How to Use very much in a Sentence

very much

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  • This is very much worth a shot.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Thank you very much and good night.
    James Powel, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Jazz is very much like that, too.
    Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • It’s not used very much, right?
    Matt Slater, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • And again, thank you all very much.
    Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
  • And that’s very much a good thing.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That’s very much what this movie is.
    Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The man very much lives in the present.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
  • All of it is very much thought through.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Ramsés’ work very much breaks the mold.
    Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
  • That was all very much in our heads.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This show is very much rock ‘n’ roll.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Her time is very much in the present tense.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • That’s very much just pure Scott.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
  • So that part of my world is still very much with me.
    Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That seems to be the mood that is very much not there.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
  • This one was a gut punch very much on par with those.
    Noah Trister, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2026
  • That would be great … Thank you very much.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But Iran very much wants to make a deal.
    MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • In the end, Xi didn’t give up very much.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
  • This is very much a live question.
    Laura K. Field, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Thank you very much for joining us.
    CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • So that very much seems to be an excuse.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2026
  • But their window is still very much now.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • And that could still very much happen!
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This season is very much about the truth.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Langford very much fits in with this group.
    Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • This is very much besides the point.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe one other time, but not very much.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • And no moon or not very much of one and stars all over the place.
    David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025

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