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Recent Examples of mortally The 23-year-old man then fired a gun at Phillips, mortally wounding him. Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Aug. 2025 The responding officers who found Rose mortally wounded also heard additional gunfire coming from a nearby CVS pharmacy. Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025 Here was an example of humans’ chopping, razing, paving, crushing ways that have mortally wounded the natural world. Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025 DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose was mortally wounded while responding. Jeff Amy, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mortally
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortally
Adverb
  • But there’s also darkness in Cherry’s past, including an ex-boyfriend who has either terribly wronged her or been terribly wronged by her.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And what if that fight didn’t go terribly well?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Or consider the extremely rapid development of vaccines during the recent COVID pandemic.
    Alan Lightman September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Kirk has risen in popularity over the years for his extremely polarizing takes, which resulted in a heavy split among reactions to his passing.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The player known as Dan the Man during his playing days remains very active in a lot of different arenas.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Some like to get to the airport very early, with time for a full picnic, while others are dashing in at the last minute while downing a protein bar.
    Jessie Beck, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • However, these fluctuations are incredibly important, from a cosmic perspective.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Now, glasses are for everyone and have become incredibly versatile.
    Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Frank Olton, 76, was found on Monday tied to a pole in his basement suffering from multiple stab wounds, and his wife Maureen Olton, 77, was found on the house's first floor, severely burned, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference on Tuesday.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • One of every $8 in outstanding US credit card debt was severely delinquent at the end of June, the highest level since 2010.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Trump has been highly critical of Fed Chair Jerome Powell for not cutting rates quickly and has attempted to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook.
    Adeola Adeosun Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Regardless, this race usually offers a bigger and highly competitive field.
    Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • His brother had been badly damaged by scandal when the family's British tabloids were found to have hacked into mobile phone voicemails and otherwise violated people's privacy.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
  • There’s one episode that really stuck with me about a woman who had been bullied badly in middle school.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • His designs were built under license by Bristol for use in British passenger trains, too.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Needing 30-plus yards for a first down in two plays proved too much, and the Texans turned the ball over on downs.
    Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Mortally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortally. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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