How to Use basically in a Sentence

basically

adverb

• This was basically a song that meant a lot to her.
  — David Chiu, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• This is basically just a big hot dog limo.
  — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
• But now this guy basically went to the press.
  — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
• That’s basically what this film is about in the end.
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
• Both of them basically blanked him and walked on.
  — Phil Hay, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
• This rep is basically a work of art.
  — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 3 June 2026
• So that was why these folks got caught basically.
  — Joel Feder, The Drive, 19 Mar. 2026
• There are basically two types of race cars.
  — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 8 May 2026
• And the need came from the clients, basically.
  — Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
• And that’s basically your full-time job now, right?
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
• That’s basically with the same group, mind you.
  — Sam McDowell May 22, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
• This one is basically a coin flip.
  — Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
• The three phones are basically dead even.
  — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
• So that was kind of cool to get basically a flip side of a costume coin.
  — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 May 2026
• This is basically a must win for one of these teams to stay in the playoff chase.
  — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 16 Sep. 2022
• My life is basically a series of open tabs, both on my screen and in my brain.
  — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
• And basically my big mouth (hurt me).
  — David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2025
• Or the feeds basically went out and they could be captured by clients.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
• And the nerdiest thing in the world is a map and that’s basically what this is.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
• And there's a third way of thinking that basically says a bike is its own thing.
  — Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
• But basically, man, all that s—t just happened to lead me to this point.
  — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
• Your face and the concrete are basically close friends at that point.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023
• And so, he was stowed away in basically the engine room.
  — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
• Braised short ribs have been basically the same recipe for well over a hundred years.
  — Jenny Rosenstrach, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Apr. 2026
• And of course, in our high schools, the numbers are basically the same.
  — NBC News, 5 Feb. 2023
• There’s a dry tank, which is when the ships are basically sailing.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 31 May 2026
• That basically has stood at the crux of the approach.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
• The cars in the pictures will basically be what ships.
  — James Morris, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
• Despite tweaks along the way, the crest looks basically the same.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
• That’s why sweatpant jeans like these are basically made for her.
  — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026