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Example sentences for "entirely"

Lexicographically close words:
entier; entiere; entierement; entierly; entire; entireness; entirety; entitative; entities; entitle
  1. But it was full of these and more possibilities by which he might or might not be guided, and was at least a movement towards some vague end, and a distraction from certain thoughts he dared not entertain and could not entirely dismiss.

  2. But he was not above feeling a certain exultation in the effect of his misery upon the dog-like, unreasoning affection of Patterson, nor could he entirely refrain from slightly posing his affliction before that sympathetic but melancholy man.

  3. The first passage is remarkable as showing that Plato was entirely free from what may be termed the Euhemerism of his age.

  4. I do care; only I want to be entirely well again.

  5. James Van Horn had occupied a field of practice entirely different from that of R.

  6. He had seen Miss Anne Linton only twice, and on the two occasions she had seemed to him like two entirely different girls.

  7. Except where his fiery temper had entirely overcome him Burns had been silent concerning the many causes he had had to dislike and distrust the older man.

  8. Like the sketch of Franz, its charm lay entirely in suggestion, not in detail, but was none the less real for that.

  9. In the coal and iron industries the witnesses were entirely from the employers.

  10. Nevertheless in order that no difficulties may arise in carrying out this matter, we are willing to alter that basis by leaving the question entirely open.

  11. That this practice be entirely abolished unless it be a mere asking a question from the Secretary.

  12. There were sure to be exceptions to this as to all rules, and early in the year the Federation Board was called upon to meet a class of trouble which was entirely illegal, and which arises occasionally now.

  13. Peace, Solicitor to the Mining Association of Great Britain, warned the employers that: "This is an entirely new enactment.

  14. The first question asked of the Board was what was the extent of their powers, and they, the owners, were informed the workmen had placed the matter entirely in the hands of the Board to settle.

  15. We are so much inclined to judge from appearances and not righteous judgment that the blame for bad trade was thrown entirely upon the scale, as if its existence or non-existence could influence the coal markets and their prices.

  16. They asked the members to leave the question entirely in their hands, as in their opinion a better settlement would be got than by any other way.

  17. She had forgotten entirely that she came to plead for her husband.

  18. Did so want to get to you before the house party broke up, but there's the Reffolds' dinner for to-night which I had entirely forgotten.

  19. She was pointing up the coast, her bowsprit gone and her forward mast broken about halfway down; she listed terribly to leeward, and every third or fourth wave washed entirely over her deck.

  20. She entirely approved, however, of his purpose, expressed a little later, to go up to the city for a few days.

  21. She is entirely trusting--a convenient quality and one which men superlatively admire.

  22. The upper story consisted entirely of small arches, forming a gallery; between the arches were iron gratings enriched with escutcheons; whilst upon the gables of the house more coats-of-arms were displayed.

  23. It was a pretty little face, well painted, but entirely ideal, and having cold, regular features not lit up by life.

  24. It would be difficult to find another man who lived so entirely for his duties.

  25. Ivan Nikiforovitch was entirely reassured by these asseverations, and ordered his valet, in the boundless coat, to fetch his trousers and nankeen spencer.

  26. Tchartkoff gave himself up entirely to his work.

  27. It was not entirely through poverty: almost every one led a raiding Cossack life, and gathered not a little plunder in foreign lands; it was rather because it was little use building up a good wooden house.

  28. These students constituted an entirely separate world, for they were not admitted to the higher circles, composed of Polish and Russian nobles.

  29. He shut himself up alone in his room, would order no food, and devoted himself entirely to his work.

  30. Has she lived here entirely alone since the Duke's death?

  31. While waiting she was conscious of a curious trepidation that was not entirely solicitude, and did not amount to dread; her tense state of incertitude bordered both on disappointment and on relief.

  32. What blame can attach to her conduct that will not, on a full explanation of the matter, be readily passed over in her and thrown entirely on you?

  33. He shall act entirely as he chooses, and you know that will not be in opposition to your wishes.

  34. There was also an extensive library standing a little back from the halls of residence, a great gymnasium, and another building devoted entirely to class and lecture rooms.

  35. Clay said the panic had been due entirely to the ungodly Jackson and his foolish successor; Webster saw the sole cause of the ills of the time in the foolhardy policy of the last half-dozen years.

  36. The essential purpose of the Douglas legislation, the rapid upbuilding of the Northwest and the blocking of the Davis plans for a Pacific railroad, were entirely overlooked.

  37. When it did arrive, the excuse given by the red-haired boy who had charge of the "wee mare" was that it was a grand wake entirely that Denny had last night.

  38. She felt glad that her son Julian had not come to her from Oxford with a story of having made up his mind that he could only be entirely happy if married to one of these.

  39. The latter amount will depend on the sum of payments falling due on the same day although contracted for at entirely different periods.

