How to Use entirety in a Sentence

entirety

noun
  • I wish that I could find a card for Valentine's Day that expresses the entirety of my love.
  • But the plaintiffs are not asking the court to block the map in its entirety.
    Emma Platoff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
  • But, the entirety of her small check went to Screen Actors Guild fees to join the union.
    Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The band will perform all the songs from the album in its entirety each night.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Head over to The New Yorker to read the Frank profile in its entirety.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Fans will have to wait until March 29 to hear Act II in its entirety and see how the rest of the songs sound.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Play Joni Mitchell’s album Blue in its entirety with the lights off.
    Sarah Gundle, WIRED, 22 July 2023
  • Some deals will last for the entirety of the sale, while others only pop up for a few hours.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Head over to Rolling Stones’ website to read the excerpt in its entirety.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The next night, the group will play the album in its entirety at New York’s Bowery Ballroom.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 Nov. 2023
  • At the end of January, the list will be published in its entirety.
    Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The first vote — to toss all of the impeachment articles in their entirety — failed by a vote of 6-24.
    Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The mismatch between investors and the Fed extends through the entirety of 2024.
    Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The sixth win at TQL Stadium also equaled the number of wins the team logged at home in the entirety of the 2022 season.
    The Enquirer, 7 May 2023
  • The menu consists of only five or six items and is meant to be ordered in its entirety and shared.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • In the future, the redesign at the basin will raise the sea wall to 4.75 feet, which will prevent beavers from climbing ashore around its entirety.
    Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Kyivstar said that the entirety of its network had been brought down.
    Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • That deal would keep him in Minnesota for the entirety of his career.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2024
  • His work will examine the entirety of the culinary ecosystem, from the fields where food is grown to the fine-dining haunts where it is served.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • For fans interested in watching the film in its entirety, it can be found on YouTube with ads and on Paramount+.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
  • In a similar manner, Drake has been a playlist mainstay for the entirety of the streaming era.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2023
  • To slow down the electric Hawkeyes’ offense, Indiana needs the entirety of that game to look like the second half did against Penn State.
    Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Just like the bodywork and the car in its entirety, the graphics are elegant and logical.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • No major league team in the entirety of the 20th century lost so many games in a single season.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • The sharks maintained their body temperature within 0.1°C for the entirety of their dive and most of their way back up to the surface.
    Bykate Hull, science.org, 11 May 2023
  • The theme is prominently presented in a mural that envelopes the entirety of the space's back wall.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Head over to British Vogue’s website to read Blair’s cover story in its entirety.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The choice is have Twitter throttled in its entirety or limit access to some tweets.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 May 2023
  • The ruling will not affect availability of the drug, since the Supreme Court paused the entirety of the lower court's order as the appeals process plays out.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Head over to Esquire’s website to read Levy’s essay in its entirety.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 3 Nov. 2023

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