How to Use efficiently in a Sentence

efficiently

adverb
  • Here’s how to get the job done efficiently.
    Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Keep blinds closed and use ceiling fans to help cool your home efficiently.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
  • Some plant leaves use vein structures to move droplets efficiently to their edges.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Help teams adapt quickly to changes and test new ideas efficiently.
    Sonali Nair, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • If your home isn't cooling efficiently, take a minute or two to walk through each room.
    Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
  • Phoenix shot the ball much more efficiently during that stretch.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Not large, to be sure, but they are efficiently designed.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2026
  • To hand-weed more efficiently, always work when the soil is wet; use a hoe if the soil is dry.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
  • This does not negate the need for moving more freight across the country more efficiently.
    Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The goal, as always, is to score efficiently.
    John Shipley, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Plus, the extra-large tube helps the pan to conduct heat more efficiently.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
  • This is most efficiently done through a will, Fittizi said.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 14 May 2026
  • Denser cities collect more taxes that can be spent more efficiently.
    Lilly Kersh, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Their idea is to link cities that are too far for existing daytime trains to serve efficiently.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Not a heavy protein shake full of dairy or whey, and helps me to build and recover efficiently.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • When the filter is full, the unit stops working efficiently.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
  • On the contrary, both rear doors open efficiently with a single push of the handle or via the key fob.
    James Raia, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Both of us want to do things as quickly and efficiently as possible.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2025
  • Cobb worked efficiently most of the night and didn’t allow a runner past second base.
    Michael Wagaman, oregonlive, 5 July 2023
  • The goal is to spread the word as quickly and efficiently as possible.
    Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
  • Where the Stars are scoring more than efficiently is on the power play.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • This enables the droplets to spread efficiently across the surface.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Here is their road map to getting through your next whole-house scrub-down as efficiently as possible.
    Hannah Holland, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • But the plan is to win, not to win efficiently, and this deal makes the team a fair amount better moving forward.
    The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 16 June 2025
  • The brain-training games help the brain operate more efficiently as a whole.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This empowers users to work more efficiently and focus on their core tasks.
    Rajat Bhargava, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Non-heme iron is absorbed less efficiently than heme iron from animal foods.
    Caitlin Beale, Health, 26 Feb. 2026
  • These boats went to the bottom of the Sea, quickly and efficiently.
    Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 7 May 2026
  • Change or clean the filter if the hood doesn’t efficiently clear smoke from the room, even on the highest setting.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Retinoids signal to skin cells to renew more efficiently and evenly over time.
    Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026

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