How to Use yes in a Sentence

yes

noun
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  • We need a yes to go ahead with the project.
  • She answered all the questions with yeses and nos.
  • Say yes to 4-7, and your roots are a touch on the red side.
    — Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2016
  • Say yes to 4-7, and your roots are a touch on the red side.
    — Southern Living, 1 May 2017
  • All that was left to do was ship out the queries and wait for a yes.
    — Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Swiss earned a yes from all four judges, moving her to the next round.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022
  • The women received four yeses and advanced to the next round.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 19 July 2023
  • If this were a yes-or-no question, the answer would be no.
    — Dr. Rob Sharp, Country Living, 28 June 2010
  • The yeses: Caviar, foie gras and chocolate, all of which the Chemels are generous with.
    — Jonathan Kauffman, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
  • The answer is a resounding yes: the Château de Fontainebleau.
    — Thad Carhart, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2016
  • For classics and basics, trust your gut about yeses and nos.
    — Redbook, 5 Apr. 2017
  • As with much of nutrition, the answer is not a clear yes or no.
    — Rahel Mathews, The Conversation, 7 May 2020
  • All that’s needed is a ‘yes’ vote of 24 owners, and Snyder will be gone from the NFL.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • Rossell scored four yeses from the judges and progresses in this 18th season.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 June 2023
  • The exit poll has the current margin of victory at 68% for the yeses and 32% in favor of the nos.
    — Gabriella Paiella, The Cut, 25 May 2018
  • While the Browns hammer the idea of alignment, the fear is a room full of stubborn yes men who undo Brown's work.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 8 Dec. 2017
  • The world now contains more ways to ask questions than a simple yes or no or five-point scale.
    — Alexandra Samuel, WSJ, 16 May 2017
  • Down five with 45 seconds to go after a (yes) banked-in 3-pointer.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Despite that stance, Dunleavy voiced many of the talking points espoused by the new vote-yes group.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Now 42% Off $21 at Amazon The buttons and two-tone hue on this raglan t-shirt are both major yeses.
    — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 25 July 2023
  • In this gilded age of - yes - trust fund YouTube sh*ts, Karim Benzema is a rare breed.
    — SI.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Disney+ is a yes for families and nerds; DC Universe even more so.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The issue today isn’t a simple yes or no to processed food.
    — Nicola Temple, WSJ, 4 May 2018
  • The bill, which needed four votes to pass, received three yeses, two nos and two abstentions.
    — Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com, 21 June 2018
  • The glare of the spotlight is on them to perform at their highest level for a jury who will vote yes or no.
    — Compiled By Courtney Ortega, star-telegram.com, 18 May 2017
  • Voters will then vote yes or no on the final five, who must receive 80 percent approval to make the Hall of Fame.
    — Adam Fisher, Indianapolis Star, 31 Jan. 2020
  • For the price — a fraction of the regular fare in this case — an unequivocal yes.
    — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2017
  • If there’s a burning in your bosom, that’s probably a yes.
    — Jason Kehe, WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Good spun herself into the next round of the competition, as the hula hooper earned four yeses from the judges.
    — USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • Be assertive with the people in your life now, because being a yes-person will only lead to a loss of self.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021

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