How to Use entirely in a Sentence

entirely

adverb
  • The view from Path of The Gods makes the three-hour hike entirely worth it.
    — Sara Magro, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The last time the first prize medal was entirely made from gold was in 1912.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
  • But this is entirely up to the discretion of the agents.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
  • The scariest part of it is that the premise is entirely true.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 Oct. 2024
  • There was a small spot where the paint had come off entirely.
    — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Was that a body double or was that entirely you in the scene?
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
  • To be sure, this idea of a two-year gap isn’t entirely new.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Trump's team moved to throw out the case entirely last month.
    — Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The lid does get quite hot, but the body stayed fairly cool, and the handles were entirely cool to the touch.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2023
  • But if the burn goes awry, Orion could miss the moon entirely.
    — Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The Bears have had entirely too much turnover on the line over the last couple of seasons.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2025
  • None of this would be entirely new for the United States.
    — Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Still, the Gap Band’s funk and R&B sound helped give rise to an entirely new genre of music: hip-hop.
    — Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The Isabela breakup isn’t entirely the reason; it’s been a buildup.
    — Martine Thompson, ELLE, 3 Mar. 2023
  • This was an entirely new team on the floor on Thursday night.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2022
  • In 2021, there were a pile of protocols and an entirely new team to learn.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • If all the furniture in the room is entirely on the rug, the rug is probably too big.
    — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 14 July 2022
  • And as long as that’s the case, the region’s lab boom is unlikely to wane entirely.
    — Catherine Carlock, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2022
  • That is entirely due to the fact that this person had had years of access to people from all around the world.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2023
  • It would be dropped entirely if Trump were to win on appeal.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
  • That’s not entirely his fault as the Dodgers keep most of their starting pitchers on a short leash.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
  • But Hector isn’t entirely blind to the outcomes of war.
    — Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
  • The fire crew managed to contain the fire entirely as of Friday evening.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The news comes after a report that the show’s third season has been scrapped entirely.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
  • For reasons that aren’t entirely clear, 2023 didn’t play out that way.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
  • In fact, the sender — the Progressive Turnout Project — was entirely new to me when the message arrived April 15.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Police said the cord was so tight that the boy was restricted entirely and had red marks on his arms.
    — The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2023
  • What’s wild is that your music doesn’t even have to be entirely in those languages.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • There is, perhaps, something about the kind of person who is well suited for the late-night grind that is also the type of person who doesn’t ever want to entirely walk away.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2025
  • Depression is complex and is rarely caused entirely by a single factor.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025

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