How to Use ultimately in a Sentence

ultimately

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• The changes ultimately proved to be unnecessary.
• Ultimately, it's a question of who is more popular.
• The case could ultimately reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 25 July 2023
• The victims were ultimately able to swim to shore, where one of them called 911.
  — Evan Rosen New York Daily News (tns), al, 6 Aug. 2023
• The fruit that ultimately emerges is a pod that looks like a long, thick string bean and contains black seeds.
  — Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• And the person who has the power makes the rules and ultimately has the power to make decisions.
  — Ed Meza, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
• What ultimately happens may come down to who is leading in the polls over the spring and summer.
  — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
• Her two-run home run in the fifth was ultimately the difference in a 3-1 win.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2023
• But Jeffery ultimately pulled ahead, to roars of approval from the crowd.
  — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
• The case may ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2023
• The house was ultimately demolished, and that same year, Aimée Guinotte died at age 84.
  — Patrick C. Salland, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
• The slow burn is not, ultimately, a question but a promise.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 21 Apr. 2023
• What in the world — or out of the world, ultimately — does Asher’s strange fate have to do with the themes or stories the show was dealing with before now?
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024
• The generic nature of the response ultimately left me cold.
  — Joy Montgomery, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2024
• The couple had ultimately been successful, and had a child with the help of CFC, but the journey was a difficult one.
  — Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
• The Patriots ultimately converted one of their four fourth downs and five of their 15 third downs.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• He and his siblings were abused by their mother’s boyfriend and ultimately taken from their home and placed in foster care.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
• The home was ultimately destroyed, but the firefighters managed to get the woman to safety.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Feb. 2024
• And ultimately, there may be some risks with trying the concoction, said Davis.
  — Kristen Fischer, Health, 26 Dec. 2023
• And that ultimately seems to be the peculiar fate of this medium — in and out of fashion, like an article of clothing.
  — Julia Halperin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• Both men ultimately lost their bids to return to Congress.
  — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023
• Rupert Murdoch has long made clear that one of his two sons would ultimately succeed him.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• The group ultimately left the room after nearly 10 minutes.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
• She was offered a plea deal in 2022 but ultimately declined.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
• What will Hamas ultimately gain from its bloody gamble?
  — Sam Kiley, CNN, 14 Oct. 2023
• Four officers engaged the suspect in a firefight, and the suspect was ultimately killed, Crum said.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 16 May 2023
• When pressed for why Silas was ultimately dismissed, Stone was concise.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 11 Apr. 2023
• Congress has less than three weeks to act or risk default, which could ultimately cause the country to go into a recession.
  — Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner, 15 May 2023
• The board ultimately voted to suspend Profiri on Dec. 14 and voted to terminate him Jan. 10.
  — Josh Snyder, arkansasonline.com, 4 Apr. 2024
• And local officials may ultimately be loath to turn away thousands of new and well-paying jobs.
  — Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024