How to Use dearly in a Sentence

dearly

adverb

• I would dearly love to see them again.
• He dearly wanted to believe that it was true.
• That leads many to borrow again and again, creating a debt trap that costs them dearly.
  — Tim Chen, Fortune, 6 June 2018
• His presence on this earth will be missed dearly by so many, but no one as much as his daughter and family.
  — Anna Spoerre, OregonLive.com, 12 June 2018
• Investors and regulators would both dearly love to know where the next crisis will come from.
  — The Economist, 1 May 2018
• What a wonderful, talented woman who will be dearly missed.
  — Marina Liao, Marie Claire, 5 June 2018
• Our weekends are dedicated to football, whilst our weekdays are spent keeping up to date with the latest on the club we so dearly love.
  — SI.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• In fact, Miller might not even be the reliever who’s been missed the most dearly by Cleveland in 2018.
  — Emma Baccellieri, SI.com, 15 May 2018
• Still Brokenhearted: Please accept my sympathy for the loss of your clearly dearly beloved son.
  — Abby, Houston Chronicle, 28 Apr. 2018
• Her creativity, talent, and wonderful spirit will be dearly missed.
  — Diana Tsui, The Cut, 6 June 2018
• Fox News has paid dearly for the numerous harassment allegations.
  — Claire Atkinson, NBC News, 17 May 2018
• Then along came specialized channels like the dearly departed Speedvision.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 7 May 2018
• He will also be dearly remembered by his mother, Alicia, his brother James and sister Angelita.
  — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
• His nephew, filmmaker Matthew Norman, said in 2012 that that act of solidarity had cost his uncle dearly.
  — Laura Smith-Spark, CNN, 28 Apr. 2018
• The Cavs missed him dearly -- at both ends of the floor.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2021
• He’s got the heart and the talent and is loved dearly by the fans.
  — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
• Insured or not, the loss of the car could cost him dearly.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2021
• He will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 3 Dec. 2019
• There was no one quite like him, and he will be dearly missed.
  — Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, 4 Sep. 2019
• There is no one else like her, and I, like many, will miss her dearly.
  — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 24 Apr. 2020
• The result was a 13-7 loss that could end up costing the team dearly in the race for the N.F.C.’s No. 1 seed in the playoffs.
  — New York Times, 7 Nov. 2021
• The penalty on Tavon Young late in the game almost cost dearly.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 12 Oct. 2021
• Washington has the best pass defense in the Pac-12 and the Huskies made Nolan pay dearly.
  — oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2021
• Thank you for the years of laughter and comedic genius, you will be dearly missed.
  — Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2022
• He was loved by so many people and will be dearly missed.
  — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 June 2018
• At home and among all those who loved you dearly, you will be missed always.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2022
• In a short squeeze, traders attempt to drive up the price so that short-sellers are forced to pay dearly.
  — al, 4 Mar. 2021
• His bright future, bought so dearly, seemed on the verge of burning out.
  — Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
• The Dodgers’ latest concern: a suddenly shaky late-game bullpen, one that cost them dearly in a 7-6 walk-off loss to the Houston Astros on Saturday.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2024
• As expected, the American basketball stars had to pull off the victory in an arena that dearly hoped Team France would win their first Olympic gold in basketball on home soil.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024