How to Use overtly in a Sentence

overtly

adverb

• Their gospel music isn’t overtly about God.
  — Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
• Although the satire is pitch black, this film is a lot more overtly comedic than most of your films.
  — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
• Some are more overtly trapped in debt bondage, tied to loans from scrap dealers who dictate prices and terms.
  — CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
• No one wants to be on record as saying or doing something that’s overtly racist.
  — Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2022
• Some slogans and posters have taken on an overtly profane and risqué tone.
  — ABC News, 25 July 2026
• And on the field, there’s nothing that overtly sets Purdy apart.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
• Even beyond the overtly silly stuff, the whole plot is absurd.
  — Dustin Nelson, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
• My nails look shiny and reflective, but not overtly chrome or glittered.
  — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2022
• That’s a sentiment that has been hinted at in the show but hasn’t been shown too much overtly.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
• There’s nothing overtly special about him.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2025
• Uso is both subtly and overtly trying to take over the Bloodline.
  — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• This is the most overtly patriotic menu the fair has produced in years.
  — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 9 July 2026
• Not overtly, not in a caricatured way, but in a subtle way.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
• There were not any overtly head-scratching decisions or play calls, just a lot that backfired.
  — Matt Cohen | [email protected], al, 10 Sep. 2023
• Run clubs that aren’t overtly for singles but are, tbh, really for singles!
  — Matt Gross, Outside Online, 14 May 2025
• Gone are the overtly yellowy, orangey tones and high-shine finishes.
  — Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
• There is a woman talking to me somehow, even though her films are not overtly feminist.
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
• Better to never spell it out at all (audiences are clever) than to explain it too soon or too overtly.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
• Because everybody wants to do the right thing in this sort of overtly PC sort of way.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 30 July 2025
• For those who make the trek, the week will be filled with events ranging from the pastoral to the glamourous to the overtly highbrow.
  — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 25 July 2024
• Kill scenes ripped from the overtly pervy inaugural outing come back to life.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
• In his plan, Biden is overtly declaring that the wealthy ought to shoulder a heavier tax burden.
  — Chris Megerian and Josh Boak, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
• In sum, 2024 was the year where bags of all kinds shined, from overtly wearable ones to those more kitschy and fun.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
• But this is as overtly political as Land Whales get.
  — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
• On a winding two-lane road, the turbo Seltos feels composed rather than overtly sporty.
  — Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
• Step Two Make the bed with mixed and matched sheets at various price points, and avoid overtly matchy-matchy sets.
  — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
• There were at least three situations in the first half where Winters overtly didn’t know what the play was.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
• The result is skin that looks balanced, fresh, and softly radiant, rather than overtly glossy.
  — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2026
• Instead, there’s doubling down and the embrace of these overtly white-power and neo-Nazi groups.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2024
• The show is not overtly political.
  — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025