Examples of dearly in a Sentence
I would dearly love to see them again.
He dearly wanted to believe that it was true.
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Now my niece is finishing her specialty in medicine and dearly wants my mother to attend the ceremony, 10 hours away by car.
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
The scandal has cost the government dearly, particularly as the cast of sub-crypto-world characters that put together the scam generate serious questions about the administration’s lack of judgment.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
On both occasions, Liverpool had been the better team by a distance, but their inability to kill off either game by building a two-goal advantage cost them dearly.
—Andy Jones, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Yes, Julia Stiles’s love interest was a man, but said man was dearly departed gay icon Heath Ledger, and besides, her interests in the film included reading The Bell Jar, listening to The Raincoats, and working on her application to Sarah Lawrence.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
The scandal has cost the government dearly, particularly as the cast of sub-crypto-world characters that put together the scam generate serious questions about the administration’s lack of judgment.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
On both occasions, Liverpool had been the better team by a distance, but their inability to kill off either game by building a two-goal advantage cost them dearly.
—Andy Jones, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Yes, Julia Stiles’s love interest was a man, but said man was dearly departed gay icon Heath Ledger, and besides, her interests in the film included reading The Bell Jar, listening to The Raincoats, and working on her application to Sarah Lawrence.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Dearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dearly. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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