  40. If an ecu slightly used would pass for a little less than an entirely new ecu, circulation would be continually interfered with, and not a payment would take place that would not give rise to controversy.

  41. Gold as measure of value and as standard of price has entirely different forms of manifestation and the confusing of the two has resulted in the wildest of theories.

  42. Money as money of account may exist exclusively in idea, while the money in actual existence may be coined according to an entirely different standard.

  43. Thus, entirely apart from his individual wants, the movement of the circulation process makes selling a social necessity with every owner of commodities.

  44. He does not conceal from himself that these different objects measured by money are entirely incommensurable quantities.

  45. Storch pointed out Say’s error by calling attention to the fact that a nation does not entirely consume her product, but also creates means of production, fixed capital, etc.

  46. Credit money belongs to a higher sphere of the social process of production and is governed by entirely different laws.

  47. It is a physical impossibility to entirely exclude light coins from circulation at any time, even for one day.

  48. I will devise some method by which you will be entirely shielded from the view of those who come here on business.

  49. I could not help coming to you, though I wanted to act entirely upon my own responsibility, and I had determined not even to consult you, for I am always fearful of getting you into trouble with my aunt.

  50. One side is entirely paralyzed, and the other slightly.

  51. A crimson drapery was suspended from the ceiling to the ground, along the whole length of the entry, and entirely shut out the staircase.

  52. But she definitely declined, and I felt much relieved, for she was entirely too handsome for that position.

  53. After one of these agitating interviews, the doctor's edict entirely closed the door of the patient's chamber against the count, who was forced to admit the wisdom of the order.

  54. His abstraction was partially dissipated by her scornful comment upon the contagious influences of a plebeian country; but to recover himself entirely was out of the question.

  55. None: it was made entirely according to rule; and, if you will allow me to say so, common courtesy seemed to demand that it should have been treated with more consideration.

  56. Madeleine promptly replied, "These apartments are entirely at the service of Count Tristan and his family, if they will honor me by occupying them.

  57. The slight curl and quivering of the lip, which accompanied her survey, bespoke that it was not entirely satisfactory.

  58. His mother's look of rebuke was entirely lost upon him, and he rattled on with an air of assumed hilarity which was painfully absurd.

  59. In reality, Madeleine had entirely forgotten her suitor and his letter.

  60. Since his illness he had entirely abandoned his vain search for Madeleine.

  61. Black Whiskers, should he be their rescuer might at once assume an entirely different rôle--would most likely do so, in fact.

  62. I was a fool not to have mentioned it before, but the lad entirely slipped my memory.

  63. Oh, you'll have another dose of it before you're entirely finished!

  64. It will depend entirely upon how events shape themselves, Miss Brellier.

  65. Generators must be entirely automatic in their action--that is to say: after a generator has been charged, it must need no further attention until the carbide has been entirely exhausted.

  66. But the success attained by these firms was anything but satisfactory, although Bessemer himself was soon able to manufacture an entirely satisfactory product.

  67. This discovery was not made for another generation, but then, as seems entirely fitting, it was made by Davy's successor and former assistant at the Royal Institution, Sir Michael Faraday.

  68. In the modern type of blast-furnace the work at the top formerly performed by men on the staging is accomplished entirely by machinery.

  69. But in 1816 Sir Humphrey Davy invented his safety lamp, a device that has been the means of saving thousands of lives, and which has not as yet been entirely supplanted by any modern invention.

  70. Her performance was, however, considered entirely satisfactory and creditable.

  71. It was entirely successful, and was in operation for almost half a century, up to the time of its removal in 1862 to the South Kensington Museum.

  72. Trevithick was, however, entirely subordinated by the great influence of Watt, and the use of high pressure was in consequence discountenanced by the leading mechanical engineers of England for some decades.

  73. The cutter head is made entirely of two milled steel plates, which bolt together, forming the front guide for the cutter chain.

  74. The amount of work that can be performed by one of these little, flat, box-like locomotives is entirely out of proportion to its size.

  75. He resolved to deal with Ike seriously, but the initial difficulty in this was that Ike seemed to be quite unperplexed about the whole matter, and entirely unafraid.

  76. It is quite evident she wants him for her son-in-law, and more than evident that he entirely concurs.

  77. The house must be kept entirely quiet, entirely quiet.

  78. The operation is entirely successful, thanks to the skill of Dr.

  79. In three days, sir, I shall return, bringing all the appliances necessary, and in the interval the time will not be entirely lost.

  80. In all their experience of their captain the 'Varsity men have never heard him swear, and they awake to the fact that they are face to face with a situation entirely unparalleled in their history as a team.

  81. We must be entirely calm," observed the doctor.

  82. We believe you entirely, and I would like to say that for my part I am mighty glad that you are entirely freed from suspicion.

