How to Use actually in a Sentence

actually

adverb

• I call her Aunt Emily, but she is actually my cousin, not my aunt.
• Jade plants—actually, most houseplants—can’t stand wet feet.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 10 May 2023
• But the clock — which only stops when the tripod actually travels down the river — kept ticking.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
• They also might be seduced by online products that promise to eliminate bloating that may not actually work.
  — Stacey Colino, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
• But this was, actually, kind of a lot of information that Amber was accessing.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
• Another factor is that while short-term rates are lower, the 10-year Treasury yield has actually increased over the past two days.
  — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
• And, our list was compiled after years of actually washing, drying, and sleeping in each set ourselves to make a recommendation.
  — harpersbazaar.com, 10 May 2023
• One out of every few TikTok users are actually engaging with live TikTok.
  — Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
• But the listing agent on the property, Compass’s Katherine Malkin, said those features were actually among the major selling points of the space.
  — Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2024
• Not even the ones that sort of looked like me actually looked like me.
  — Juliane Bergmann, WIRED, 28 Apr. 2024
• March was actually a peak time for the flu in six of the last 40 years, according to the CDC.
  — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2024
• But my problem with the rings comes with how they’re actually used in the game.
  — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 26 June 2023
• And the deal doesn’t actually bind Cruise to do anything for the studio.
  — Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
• There is actually a lot of preschool that is watched in the adults section.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2023
• The movie, thought set in the Windy City, was actually shot mostly in and around Toronto.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2023
• But the person who’s actually getting the dopamine hit off of that is you, the tipper.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• The outcome will actually be in doubt, at least for a while.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2 June 2023
• And actually, the fact that the film exists is, to me, a really big award.
  — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2024
• The whole look is actually very Justin, who’s known to rock an overall or two.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2023
• The bathroom tub – which was a vinyl tub – was actually cut open.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 1 Aug. 2023
• And this one is about fate and what is the part that fate actually plays in the building of a friendship, in a building of life.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 22 May 2024
• To win, setting aside who actually turns out to vote, white Democrats would have to close the gap to 50 percent.
  — Kyle Whitmire | [e-mail], al, 14 June 2023
• Biden’s State of the Union address actually was one of the best by any president in a long time.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
• The chocolate chip pancakes can actually be made up to two months ahead of time and frozen.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2024
• This was actually a project Trump began on his way out the door in 2020 but failed to complete.
  — Catherine Rampell, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
• But that segment was actually pre-taped, in order to make sure the gag worked.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
• The question is how many of those solar and wind farms will actually get built.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
• But if your party is actually on the 4th, don't be surprised if some or all of them show up.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
• The X-ray showed there were actually two coins — a dime and a nickel — both of which have since disappeared.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
• Both are fun movies, but there’s still only one shark movie that’s actually good, in my book.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024