diff --git a/lib/index.d.ts b/lib/index.d.ts
index 24c0f00..c7f230e 100644
--- a/lib/index.d.ts
+++ b/lib/index.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+export * from "./sentences";
 export * from "./shorten";
 export * from "./trim";
+export * from "./words";
 export declare const startsWith: import("ts-toolbelt/out/Function/Curry").Curry<(needle: string, haystack: string) => boolean>;
 export declare const endsWith: import("ts-toolbelt/out/Function/Curry").Curry<(needle: string, haystack: string) => boolean>;
 export declare const afterFirst: import("ts-toolbelt/out/Function/Curry").Curry<(separator: string, str: string) => string>;
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index bc8d3a2..9bbfebd 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ var __exportStar = (this && this.__exportStar) || function(m, exports) {
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 exports.removeFirstWord = exports.afterFirstWord = exports.beforeFirstWord = exports.beforeFirst = exports.afterLast = exports.afterFirst = exports.endsWith = exports.startsWith = void 0;
 const utils_1 = require("./utils");
+__exportStar(require("./sentences"), exports);
 __exportStar(require("./shorten"), exports);
 __exportStar(require("./trim"), exports);
+__exportStar(require("./words"), exports);
 function escapeRegExp(str) {
     return str.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&"); // $& means the whole matched string
 }
diff --git a/lib/sentences.d.ts b/lib/sentences.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a59b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sentences.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export declare function sentencesLazy(str: string, pattern?: RegExp): Generator<string>;
+export declare function sentences(str: string, pattern?: RegExp): string[];
+export declare function countSentences(str: string, pattern?: RegExp): number;
diff --git a/lib/sentences.js b/lib/sentences.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70e51d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sentences.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"use strict";
+Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
+exports.countSentences = exports.sentences = exports.sentencesLazy = void 0;
+const matchSentenceEnd = /[!?]|(?<!\be|\be\.g|\betc)\./;
+function* sentencesLazy(str, pattern = matchSentenceEnd) {
+    if (str.trim() !== '') {
+        const match = str.match(pattern);
+        const index = (match === null || match === void 0 ? void 0 : match.index) ? match.index + 1 : undefined;
+        if (index) {
+            yield str.substring(0, index);
+            yield* sentencesLazy(str.substring(index));
+        }
+        else {
+            yield str;
+        }
+    }
+}
+exports.sentencesLazy = sentencesLazy;
+function sentences(str, pattern = matchSentenceEnd) {
+    return Array.from(sentencesLazy(str, pattern));
+}
+exports.sentences = sentences;
+function countSentences(str, pattern = matchSentenceEnd) {
+    return sentences(str, pattern).length;
+}
+exports.countSentences = countSentences;
diff --git a/lib/words.d.ts b/lib/words.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..979c0ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/words.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export declare function wordsLazy(str: string, pattern?: RegExp): Generator<string, void, unknown>;
+export declare function words(str: string, pattern?: RegExp): string[];
+export declare function wordCount(str: string, pattern?: RegExp): number;
diff --git a/lib/words.js b/lib/words.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cabf247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/words.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"use strict";
+Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
+exports.wordCount = exports.words = exports.wordsLazy = void 0;
+const matchWord = /\S+/g;
+function* wordsLazy(str, pattern = matchWord) {
+    for (const match of str.matchAll(pattern)) {
+        yield match[0];
+    }
+}
+exports.wordsLazy = wordsLazy;
+function words(str, pattern = matchWord) {
+    return Array.from(wordsLazy(str, pattern));
+}
+exports.words = words;
+function wordCount(str, pattern = matchWord) {
+    let count = 0;
+    for (const {} of str.matchAll(pattern))
+        count++;
+    return count;
+}
+exports.wordCount = wordCount;
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 0096591..96c00cb 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { curry } from "./utils";
 
+export * from "./sentences";
 export * from "./shorten";
 export * from "./trim";
+export * from "./words";
 
 function escapeRegExp(str: string) {
   return str.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&"); // $& means the whole matched string