  83. It may be an entirely new device, or it may be an improvement upon an existing invention, but in any event it must contain a certain degree of utility.

  84. In rare cases inventors are able to hit upon an invention in an entirely new field; for these a demand has to be created.

  85. He was almost entirely self-taught, as in his childhood and youth he had little opportunity of going to school.

  86. We are living now entirely on dry provisions as nothing fresh is to be got, not a salmon to be caught in the river.

  87. It thus happened that oftener than otherwise the punishment for undoubted outrages fell upon those who were entirely guiltless, and in this way, too, every act of aggression became the source of an additional feud.

  88. It was entirely natural that he should prefer to such drudgery, the sport of hunting and fishing and moving around.

  89. In 1908 a large mill and manual training building were erected entirely by school help.

  90. Such settlements, in the second place, were to be entirely self-supporting.

  91. It seems strange to one accustomed to American reservations, that a reserve of six hundred square miles for a tribe of 400 members should have been regarded as entirely too extensive to be allowed.

  92. This occurrence will entirely change all our plans at Spokane, respecting moving the Fort, as all our time will be occupied in transporting the Snake outfit from Fort Nezperces to Spokane if the Snake country business is carried on.

  93. This book relates almost entirely to the Oregon Trail and other matters and people in Jefferson county, Nebraska.

  94. Set out at 4 oclock and arrived at the Flat Head River[133] at noon & immediately commenced gumming the canoes which occupied the whole afternoon and is not yet entirely completed.

  95. Other judges hold that divorce is a social matter that is entirely outside of the particular form of law and arises from personal and local surroundings.

  96. Green Beads, Tobacco and blankets are entirely gone, several blankets were borrowed from the men.

  97. The missionary work of the Tulalip agency is done entirely by the Catholic church, and on the whole very good results have been accomplished.

  98. Some of the persons whose names were attached to those papers have since repudiated all knowledge thereof, and make statements with regard to Joseph Smith's character entirely at variance with the tenor of the affidavits.

  99. I did not examine the manuscript till I got home, when upon examination I found it to contain nothing of the kind, but being a manuscript upon an entirely different subject.

  100. In the narrative that the Book of Mormon gives of the journeyings of Lehi and his little colony, all the incidents related are consistent with the idea of a small people and entirely inconsistent with that of a vast moving multitude.

  101. It is this, that it is highly improbable that Mr. Spaulding would write two entirely distinct and varying romances on the ancient inhabitants of America.

  102. He, in the above, says it was nothing of the kind, but was a manuscript upon an entirely different subject.

  103. The exact date the translation was entirely completed is not known, at least we have not been able to discover it.

  104. Martin said further that the seer stone differed in appearance entirely from the Urim and Thummim that was obtained with the plates, which were two clear stones set in two rims, very much resembled spectacles, only they were larger.

  105. This is an entirely new version of the old fiction.

  106. It should not be forgotten that originally the mill was roofed with red tiles made by the Indians at the Mission; but these have entirely disappeared.

  107. For many years no one cared for the building, and it was left entirely to the mercy of the vandal and relic hunter.

  108. The Mission church has entirely disappeared, an earthquake in 1868 having completed the ruin begun by the spoliation at the time of secularization.

  109. The Mission has now entirely disappeared.

  110. For thirty years he remained here, true to his calling, an entirely different kind of man from the quarrelsome, arrogant, drinking, and gambling Mercado.

  111. The volume is of heaviest vellum and is entirely hand-written in red and black; and though a century or more has passed since it was written it is clear and perfect, has 139 pages.

  112. He was going back home, and as the "San Antonio" with its promised supplies had not yet arrived, and the camp was almost entirely out of food, he announced the abandonment of the expedition and an immediate return to Lower California.

  113. Of these he says they "are much more industrious, and appear an entirely distinct race.

  114. This pueblo was once the largest in New Mexico, but it was deserted in 1840, and now its great house, supposed to have been much larger than the many-storied house of Zuni, is entirely in ruins.

  115. There are offshoots from it, ideas generated in other minds entirely different from the original, yet dependent upon it for life.

  116. Hiram's unspoken question, as he slowly unharnessed the old horse, and then dragged the broken wagon entirely out of the road so that it would not be an obstruction for other vehicles.

  117. But she was an entirely different looking girl from the boarding house slavey whom Hiram remembered so keenly back in Crawberry.

  118. This back end of the farm--quite forty acres, or half of the whole tract--had been entirely neglected by the last owner of the property for a great many years.

  119. But the next morning he got the plow into the four-acre corn lot; and he did nothing but the chores that week until the ground was entirely plowed.

  120. The Darrell tract was entirely wooded, and when he reached the uplands he kept on in the shadowy aisles of the sap-pines which covered his neighbor's property.

