How to Use really in a Sentence

really

adverb

• The dog runs really fast.
• I had a really good time at the party.
• The water is really hot.
• She's a really nice person.
• The cars around us honked and weaved — was this really worth it?
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
• But the Aztecs really should be in a five-way tie for second.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024
• Those are on sale for $248 which, again, is a really great deal.
  — Condé Nast, WIRED, 12 July 2023
• But is an ‘Alexandria in the cloud’ really an open sesame?
  — Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2023
• Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream to really take this dessert to the next level.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2023
• But at the end of the day, there was a lot more plays than that last play that really dictated the outcome of the game.
  — Mike Harley, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
• Reich guided the Colts to the playoffs twice and this isn't really about him.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
• Game really was over this time, with the Utes emerging 2-0.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
• But that first exchange was so brief—really just long enough to agree to speak again.
  — Keren Blankfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
• But there, if there’s a rule in place, it is really followed.
  — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
• But the second half was really where Lopez Sénéchal shined.
  — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2023
• San Diego has a lot of restaurants with really good food, but the service is not as good.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• The school is a block away from us so that's really convenient.
  — Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
• That really meant a lot to me because my mom worked in the cafeteria all of my school years.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 4 Aug. 2023
• One of the keys to it for me is that my novel really steps away from realism.
  — Jasmine Liu, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
• But the show never really allows the viewer to hate them.
  — Phil Christman, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2023
• Sleep is really important for health, brain health, heart health, all of the good stuff.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
• The side angle really made all the difference to the MPA’s ratings board?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
• Food and Drink This is where The National really shines.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 24 Dec. 2023
• For me, both of those statements last year really mattered to me.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
• Those echo-y, wet drum sounds—and just being really synth-based too.
  — Ryan Reed, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2023
• The banana flavors of a weizen beer could be really killer aged in some liquor barrels.
  — oregonlive, 21 July 2023
• And some of them are really easy to recycle, or some of them can even be compostable.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Jan. 2024
• Like, if your baby is not gonna make it, then; then today, the way the laws work, we're left with really no options.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2023
• Lawyers not involved in the case say many of the claims are duplicative, and that the suit is really seeking around $100 million.
  — Ethan M Steinberg, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2024
• This bacon really lets the pork flavor shine on its own.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024