How to Use roundly in a Sentence

roundly

adverb
  • She roundly criticized the plan.
  • Her leadership is roundly praised.
  • His lack of rim deterrence has been roundly panned.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 12 June 2026
  • Democrats, for their part, are roundly opposed to the tariffs.
    — Ishai Melamede, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The claim was roundly rebuffed by the lawyers who spoke to The Times.
    — Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2019
  • Trump was roundly booed that evening after he was shown on the stadium's video board.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Misty roundly denies it and stomps off in a huff when Shauna kicks her out of the car.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Nearly two decades later, this has been roundly disproved.
    — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • But the unit ended up losing money and was roundly booed by investors.
    — Phred Dvorak, WSJ, 13 May 2021
  • It had been roundly denounced by Spears, who described it as abusive.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Paris first mooted putting boots on the ground last year but was roundly rebuffed by Europe.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
  • LaBeouf's legal team has roundly denied every one of the claims.
    — Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Uganda’s anti-gay laws have been roundly condemned in the West.
    — Benny Avni, Newsweek, 10 June 2014
  • And those who weep for them or try to protect them are condemned roundly as religious zealots and akin to racists.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2019
  • Good for the 49ers, who will be roundly back-patted by all of us around the league for this shrewd moment.
    — Conor Orr, SI.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • This sort of thing has been roundly described by experts in the field as a privacy nightmare.
    — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 11 June 2024
  • But it was roundly seen as extreme by fellow MPs, many of whom gasped in horror.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2018
  • The city has been roundly criticized this week over its handling of the brawl, which set the internet ablaze.
    — Rachel Wolf , Julia Bonavita , Cb Cotton, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • It was roundly attacked by film purists and thankfully never had much success.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 May 2026
  • The sermon was roundly panned as sexist and counter to Christian teachings.
    — CBS News, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Still, the performance was roundly mocked from all corners of the internet.
    — Gabrielle Bruney, Esquire, 19 Feb. 2018
  • The moment was caught on the broadcast and Quinn was roundly booed at the time by fans, and in online forums.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Let’s hope that decision is roundly reversed at a higher level.
    — Simon Hankinson, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The idea that the left has enemies who must be roundly defeated remains too gauche for many Democrats.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 27 Dec. 2019
  • He was soon roundly dismissed by a number of his peers and has yet to make any public appearances with Thug.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Witness the launch of a new streaming app, Max, being roundly mocked in the industry.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Before halftime, Glenn had a moment that has been roundly criticized since.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • That’s why, for the better part of a century, both the Left and the Right have roundly condemned the idea.
    — Orrin G. Hatch, National Review, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Thiel has roundly critiqued Apple and Google’s ties to China.
    — Aynne Kokas, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
  • Michael Jordan did this at the height of his basketball powers and was roundly saluted for taking a chance.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 June 2017

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