How do you use the word "along" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "along": How is your work coming along? I will go along with your plan.

Along Meaning

/əˈlɒŋ/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

prepBy the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.

prepIn a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on.

Sentence Examples

How is your work coming along?

I will go along with your plan.

I was just walking along singing to myself.

CEFR Practice Quiz

We decided to walk ____ the quiet riverbank after the heavy rain stopped.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The little girl walked ____ the beach, picking up shells as she went.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos Proto-Germanic *langaz Proto-West Germanic *lang Old English lang Old English andlang Middle English English along From Middle English, from Old English andlang, from prefix and- + lang (“long”). Doublet of endlong.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"They were waiting for me in the drawing-room, which is a very large room, stretching along the entire front of the house, with three long windows reaching down to the floor" — 1892, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, page 294:

"My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price." — 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

"The first 80 km section of the Hyesan to Kanggye link was opened on 22.12.88 to follow the Chinese border along the Amnok-gang river valley." — 1990, “Transport and Communications”, in The Geographical Digest 1990-91, Oxford: Heinemann Educational Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 106, column 2:

"As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels." — 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:

"The kine[…]went along the highway." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Samuel 1 1-Chapter-6/#2 6:2:

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