Examples of entirety in a Sentence
the entirety of an estate
I wish that I could find a card for Valentine's Day that expresses the entirety of my love.
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Head over to Vanity Fair’s website to read Alcock’s interview in its entirety.
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
Yet UConn, which led for just 51 seconds over the entirety of the game, was the team that left the arena jubilant, with its season still alive.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
Stopping the hemorrhaging of talent The agency was traditionally the type of place where people who cared about public health would go and work for years, often the entirety of their careers.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
No one was ready to get off the ride, not least the six seniors who played the entirety of the second half, seizing momentum and the moment and hitting the Blue Devils (27-9) with a white-knuckled flurry of activity.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
Yet UConn, which led for just 51 seconds over the entirety of the game, was the team that left the arena jubilant, with its season still alive.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
Stopping the hemorrhaging of talent The agency was traditionally the type of place where people who cared about public health would go and work for years, often the entirety of their careers.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
No one was ready to get off the ride, not least the six seniors who played the entirety of the second half, seizing momentum and the moment and hitting the Blue Devils (27-9) with a white-knuckled flurry of activity.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Entirety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entirety. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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entirety
noun
en·tire·ty
in-ˈtī-rət-ē 
-ˈtī(ə)rt-ē
-ˈtī(ə)rt-ē
: the state of being entire or complete
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