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Recent Examples of wildly The Vikings are looking to follow up on a wildly successful 2024 season as JJ McCarthy takes over as the starting quarterback. Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 Henriquez entered with two outs and a runner on in the seventh, inducing Bryson Stott to ground to López, who threw wildly for an error. Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025 Recession forecasts gyrated wildly in the first half of the year, as outlined in a previous column. George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 Arj is about to pack it in when he’s dispatched to clean up the garage at the posh Bel Air home of Jeff (Seth Rogen), a wildly successful venture capitalist. Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wildly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wildly
Adverb
  • Footage from the rescue mission shared by Michigan State Police on X shows the woman frantically waving towards the helicopter above her while lost amongst the trees.
    Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Dexter begins frantically searching the paperwork for something that could point him toward the eight-digit vault code that could grant him freedom.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Lisa, 28, wore a black maxi dress with cutouts, and paired the look with an extremely rare Hermès Birkin while in South Korea's capital city.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Our first stop is in a wild-looking stretch 200 yards south of the railroad tracks and State Street.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Just 18 P900s will be built, and the wild-looking hypercar will cost $3 million.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 30 Nov. 2022
Adverb
  • Because hot & sour soup is incredibly nuanced.
    Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In her new YouTube video, Katelynn explained how grief and depression have made daily tasks incredibly difficult for her, and a recent change in routine has further increased her poor mental state.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Hydroplaning is when a vehicle starts uncontrollably sliding on wet roads.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • In her latest Jo + Tiny Mic series on Instagram, the Texas native shared four of her favorite secrets to instantly elevate a room, and the principles can be perfectly applied to your fall home decor using Gaines’ very own Magnolia collection at Target.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In heated hearings over the past week, Republicans released very little information about the map’s impact on specific communities across the Kansas City area.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
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
  • Sweeping is especially important in highly trafficked areas of the home, such as the kitchen or entryway, to prevent food and dirt from attracting pests and negatively impacting your home's air quality.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This dash of skepticism is welcome, in the cauldron brew of the Marlovian legend, yet even Kuriyama is faced with certain details, at once verifiable and highly suggestive, that float in the murk.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Wildly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wildly. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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