How to Use at the (very) least in a Sentence

at the (very) least

phrase

• Or, at the least, living through some very strange and scary times.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
• The show needs more jokes and less earnest emoting, at the very least.
  — TIME, 9 Oct. 2023
• Locke, now 20, achieved, at the very least, part of that dream.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2024
• So the court will see to it that elections are held next year at the very least.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2024
• But at the very least, the market appears to have found a floor.
  — Grant Smith, Fortune, 16 July 2023
• Barkley should at the very least be considered to break that streak.
  — Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
• But at the very least there’s plenty to be charmed by and discuss.
  — Vogue, 29 July 2025
• Others appear to be at the very least safe, and may be worth a shot.
  — Markham Heid, TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
• Or at the very least, put your feet up and relax for a bit to give your body a break.
  — Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 10 Oct. 2024
• Or at the very least, not let good bagels get in the way of good policy?
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
• Drake, for at the very least since the turn of the decade, is far more a popstar than anything else.
  — Camellia Burris, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
• Nix, at the very least, hasn’t thrown an interception in his last two games.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
• To do so was to risk almost certain death or, at the least, scorn from our neighbors.
  — David Holloway, al, 6 Sep. 2023
• Whatever the task in front of him, at the very least, Redick would fight for it.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
• Or, at the very least, they were forced to face down heat exhaustion while the men on set had a bit more help.
  — Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2020
• But most likely, an overnight stopover will be necessary, or at the very least, an overnight flight.
  — Will McGough, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
• Or at the very least be something of a leather jacket influencer.
  — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
• That path, at the very least, would require the regime to abandon enrichment.
  — Afshon Ostovar, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2025
• Can the drone shot be benevolent, or, at the very least, objective?
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
• Does the network even have a release date, or, at the very least, a production start date?
  — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2025
• Or, at the very least, inspire you to replace some of your coffee intake with a nice, herbal tea.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2023
• Your brother should at the very least always return the car gassed up (that’s what anyone should do).
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• But a leaf blower can make the task somewhat fun—or, at the very least, much quicker than using a rake.
  — Brandon Russell, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2023
• Read on to learn more about overbooking and how to avoid it (or, at the very least, benefit from it).
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023
• Most of us have a lawn that is chopped up into areas—at the very least, a front yard, one or two side yards, and a back yard.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 July 2025
• Regardless of their form, they will be expected to reach the knockouts at the very least.
  — Neel Shelat, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
• But, at the very least, the newcomer shows support vessels can bring their own dose of style to the water.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2023
• Still, America’s wait-and-see posture could, at the very least, begin to thaw.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
• Still others gripe that the Army should never have closed the post or, at the very least, should’ve held onto the land.
  — Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• So any follow-up movie would at the very least need to address the fact that Indy is married with a (grown) kid.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 30 June 2023