diff --git a/src/sentences.spec.ts b/src/sentences.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b8b59f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sentences.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import fc from "fast-check";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { countSentences, sentences } from "./sentences";
+
+describe("sentences", () => {
+  describe("sentences", () => {
+    it("returns '[]' for empty strings", () => {
+      expect(sentences("")).toEqual([]);
+    });
+    it.each([
+        [" "],
+        ["   "],
+        ["  \r "],
+        ["\n "],
+    ])("returns '[]' for strings with only whitespace characters", (str) => {
+        expect(sentences(str)).toEqual([]);
+    });
+    it.each([
+        ["Hello, World!"],
+        ["Hello, World."],
+        ["Hello, World?"],
+    ])("wraps the input in an array if it has only one sentence", (str) => {
+        expect(sentences(str)).toEqual([str]);
+    });
+    it('passes', () => {
+      fc.assert(
+        fc.property(fc.string(), (str) => {
+            if (str === '' || str.trim() === '') {
+                expect(sentences(str).length).toEqual(0)
+            } else if (!str.match(/[!?.]/)){
+                expect(sentences(str).length).toEqual(1)
+                // expect(se??tences(str).length).toEqual(str.split(/\s+/).filter(complement(isEmpty)).length)
+            }
+        })
+      );
+    })
+  });
+  describe("countSentences", () => {
+    it("matches the length of the output from sentences", () => {
+      fc.assert(
+        fc.property(fc.string(), (str) => {
+          expect(countSentences(str)).toBe(sentences(str).length);
+        })
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/sentences.ts b/src/sentences.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3480a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sentences.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+const matchSentenceEnd = /[!?]|(?<!\be|\be\.g|\betc)\./
+
+export function* sentencesLazy(str: string, pattern = matchSentenceEnd): Generator<string> {
+        if (str.trim() !== '') {
+            const match = str.match(pattern)
+            const index = match?.index ? match.index + 1 : undefined
+            
+            if (index) {
+                yield str.substring(0, index)
+                yield* sentencesLazy(str.substring(index))
+            } else {
+                yield str
+            }
+        }
+}
+
+export function sentences(str: string, pattern = matchSentenceEnd) {
+    return Array.from(sentencesLazy(str, pattern))
+}
+
+export function countSentences(str: string, pattern = matchSentenceEnd) {
+    return sentences(str, pattern).length
+}
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diff --git a/src/words.spec.ts b/src/words.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcfefcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/words.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import fc from "fast-check";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { wordCount, words } from "./words";
+import { complement, isEmpty } from "ramda";
+
+describe("words", () => {
+  describe("words", () => {
+    it("returns '[]' for empty strings", () => {
+      expect(words("")).toEqual([]);
+    });
+    it("returns '[]' for strings with only whitespace characters", () => {
+        expect(words(" ")).toEqual([]);
+        expect(words("   ")).toEqual([]);
+        expect(words("  \r ")).toEqual([]);
+        expect(words("\n ")).toEqual([]);
+    });
+    it('passes', () => {
+      fc.assert(
+        fc.property(fc.string(), (str) => {
+            if (str === '' || str.trim() === '') {
+                expect(words(str).length).toEqual(0)
+            } else {
+                expect(words(str).length).toEqual(str.split(/\s+/).filter(complement(isEmpty)).length)
+            }
+        })
+      );
+    })
+  });
+  describe("wordCount", () => {
+    it("matches the length of the output from words", () => {
+      fc.assert(
+        fc.property(fc.string(), (str) => {
+          expect(wordCount(str)).toBe(words(str).length);
+        })
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/words.ts b/src/words.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..107f3db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/words.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const matchWord = /\S+/g
+
+export function* wordsLazy(str: string, pattern: RegExp = matchWord) {
+    for (const match of str.matchAll(pattern)) {
+        yield match[0]
+    }
+}
+
+export function words(str: string, pattern: RegExp = matchWord) {
+    return Array.from(wordsLazy(str, pattern))
+}
+
+export function wordCount(str: string, pattern: RegExp = matchWord) {
+    let count = 0
+
+    for (const {} of str.matchAll(pattern))
+        count++
+
+    return count;
+}
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