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
  • But this is entirely up to the discretion of the agents.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • If your hunch was on point, Graye says, the dish should be entirely remade, not just heated up in the oven or microwave.
    Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Side bangs' comeback isn't entirely new, since the style has made a handful of appearances over the past few years.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Most items in that shed were left alone, while the other storage unit and snack shack went untouched entirely.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The increase was entirely made up of people living on the street, as opposed to those in shelters.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
  • What went wrong after that is not entirely clear, but funding came through only for the NBR plant.
    Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The bone wasn’t entirely the same, the veterinarians said in the case report.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The trucks, parked between the 20-yard lines, brought an entirely new concept to tailgating.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The findings of the White House study weren’t entirely one-sided, however.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Then in 2019, a wave of almost entirely new — and Democrat-endorsed — members were elected to the school board.
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
  • But the small room where the AI work takes place is entirely empty until Marmalade arrives.
    WIRED, 11 Sep. 2023
  • This will, in turn, make the grounds somewhat stronger in both taste and acidity — a preference that is entirely up to the drinkers themselves.
    Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The water tank can pop out of the humidifier entirely for quick and easy cleanup.
    Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2024
  • As for who will play in the MLB Playoffs, that is an entirely different story.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
  • That shift isn’t entirely a product of the pandemic — charter schools have steadily gained ground across the country for the past 20 years.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2024
  • This has even led some insurers to pull out of some markets entirely.
    Anna Bahney, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
  • There’s no getting around the fact that jobs ten years from now will call on an entirely new set of skills—and maybe an entirely new set of workers.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The nearly 11-minute black and white film was shot entirely on an iPhone 15 Pro by director Mike Carson.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2024
  • With the appointment of Garcia, who is Latino, the board would be made up entirely of people of color.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • That’s because lenses have to be made in an entirely different way to the electronic components that make up the rest of the phone.
    The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
  • That work that could be helpful to Apple, which is focused on running AI on devices rather than entirely in the cloud.
    Mark Gurman, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The coupe's air cleaner, for example, is an entirely different shape than the sedan's.
    Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 20 June 2023
  • With breaching, the whale lifts its body, leaping nearly entirely out of the water, creating a huge splash.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2024

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