How to Use have in a Sentence

have

1 of 2 verb
Definition of havenext
Synonyms for havenext
  • Have they got a new car?
  • Do they have a new car?
  • We've got things to do.
  • He had the newspaper right in his hand.
  • She used to share a room with her sister, but now she has her own room.
  • She has a red bike, and I have a blue one.
  • She got another part-time job and now she has two jobs.
  • I used to have a necklace like that, but I lost it.
  • You can have it until I get back.
  • I'm looking for the newspaper. Do you have it?
  • James Harden, who shot five for 13 from the field, had 17 points.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Baily Paul had two hits and scored a run to lead the Wildcats.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 3 June 2023
  • The latest charges have a penalty of up to five years in prison.
    — Alice Gainer, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The passion each has for the game and for teammates resonates in the locker room.
    — Calvin Watkins The Dallas Morning News, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Here is a look at what other changes chains have in mind.
    — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Well, the ex-royals still have their deal with Netflix.
    — Vulture, 27 June 2023
  • The space was designed to have a moody, nostalgic feel to it (think dark wood and leather seats).
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Joseph had his child in the front seat, and the man told him that wasn’t allowed, according to the police report.
    — Talia Lissauer, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The right-wing media has more power to set the news agenda than the mainstream media.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Right now Macy's has it on sale for $27, an $18 discount.
    — Condé Nast, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Before this year, the city had only ever had six such nights, and never more than two in a year.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The controversial new unis have a lighter feel that also have a look that is more, um, sheer.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Volle has a vineyard in Valvignères, which sits in the country’s Ardèche region.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023
  • In Georgia, which has a six-week ban, the first appointment can be done by telehealth.
    — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
  • These fish have a tendency to gyrate and just go crazy when trying to land them.
    — Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Seasons 1 and 3, which had a resurgence in the previous window, did not return to the chart this week.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 June 2023
  • Some have diagonal stripes on the front and the Cleveland Browns wordmark on a side panel.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Jayden Cannon, who started in place of Mendez, had four points and grabbed four rebounds.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The first fork in the Colorado case will be whether individual voters have the right to sue.
    — Maggie Astor, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Because people are going to have access to hear all of this brilliance and all of this insight.
    — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
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have

2 of 2 noun
  • The gap between the haves and the have-nots is widening.
    — Dana Feldman, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Will the ‘haves’ play nice with the ‘have-nots’ — and vice versa?
    — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Will the ‘haves’ play nice with the ‘have-nots’ — and vice versa?
    — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Even among the truly rich, there is a gap between the haves and the have-yachts.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • If job loss comes from the have side, the impact is far greater.
    — Scott Burns, Dallas News, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The gap between the haves and have-nots in the United States grew last year.
    — Mike Schneider, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Buyers still have their lists of must-haves in a new house.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 27 Jan. 2020
  • And not as the gulf between the haves and have-nots expanded.
    — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2020
  • There’s a sharp divide between the haves and have nots.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • There’s going to be a very sharp cut off between the haves and the have-nots of rainfall.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Tuesday night was a reminder of what the A’s have in Oakland.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 June 2023
  • Ownership of both is a must for the haves and a never-never land for the have-nots.
    — Scott Burns, Dallas News, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The worry, though, is that these create a wider gap between the haves and have-nots.
    — Quartz India, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Charles is from a well-to-do family, while the street crew workers are among the have-nots.
    — Sandi Dolbee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2021
  • The two reports are just the latest signs that the virus is deepening the divide between the haves and the have-nots.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 5 June 2020
  • Nearly three-quarters say that the gap between the haves and have-nots will be wider.
    — Kate Julian, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2020
  • In this season of giving, the haves are Santa Claus and the have-nots are the charity case.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Sixty-five have died, and the virus has been confirmed in three-quarters of the state's 64 parishes.
    — Jennifer Peltz, Colleen Long, Houston Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2020
  • The drug industry is now divided between the haves and the have-nots.
    — David Wainer, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Using the arts to drive tourism suggests that cities thrive when money trickles down from the haves to the have-nots.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 28 Sep. 2022
  • From tie-dye to trench coats to chunky necklaces, get ahead of your 2020 style and shop these must-haves below.
    — Nandi Howard, Essence, 27 Dec. 2019
  • But in the San Diego Section, the sport appears to be evolving into haves and have-nots.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The popular opinion is that Texas got tired of dragging around all the have-nots.
    — Dallas News, 20 June 2022
  • Critics on the Right have for years said antifa activists pose a threat.
    — Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner, 1 June 2020
  • My self-care slot took a backseat, as did my work-around-the-clock-and-still-have-time-to-volunteer slot.
    — Tanika Davis, baltimoresun.com, 22 Aug. 2020
  • The first season of the show focussed on class, and the conflicts that emerged between the haves and the have-nots at the White Lotus resort in Maui.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Especially when claiming to seek to narrow the gap between the haves and the have-nots.
    — Roger Trapp, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • So the difference between the haves and the have-nots to me is the fundamental problem.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The dominance of these three Goliaths of Serie A is the result of their grip over a league full of have-nots.
    — Eric J. Lyman, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2021
  • On Bilibili and other social media platforms, many wrote that the video was for the haves, not the have-nots.
    — New York Times, 14 May 2020

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