Examples of totally in a Sentence
That's a totally different issue.
I am totally upset you can't make it to the celebration.
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So the appeal isn’t totally baseless.
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Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
Whereas Phoebe lacks inhibitions, Valerie is plagued by them, and the contrasting sitcom formats of Friends (multi-cam) and The Comeback (mockumentary) call for totally different performance styles.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2026
Miami needs merely to finish with the same record as Charlotte to jump the Hornets in a two-team tie, which is realistic if the Heat closes 3-1 and the Hornets totally unravel in a difficult remaining schedule (at Boston, Detroit, at New York).
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
The captions take the original scene and apply it to situations where things seem totally normal at first — but go sideways the second the saxophones kick in.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
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Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
Whereas Phoebe lacks inhibitions, Valerie is plagued by them, and the contrasting sitcom formats of Friends (multi-cam) and The Comeback (mockumentary) call for totally different performance styles.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2026
Miami needs merely to finish with the same record as Charlotte to jump the Hornets in a two-team tie, which is realistic if the Heat closes 3-1 and the Hornets totally unravel in a difficult remaining schedule (at Boston, Detroit, at New York).
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
The captions take the original scene and apply it to situations where things seem totally normal at first — but go sideways the second the saxophones kick in.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Totally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/totally. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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