Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of freshly
Soon enough, Daisy is in the PG hotel room, freshly showered and scarfing down room service.
—
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
In a Facebook post on May 3, Derek Joseph Gaerke, a co-owner of Gaerke Brother Farms, said the calves are 13 weeks old, had been freshly weaned, and most of their tails are docked.
—Drew Pittock, USA Today, 4 May 2026
On a recent afternoon, customers in a Connecticut store browsed the rows of wooden casks, which stretch from the entrance to the rear of the spacious building, and amid the aroma of freshly roasted and ground coffee filling the air.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Hundreds of birds called dunlins wheel above the freshly remade landscape, moving in tight formation like a pulsing, living cloud.
—John Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2026
Boston entered Thursday’s series-opener freshly removed from a 4-0 win over the New York Sirens last weekend that landed them in second place after missing the postseason in 2024-25.
—Jason Cooke, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
The key to great pimiento cheese is to freshly grate the cheese at home, and to resist buying shredded cheese at the market.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
Ruti torkari, or rotis, and a vegetable—usually potato, either leftover or freshly made—are staples.
—Madhushree Basu Roy, Saveur, 30 Apr. 2026
Umansky has been sharing snippets of her transformation, posting getting ready before her surgery and her freshly out of her operation.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
In a Facebook post on May 3, Derek Joseph Gaerke, a co-owner of Gaerke Brother Farms, said the calves are 13 weeks old, had been freshly weaned, and most of their tails are docked.
—Drew Pittock, USA Today, 4 May 2026
On a recent afternoon, customers in a Connecticut store browsed the rows of wooden casks, which stretch from the entrance to the rear of the spacious building, and amid the aroma of freshly roasted and ground coffee filling the air.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Hundreds of birds called dunlins wheel above the freshly remade landscape, moving in tight formation like a pulsing, living cloud.
—John Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2026
Boston entered Thursday’s series-opener freshly removed from a 4-0 win over the New York Sirens last weekend that landed them in second place after missing the postseason in 2024-25.
—Jason Cooke, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
The key to great pimiento cheese is to freshly grate the cheese at home, and to resist buying shredded cheese at the market.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
Ruti torkari, or rotis, and a vegetable—usually potato, either leftover or freshly made—are staples.
—Madhushree Basu Roy, Saveur, 30 Apr. 2026
Umansky has been sharing snippets of her transformation, posting getting ready before her surgery and her freshly out of her operation.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freshly
Adverb
-
But health policy experts raised alarm bells over a steep decline in the number of people being tested for HIV, as well as a reduction in people diagnosed and newly enrolled in treatment.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
-
Reluctantly hired to fill in for her is Cameron (Lewis Pullman), a scruffy drifter newly blown into town with some unfinished family business to attend to.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
7 May 2026
Adverb
-
Ann Wilson has been penning poetry lately.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
8 May 2026
-
Morgan has been providing that spark a lot lately for the Porters.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
Adverb
-
Most of them were spent on the third defensive pairing, and then the 22-year-old was scratched for Tyson Hinds late in the year as Quenneville favored the size of Hinds, who spent most of his season in the American Hockey League.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
-
Cummins, who worked as a senior vice president at Serco, a government contractor that works with local and federal agencies, would take over a TSA bruised by the longest partial government shutdown in history, which ended late last month.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
Adverb
-
The formerly high-end shopping destination, featured as a backdrop for a scene in a 1985 John Hughes movie, has more recently devolved into desolation.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
-
Magyar recently claimed that several of Orbán’s top lieutenants are rushing to send their assets abroad, perhaps to avoid financial or legal sanctions, and that others have been shredding incriminating documents.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Freshly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freshly. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
