind of friendship that survives anything — even the really awkward stuff.
  21. They said the problem was ours to solve, then disappeared.
  22. The view from our balcony isn't as nice as ours used to be before they built that tower.
  23. I realized halfway through the argument that the anger wasn't really ours — it was just exhaustion.
  24. The future is ours if we stop waiting for permission.
  25. His success felt like ours too, somehow.
  26. Ours was the last house on the street to get power back after the storm.
  27. The story they told wasn't quite ours, but it was close enough.
  28. What's ours is ours, and what's theirs is negotiable — that's how she operated.
  29. The victory felt hollow because ours had come at someone else's cost.
  30. By the time we realized the opportunity was ours, it was already gone.

Common Phrases

  1. ours alone
  2. what's ours
  3. ours to keep
  4. ours to decide
  5. ours to lose
  6. ours was
  7. is ours
  8. the choice is ours
  9. ours and theirs
  10. make it ours

Examples by Level

A1
  1. This house is ours.
  2. The dog is ours, not theirs.
A2
  1. The car in the driveway is ours, so please don't park there.
  2. She said the idea was ours first, but nobody believed her.
B1
  1. Looking back, I realize the mistake was ours all along, and we should have admitted it sooner.
  2. The responsibility is ours now, whether we're ready for it or not.
B2
  1. What struck me most was how easily they claimed credit for something that was clearly ours to begin with.
  2. The future felt like it was ours to shape, at least for that one perfect moment before reality set in.
C1
  1. The narrative they constructed bore little resemblance to what was actually ours — a quieter, messier, infinitely more human story.
  2. There exists a particular kind of grief in recognizing that what should have been ours was lost not to circumstance but to our own hesitation.
C2
  1. The victory, though technically ours, carried the weight of compromises we'd made so gradually that we'd stopped noticing when we'd surrendered the original vision entirely.
  2. She understood, with the clarity that comes only from long observation, that what they called theirs had always been ours — we'd simply been too polite to say so.

Examples by Scenario

🏠 Everyday Life
  1. The dog that keeps showing up at our door — I'm pretty sure it's ours now, whether we officially adopted it or not.
  2. My neighbor asked if the package on the porch was ours, and I realized I'd forgotten I'd ordered it three weeks ago.
💼 Workplace
  1. The project they're taking credit for is ours, and everyone in the office knows it.
  2. Our team's numbers are better than theirs, but somehow ours never gets mentioned in the all-hands meeting.
📊 Business
  1. The market share that was ours five years ago has been steadily eroding, and we finally have to do something about it.
  2. Their business model is a direct copy of ours, just with better marketing.
🛒 Buying / Shopping
  1. I spent two hours comparing prices, and ours is still the most expensive option on the shelf.
  2. The warranty on theirs is better, but ours comes with free installation.
✈️ Travel
  1. The hotel room wasn't what we expected, but at least ours had a view of the ocean.
  2. We got lost because our GPS died, and ours was the only car without a working phone charger.
📚 Education
  1. The test scores for our school are lower than the private school across town, but ours actually teaches critical thinking.
  2. My daughter's class is reading the same book as theirs, but ours is having actual discussions about it.
❤️ Relationships
  1. We broke up, but the apartment was ours together, so figuring out who stays was brutal.
  2. He said the love we had was ours alone, and nobody else would understand it — and he was right.
📰 News / Politics
  1. The scandal broke on their network first, but ours had the real story behind it.
  2. The candidate claimed the policy was ours, but it was actually theirs from two years ago.
💻 Technology
  1. Their app has more features, but ours actually works without crashing every five minutes.
  2. The algorithm they're using is basically ours, just with a different interface.
📝 Formal Writing
  1. The data presented in their report contradicts what is documented in ours, suggesting a significant discrepancy in methodology.
  2. The findings of this study align with previous research, though ours provides additional evidence regarding the long-term implications.

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