How to Use differently in a Sentence

differently

adverb
  • Don’t let Trump, or anyone else, tell you any differently.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Tomlin and Field felt a bit differently about their more matronly garb.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023
  • By the end of all these exercises, students start to see colors differently, as odd as that sounds.
    Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • We are each surrounded by people who think and process information differently than us.
    Bryan Stallings, Quartz, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Dependent care accounts work a bit differently: The money must already be in the account to be used.
    Ron Lieber, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
  • But it has not been run differently: The Boehly era has been as turbulent and messy as the one that preceded it; arguably more so.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 4 Feb. 2023
  • In this light The Favourite, a satire about an incompetent female ruler, is greeted very differently.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Managers are often skeptical of change initiatives and show this differently.
    Peter Follows, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Kojima took to social media to predict that audiences will view Todd Phillips‘ film differently in the next decade or two.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Testifiers from across Alaska said the results of flat funding have been far-reaching and have hit rural and urban districts differently.
    Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Oak Creek handles things a bit differently, employing poll workers to assist with early voting, Roeske said.
    Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
  • People of prominence and privilege definitely are treated differently than people who are voiceless.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Specifically, our bill ensures that firearms retailers are not considered differently than general or sporting goods merchants.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Buona Beef cooks its meat differently from the rest of the places on this list.
    Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu, Bon Appétit, 16 June 2023
  • You’re treated differently in the press than a man is, for sure.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 2 June 2023
  • There are a few different hinge points on the show in which things could have gone differently.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Having children saved me — and taught me to be in this world differently.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
  • But back in those days, things worked very differently.
    Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
  • That might be true as the seedling emerges from the seed, but when that tree grows to 5 or so years old, the root system develops very differently.
    Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 23 Sep. 2024
  • And Koepka was left to wonder if things might have turned out differently had someone else been in the group ahead of him.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The pan-fried dish is cheap and fast, and everyone makes theirs a little differently.
    Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Some students may have been kept alive longer, or done away with differently.
    Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Wall Street has viewed Nike and Adidas very differently during the past 12 months.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 16 July 2024
  • To say the least, the three avocados had aged quite differently.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2023
  • What is your school doing differently this year to keep kids safe and engaged?
    CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Across the Spider-Verse is no exception, but the lesson at the core of this plot hits differently somehow.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 June 2023
  • Kristin does things differently, and that can be a source of amusement as well as confusion.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
  • That happened differently every time, and that’s the one that landed.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2023
  • But after that first year, the school approached the setup differently.
    Maura Turcotte, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The 49-foot, 4-inch-long hull is long, open and lithe like most US sportboats, but carries itself differently.
    Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2023

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