How to Use actually in a Sentence

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• I call her Aunt Emily, but she is actually my cousin, not my aunt.
• These mammals actually come in a range of hues, from sandy blonde to rusty copper to bluish-grey.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2022
• The man said the car actually belongs to his friend’s girlfriend.
  — cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
• After the first third though, viewers might actually be rooting for the robot.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
• Though, somewhat confounding, bone broth is actually a stock.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 20 Dec. 2022
• Billy O’Brien, who plays the boss at the shop, actually works part-time at Williams Candy.
  — Daniel Arnold, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
• Kim also shared that the Daily Overview Notepad is actually their best-seller.
  — Omaid Homayun, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
• The Magic actually forced more turnovers (18) but failed to take advantage scoring just 10 points off them.
  — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2024
• The most expensive homes in these two counties are actually on or near the coast, so properties nearer to the park can be considered a relative bargain.
  — Robert Annis, Outside Online, 20 Dec. 2022
• That is my favorite part of my job, putting either current pain or past pain into something, and actually being able to back up certain psychologies of your character.
  — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2022
• After killing the creature, one of his tracker companions yells out that there's actually a pair of leopards on the prowl, the second of which leaps toward the hunter just before the screen goes black.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2022
• 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
• Well, actually, there are a number of starts for the Marathon.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 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
• Well, actually, to tell a secret, I was asked season 1 to be on the show.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• 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
• The Wild have killed 70.5 percent of opposing power plays (the Red Wings and Islanders are actually worse).
  — Scott Powers, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Jan 2025