How to Use entirety in a Sentence
entirety
noun- I wish that I could find a card for Valentine's Day that expresses the entirety of my love.
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During the entirety of my stay, my wallet remained in my room until checkout.
— Josh Rivera, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024 -
Few of the justices seemed interested in siding with either side in their entirety.
— Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Jan. 2023 -
At this stage, what prioritizing locals over tourists will look like in its entirety is hard to quantify—surely, there will be some overlap.
— Will McGough, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 -
The 6-foot-11 fourth-year junior was in uniform and on the bench for the entirety of the game, initially with ice on his left knee and later wore a brace.
— oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023 -
The episode was then taken down in its entirety, before finally being restored with the segment eliminated.
— Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023 -
Swift first performed the 10-minute version in its entirety on Saturday Night Live a day after the album came out.
— Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024 -
With permission, ARTnews is republishing that piece in its entirety here.
— Cindy Sherman, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024 -
This transaction will also resolve, in their entirety, all of Berberian’s legal disputes with her three siblings and with the Chargers.
— Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024 -
In the 2021 playoffs, Leonard tore the ACL in his right knee, missing the rest of that season as well as the entirety of the next one.
— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024 -
What will the country look like with boomers, who have had a stranglehold on American politics for the entirety of my almost 40 years on this planet, largely out of power?
— Jill Filipovic, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023 -
Katie and Steve would stay on for the entirety of the trip.
— Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024 -
Woods, once the game started, would take a seat on the bench and stay there for the entirety of the game.
— The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2023 -
But the plaintiffs are not asking the court to block the map in its entirety.
— Emma Platoff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023 -
But, the entirety of her small check went to Screen Actors Guild fees to join the union.
— Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024 -
The band will perform all the songs from the album in its entirety each night.
— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023 -
The Clippers will be without Paul George for the entirety of the first round.
— Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023 -
Head over to The New Yorker to read the Frank profile in its entirety.
— Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Dec. 2023 -
Fans will have to wait until March 29 to hear Act II in its entirety and see how the rest of the songs sound.
— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024 -
One northbound lane will stay closed for the entirety of that span.
— Killian Baarlaer, The Enquirer, 18 July 2024 -
The photo of him signing the bill could haunt him for the entirety of his campaign.
— Tori Otten, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2023 -
Beef shank provides a good ratio of meat with bone and can be used for the entirety of the meat's needs.
— Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023 -
Play Joni Mitchell’s album Blue in its entirety with the lights off.
— Sarah Gundle, WIRED, 22 July 2023 -
Some deals will last for the entirety of the sale, while others only pop up for a few hours.
— Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023 -
And as the Sun attempted to go for the win, their best player — Thomas — watched from the bench for the entirety of the fourth quarter.
— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024 -
Head over to Rolling Stones’ website to read the excerpt in its entirety.
— Zack Sharf, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023 -
The ruling came as part of a lawsuit filed by physicians that asked the court to strike down the ban in its entirety.
— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2024 -
The next night, the group will play the album in its entirety at New York’s Bowery Ballroom.
— Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 Nov. 2023 -
At the end of January, the list will be published in its entirety.
— Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024 -
Although that part is true, that's only half the story's entirety.
— Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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