How to Use usually in a Sentence

usually

adverb
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  • There’s usually an all-star jam at the end of the Rock Hall gala.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The bites are usually stings and cause what is felt as a bite.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 28 May 2023
  • Grass seed that’s promised to patch bare spots usually won’t.
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Filled with white wine — usually pinot grigio, Ramos says — the servers lift the pitcher high and aim for the mouth.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Stop by the tasting room to try their whites, reds, and blends (there are usually around 15-18 available).
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
  • But that’s when our brains usually play a cruel joke on us.
    — Dmitry Mishunin, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • There was usually about 60 people, and is was all potluck-style.
    — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 23 June 2020
  • Each scrap of fabric—and there are usually hundreds of them—must then be ironed, matched, and pinned.
    — Ayelet Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Gray dumplings — as in, truly gray, the color of a dolphin or a rock — usually aren’t on my to-eat list.
    — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Nature’s ice bath is usually worth it in my book, though.
    — Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
  • These plants are usually stored in coolers with a system to keep the roots moist until they are sold.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2023
  • In fact, floating stools on their own are not usually a cause for concern.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 29 July 2024
  • The Oscars are a long way off in March, but the campaigns to win them are usually well underway by now.
    — Andrew Dalton, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The sense of smell, which usually takes a back seat, rose in public consciousness.
    — Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
  • The group usually plays a program of historic ballads and pop songs.
    — Alex Haddon, The Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2024
  • This penalty is usually one-half of 1 percent of the tax owed for each month or part of a month that the payment is late, up to 25 percent.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The thick icing covers its fluffy bun, and the pastry itself is usually huge, as in size-of-your-head huge.
    — Claire Volkman, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The racquets are smaller and usually made of carbon fiber and foam with holes instead of strings.
    — Businessden | Businessden, The Denver Post, 10 June 2024
  • The event has the same model as Amazon’s Prime Day, a 48-hour sale that usually happens in July.
    — Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Doe Bedding Area Fringes Does usually use the same, or the same few, bedding areas throughout the year.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Not to mention, so many have dreamy main streets—the kind usually reserved for Hallmark movies.
    — Rose Marie Walano, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The two shove against each other, and usually, the Mississippi flows with enough force to keep the salt water out.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2023
  • In the universe of The Boys, redemption arcs usually aren’t a thing, as the dark fate of the Deep’s octopus lover this season makes clear.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2024
  • This early stage is usually the most infectious time and can last 1-2 weeks.
    — Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 7 July 2024
  • With tri-band or quad-band mesh routers there is usually one band that is reserved for wireless traffic between the main router and the nodes.
    — Simon Hill, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The pilgrimage usually draws up to 2.5 million Muslims from all over the world.
    — Menelaos Hadjicostis, Time, 23 June 2020
  • Deadline cited that the cycling portion of the Olympic Games could be stationed at the beach where the Spirit Awards are usually held.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Mabel had a tuft of straw-blond hair and red-rimmed eyes, and usually a cigarette dangling from her lips.
    — Christina Newland, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
  • In rare cases, melanoma can also lead to these changes, usually darkening the hair in the affected area.
    — Angela Haupt, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
  • That step is usually missing – as a result, most predictive AI projects fail.
    — Eric Siegel, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025

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