How to Use by and large in a Sentence

by and large

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• So far, the vaccines have held the line, by and large, against the onrushing swarm of variants.
  — Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2021
• But by and large, the women on these teams seem to agree: Simone Biles did the right thing.
  — Sarah Spelling, Vogue, 28 July 2021
• But by and large, as many health officials and politicians have said, this is now a pandemic of the unvaccinated.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2021
• But these solutions stand as small exceptions to the rule, which is that, by and large, space and money in a post-quarantine world is going to the superstars.
  — Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2021
• Builders, by and large, focus on more-expensive, more-profitable homes at a time when demand is so high that even established homeowners can’t find a new place to buy.
  — Amber Randall, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Aug. 2021
• The rate of adoption of electric vehicles will, by and large, be the major driver of future oil demand because road fuel accounts for half of global oil demand.
  — CNN, 8 July 2021
• Some last-minute trips are manageable (hiking, say, or a road trip), but by and large, travel advisers recommend planning nine to 12 months in advance.
  — Christian L. Wright, WSJ, 30 June 2021
• Yes, the delta variant is infecting some people who have been vaccinated, but those people, by and large, are experiencing mild symptoms.
  — Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2021
• The plan also seeks to increase wages of early child care providers, who are by and large women of color who currently earn about $12.24 an hour without any benefits.
  — New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
• And to that point, our summer survey results indicate that CEOs, by and large, are still generally optimistic.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 31 July 2024
• The entrees are meaty affairs, by and large, each differentiated by cooking technique, protein and subtle variations in spice and aromatics.
  — Washington Post, 19 July 2021
• Fans by and large want to see lots of offense and lots of points.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2021
• But, by and large, drinkers simply adapted to the change.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
• But, by and large, the players of the era are captured, in addition to the feel.
  — Dallas News, 30 Oct. 2022
• Suppose that the numbers showed that by and large, the drivers went to the right edge.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• The club believes the upside, by and large, was already there.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2023
• But by and large, Watt hadn’t yet figured out how to work with his idol.
  — Brad Sanders, SPIN, 13 Mar. 2023
• But, by and large, Irabién prefers tortillas hot off the comal.
  — Washington Post, 15 June 2022
• Alaskans and Americans are, by and large, very middle-of-the-road.
  — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2022
• But by and large, the day belonged to the Patriots’ defense.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 16 Aug. 2022
• But by and large, this is not something that is common in this league.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2023
• Well, by and large, he's stayed in the low 20s in the polls, and at times that's been as many as 30 points behind Donald Trump.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
• What there don’t seem to have been, by and large, were ruling classes.
  — George Scialabba, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2021
• Sofia: But by and large, the actual body of the aluminum can is pretty easy to process.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 16 May 2023
• Those who cook have had to pick a side, and the restaurant business has, by and large, sided with gas.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
• Journalists, by and large, would prefer to host the chat shows.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 4 Feb. 2022
• In his mother’s eyes, the writer is, by and large, an anomaly.
  — Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
• And Western countries, by and large, did not want to have that onshore.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Dec. 2023
• The upshot: the Brits, by and large, aren't buying Bailey's call for pay restraint.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2022
• It’s a group of misfits that by and large have always felt like outsiders.
  — Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2022

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024