How to Use basically in a Sentence

basically

adverb

• You’re basically brought in as the savior of this project.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2022
• One that included two leagues, three time zones, barely any sleep and, basically, just the clothes on his back.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2022
• That basically means the water freezes from top to bottom — not unlike how a lake freezes over in cold weather.
  — Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping, 23 Dec. 2022
• There's lots of things in the book about Salome basically going against the elders in the community and the colony.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Dec. 2022
• The Pentatonix soundtrack—and, like, lots of screen time from the band members, who are basically costars of the film—is both a vibe and totally absurd.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
• Picture your childhood school bus painted white, thrown into the air on top of six-foot-high wheels, tripled in width and with windows — that are basically the same as regular school bus windows.
  — Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
• What an opportunity getting to play someone who is steely and strong and manipulative and just bad, basically.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
• Between abominable and atrocious, this non-Witcher has basically nothing worthy of noting.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• The pretty little liars have been linked since 2018 and have basically been inseparable ever since.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2022
• It’s basically David Attenbrough, but in a different jungle and with arguably deadlier wildlife.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2022
• Universal has basically dedicated their business to it.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
• And of course, in our high schools, the numbers are basically the same.
  — NBC News, 5 Feb. 2023
• Jews were basically banned from the city in 1941, forced to live in a ghetto.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2023
• She was basically not allowed to have a lab with the men.
  — Ashraya Gupta, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2023
• The new structures were basically built from the ruins of the old ones.
  — Demetrios Ioannou, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024
• Your face and the concrete are basically close friends at that point.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023
• Or the feeds basically went out and they could be captured by clients.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
• So basically, applying SPF on the scalp with a focus to the part is not a step to be skipped.
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2024
• And that was basically a stent going up into the brain to pull out a blood clot.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2024
• And, of course, Halestorm ranks as a highlight on basically any bill.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• These are basically times that display the same number on the clock.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 15 June 2023
• And so in this case, basically the viewer becomes the heart.
  — Janell Ross, Time, 21 Jan. 2023
• One of the hazards of long-term sweater wear is pilling — basically the age spots of fabric.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
• Later, Biden held a call with mega-donors and basically told them to buzz off.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
• But by the end of the day Wall Street's ultimate verdict seemed to be that things are basically fine.
  — Heard Editors, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2024
• Every piece of the plot hinges on basically three lies or lies of omission.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2023
• But a lot of it is like, basically there is no machine.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Mar. 2023
• These offer a table of contents, basically just a list of all the headers on the page.
  — Justin Pot, Popular Science, 20 July 2023
• Yet, everyone has been ready to put the band in the Rock Hall basically from the moment that record was released.
  — Jim Harrington, SPIN, 8 Nov. 2023
• And all my films are basically movies made on the road or travelling.
  — Nathan Taylor Pemberton, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024