How to Use really in a Sentence

really

adverb

• The dog runs really fast.
• I had a really good time at the party.
• The water is really hot.
• She's a really nice person.
• The first thing to check is the smell — there really shouldn’t be one.
  — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
• The cars around us honked and weaved — was this really worth it?
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
• Not to split hairs, but the look of the 1950s was really born a few years prior.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2024
• By the same logic, on a road trip, could the car ride really be one of the best parts?
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2021
• And having done that, in part, through the lens of a really big show.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2025
• My whole world got taken from me, and really, in the flash of a gun.
  — Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley, CBS News, 4 May 2025
• Did these Zips really win three games in three days against the top three teams in the MAC?
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 17 Mar. 2022
• Sully [played by Mark Wahlberg], which is really the heart of the movie.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2022
• But the Aztecs really should be in a five-way tie for second.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024
• Jaws is really about just you and that Fear That Eats You.
  — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 21 June 2025
• This is an epic gift and a really good date night idea, all in one.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 9 Nov. 2022
• Those are on sale for $248 which, again, is a really great deal.
  — Condé Nast, WIRED, 12 July 2023
• What really needs to happen is that the PRO Act needs to pass.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 9 Feb. 2022
• The art of weeding is learning to tell the really bad weeds from the no-big-deal weeds.
  — Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2022
• That was really hard to watch on the show, her struggling.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 1 July 2025
• But is an ‘Alexandria in the cloud’ really an open sesame?
  — Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2023
• The only one that really matters is the last on Dec. 4, of course.
  — Ralph D. Russo, ajc, 30 Oct. 2022
• Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream to really take this dessert to the next level.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2023
• And the answer is that the researchers really aren’t sure.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 May 2022
• These are the players who don't need this time of year, really.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2022
• The back half of the store, however, is where the fun really begins.
  — Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
• This is done right, Greg, really done right.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
• The Bolt really wasn’t a part of that conversation, mainly because it was built around tech that had now kind of passed its prime.
  — Joel Feder, The Drive, 12 Mar. 2026
• The talent level is at a really good level right now in the league, the coaching and the schematics are really high.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2026
• Readers really showed up for that one; the opening weekend blew our minds.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
• Dishes like this that really sing are truly cooked with soul.
  — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 12 Mar. 2026