How to Use mightily in a Sentence

mightily

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• They contributed mightily to the cause.
• She struggled mightily to read his handwriting.
• The soldiers fought mightily before finally surrendering.
• That said, Utah still struggled mightily to keep him, and the rest of the guards, out of the paint.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
• The Toreros struggled mightily putting the ball in the basket.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2021
• The French, the Dutch, the British and later the Americans fought mightily over these 20 square miles.
  — Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
• In defeat, the Broncos tried mightily to keep the faith.
  — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2019
• The complexion of things for the buy-buy-buy Padres would change mightily.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• The Aztecs have struggled mightily getting the ball into the end zone.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2022
• When Williams missed time last year with a toe injury, the Ravens struggled mightily to stop the run.
  — Jeff Zrebiec, baltimoresun.com, 9 May 2018
• Alabama struggled mightily in the loss to Texas on both sides of the ball.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 13 Sep. 2023
• The Celtics held their own for the first quarter, but struggled mightily in the second.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2021
• But since making the step up, the 23-year-old has struggled mightily.
  — Ben Morse, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
• Jay tried mightily to beat on, to fight the current, to rewrite his past but in the end could not overcome it.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2020
• Woods was part of a safety unit that struggled mightily against the run last year.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
• The Colts have struggled mightily on offense most of the season.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Nov. 2022
• Louisville struggled mightily on the ground in the first half and tallied just 173 total yards.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2021
• Darvish has struggled mightily in the first year of his six-year, $126 million contract with the Cubs.
  — Connor Grossman, SI.com, 26 May 2018
• But in Game 3, CC Sabathia struggled mightily and failed to get out of the second inning.
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 29 May 2020
• With the pass rush struggling mightily, the Cowboys don’t have time to let Lawrence work out those kinks in-season.
  — John Owning, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2020
• Challengers from the centre and left have tried mightily, and failed, to unseat him.
  — The Economist, 30 Dec. 2020
• God has worked mightily through the doctors, nurses, and staff here at MUSC.
  — David Chiu, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
• Jones would be a godsend for a defense that struggled mightily against the run in 2019.
  — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 6 Mar. 2020
• River Hill’s bats struggled mightily for much of the game.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2023
• The Las Vegas Raiders have struggled mightily during the 2024 season, and now the team has lost two of its stars.
  — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
• Jarvis was a first-round pick in 2020 but struggled mightily in Double-A last year.
  — The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
• Kitchens has struggled mightily in his one season on the job.
  — John Clayton, courant.com, 2 Dec. 2019
• The United States would struggle mightily to flatten the country or to take and hold it.
  — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2024
• Buehler has struggled mightily with the Red Sox this season.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
• That set the stage nicely for Dead & Company, which would struggle mightily earlier on its its hourlong, six-song first set.
  — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2025