  121. Monsieur and Madame de Granville placed their carriage entirely at the disposal of the marquis, assuring him courteously that they would like to continue their way on foot.

  122. To-morrow he may be entirely out of danger.

  123. It is unwise to allow ancient prerogatives to fall entirely into desuetude.

  124. We say supposing, not being for our own part entirely able to reconcile this locality with the presence of certain cans and flagons, which had been fuller than they were.

  125. And Abdallah strove to look as though he believed me; nor did he entirely fail therein.

  126. Is not my soul entirely possessed by this divine creature, whom I love with an affection infinitely exceeding that which I have entertained for thee at any period?

  127. The Mantuans, already disorganised by the unaccountable disappearance of the Executive, were entirely irresolute what to do.

  128. His shield and helmet followed his sword, he stood entirely defenceless before his adversary.

  129. I will not inquire whether it was entirely in harmony with this character to seek to intimidate me into compliance with your demand by threatening me with a penalty which you well knew could not be enforced.

  130. She has rejected numerous overtures from the philosopher Theocles; entirely for thy sake, she affirms.

  131. Ananda vainly strove to explain that the austerities to which he had referred were entirely of a spiritual and contemplative character.

  132. On the contrary,' I answered, 'he went there to teach them, and the little knowledge of divine matters they possess is entirely derived from him.

  133. Nonnus recognised Apollo perfectly, but Pachymius's limited powers of intelligence seemed entirely engrossed by the discomfort visibly occasioned him by the proximity of an enormous brass vessel of water, close to which burned a bright fire.

  134. And that is neither very wise, nor I believe entirely true," returned Glenalmond.

  135. The measure of their sense is this: that these symposia of rustic vanity were kept entirely within the family, like some secret ancestral practice.

  136. Huish is entirely unarmed, I swear to Gawd!

  137. It was at this sickening moment that Archie's courage, for the first and last time, entirely deserted him.

  138. The spot, as you are good enough to indicate, is not entirely intolerable," was the reply.

  139. Her passion, for it was nothing less, entirely filled her.

  140. This, however, was from personal motives, and not from any sympathy with the Senatorial party which had triumphed under Sulla; for he subsequently attached himself entirely to the popular side.

  141. The received account is derived almost entirely from two sources; the speeches and writings of Cicero; and the 'History of the Catilinarian Conspiracy' by Sallust, written probably about 44 B.

  142. The hind wings are almost entirely covered with black, with the exception of a broad coppery band near the hind margin.

  143. The transverse lines that so often cross the wings of the Noctuae are nearly or entirely absent in this family, and longitudinal lines take their place.

  144. Carpocapsa pomonella The same extensive family contains a few moths that are very destructive to our fruits, the larvae burrowing into and living entirely within their substance.

  145. The female is usually a little larger than her mate, and is marked similarly on both sides except that the bright orange blotch is entirely wanting.

  146. The female may usually be distinguished by a pale patch across the middle of the fore wings; and the eye spots of the same wings, always more or less indistinct when present, are sometimes entirely wanting.

  147. The former is in some cases a really brilliant yellow; and the latter are in some cases entirely wanting.

  148. A body dipped in ether or benzole will look as if completely spoilt at first, for the furry coat that clothes it will lie matted and almost entirely robbed of its beautiful colours, reminding one forcibly of the proverbial 'drowned rat.

  149. In some specimens the cream colour almost entirely covers the fore wings, while in others all four of the wings are completely covered with shades of brown.

  150. Grinnell reported that the Walker lease was entirely opposed to the Indians' interests, and that it would not only be unwise, but wrong, to approve it.

  151. There has been much fraud connected with the purchase of materials and supplies, and in every way that shrewd and unprincipled men can devise, but even the politicians could not entirely prevent the building of those schools.

  152. They are sheep-herders and blanket-weavers, and are entirely self-supporting.

  153. The Indian in his native state bears no surname; and wife and children figuring under entirely different names from that of the head of the family, the law has been unnecessarily embarrassed.

  154. It is too late, however, to save his color; for the Indian young men themselves have entirely abandoned their old purpose to keep aloof from the racial melting-pot.

  155. North of them dwelt the Ojibways, an Algonquin tribe with an entirely different language.

  156. Many tribes were decimated and others wiped out entirely by the ravages of strong drink and disease, especially smallpox and cholera.


  157. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "entirely" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    absolutely; all; alone; altogether; blast; bodily; but; clean; clear; cold; collectively; completely; dead; deeply; directly; downright; entirely; exclusively; full; fully; head; hook; ideally; immaculately; largely; merely; only; outright; perfectly; plumb; purely; quite; root; roundly; severely; simply; slam; slap; solely; stark; thoroughly; through; throughout; totally; unconditionally; utterly; very; well; wholesome; wholly


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    entirely absent; entirely devoted; entirely different; entirely independent; entirely new; entirely wanting