How to Use literally in a Sentence

literally

adverb

• The story he told was basically true, even if it wasn't literally true.
• He's a sailor who knows his ropes, literally and figuratively.
• Many words can be used both literally and figuratively.
• He took her comments literally.
• And there are two or three that are literally works of art.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
• Now, some of you may have seen literally all of me on my show.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 1 Mar. 2026
• One of the moms literally gave me a hug!
  — Mika Ellison, NPR, 18 Feb. 2026
• To the point where, like, my son literally had to slap me.
  — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
• Quite literally healthy one day and on death’s door the next.
  — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
• The nurse literally held my hand through it all.
  — Marci Greenberg Cox, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2026
• To do so, go from the ground up—literally.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026
• There’s a lot of buzz about this place—literally.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
• The menu was fit for a king, literally.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
• That’s why my face is literally like [jaw drops, opens mouth wide].
  — Louis Staples, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
• Work your bait back right along the rocks, and be ready for a hot bite—literally.
  — Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
• Call it the luck of the draw – literally.
  — Mason Leath, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
• That was literally my dream come true.
  — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
• That is literally true, by the way.
  — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
• And getting to work for them has literally been a dream come true.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
• So, this literally has a window to the soul right here on where the heart is.
  — Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025
• And then came the play, not the one that won the game literally, but the one that won the game.
  — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
• And that’s a parcel that is literally one block from the park.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
• People are literally on their phones all the time, for one thing.
  — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
• Athena’s literally walking in space to try to help save our lives.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
• The Pitt does this quite literally and very well.
  — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026
• And literally, all of the women there rose up and were like, ‘sit down!
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
• At this point, all the waters in the lake have literally turned over.
  — Jack G. Mell, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
• Crosby literally put one knee on the ice and couldn’t be moved.
  — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• And so far, it’s paid off — literally.
  — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
• Kwabena literally throws up into his hands, and then there’s a jump cut.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026