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Example sentences for "exactly what"

  • That's exactly what I do mean, Mr. Bunting!

  • That is exactly what I am," she answered.

  • You may not have realized it yet, but if you will consider the matter carefully, I think you will agree with me that a secretary, or companion of some sort, is exactly what you do need.

  • Can you tell me, Mr. Pengarth, exactly what relation he is to me?

  • He says that he doesn't want it when it is exactly what he does want.

  • That is exactly what I lack, SeƱor Alcalde.

  • The curate calls me 'philosopher' as a nickname and gives to understand that I am a charlatan who is making a show of what I learned in the higher schools, when that is exactly what benefits me the least.

  • That is exactly what he did when he found out about Mr. Raybold.

  • My dear fellow, that's exactly what I don't want; for I hate to be thought a magician, which must have been the effect of the tales you have told.

  • That's exactly what we want," he rejoined, with a grim smile.

  • That's exactly what I want for the whole suite of rooms; so you see you can use them all.

  • That's exactly what I haven't got, and I don't expect any either.

  • Yes, Mary, that is exactly what I do mean!

  • You are in no real danger at all if you will only do exactly what I tell you," he declared, impressively.

  • That's exactly what I pretend--and we must all help you to it.

  • Of making me yours; of being so precious, Julia, so exactly what a man wants, as it seems to me.

  • Exactly what I just said; if not next year then the year after, or the year after that.

  • No, that's exactly what you're not doing," Nash interposed with one of his happy sagacities.

  • My dear fellow, it's exactly what I've a terror of.

  • Of course I've worked it out--that's exactly what I HAVE done.

  • Your 'perversity,' my dear, is exactly what I don't understand.

  • That's exactly what I meant"--the Prince laughed out this allusion to their snatch of talk in Portland Place.

  • Well, hasn't it made it exactly what we wanted?

  • Exactly what I have discovered," I responded.

  • It is exactly what I was afraid of when we decided on keeping Valetta at home.

  • Exactly what I was afraid of,' said Jane.

  • Exactly what I expected,' said Lord Rotherwood.

  • That is exactly what I feel," said the Senator sighing.

  • That is exactly what I do mean," the Prince answered.

  • But we do want to know the nature of those papers, exactly what position Mr. Hamilton Fynes occupied in the Stamp and Excise Duty department at Washington, and, finally, what the mischief you are doing over here in Paris.

  • Tell me exactly what is in your thoughts.

  • That's exactly what I say," droned the Older Man.

  • Well, that's exactly what I'm going to do.

  • As a matter of fact, that is exactly what I have been doing.

  • That is exactly what I am going to tell you," Evors went on.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "exactly what" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another legend; assuming command; bear down; beautiful and; capital crime; chemical processes; considerable increase; educated people; emancipation proclamation; exactly alike; exactly know; exactly like; exactly opposite; exactly similar; exactly the; exactly the same manner; free play; good food; inch from; large room; long tail; mention the; price from; solemn oath; thought she; used specifically