How to Use expressly in a Sentence

expressly

adverb

• This is not the aim of the Academy, at least not expressly.
  — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 18 Mar. 2022
• To the contrary, the court expressly passed on that question.
  — WSJ, 12 Oct. 2020
• Nothing in the show is more than five years old, and some works were made expressly for the exhibit.
  — Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 13 Jan. 2021
• Four works of art were commissioned expressly for the site.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• John Adams expressly feared two great parties that would just clash and clash.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2021
• Hayes noted that Sanchez painted the suite of six conchas expressly for the show.
  — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Sep. 2021
• Last week, the Supreme Court gave them their wish and expressly overruled the Chevron decision.
  — Erwin Chemerinsky, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
• Others expressly disavowed the new blue badge, which seemed to them anything but cool.
  — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
• As the name suggests, this hoodie was designed expressly to take on your trips.
  — Katie Chang, Forbes, 8 June 2022
• The president said the new Georgia law was expressly what the House bill was designed to prevent.
  — New York Times, 26 Mar. 2021
• There is no Michigan law that expressly permits the open carry of firearms.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2020
• This steamer looks to be expressly designed for quick hits.
  — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2024
• This makes sense since it’s expressly designed to be breathable.
  — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2023
• One of the laws is expressly concerned with juvenile victims like the one the film focuses on.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
• There are now a number of pieces designed expressly for high summer.
  — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 1 June 2021
• This subconsciously and expressly justifies the sale in the mind of the potential client.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• Buildings constructed expressly for the Games – and there are only two – have been done so with legacy in mind.
  — Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2024
• The band’s 11th studio album arrives with 10 songs almost expressly about loss, grieving and the struggle to move on.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
• For their one-off about the Charles who would be king, Jennings’ team pulled from unaired news footage newly digitized expressly for the film.
  — Ben Croll, Variety, 19 June 2023
• While most candles are used in the evening to set a relaxing tone at the end of a hectic day, this one was expressly developed to do the opposite.
  — Katie Chang, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
• Travelers like me come expressly for these glowing waters, which have none of the crowds of Tulum and Cancún.
  — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2021
• OpenAI has not said how much its voice interface tries to measure the emotions of users, but Hume’s is expressly designed to do that.
  — Will Knight, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
• Many of the decorative cloths were made expressly for customers in places as far-flung as Europe, Egypt and Southeast Asia.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 18 May 2022
• Many of them died on streets where the city and its infrastructure expressly allow drivers to travel at lethal speeds.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024
• But such a goal is rarely achieved; some lumber is even harvested expressly for lump charcoal.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 9 July 2021
• Erie County Sheriff John Garcia expressly called the shooting a hate crime.
  — Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2022
• In fact, section 9(c)(2) expressly states a reserve study is a factor for the board to consider when budgeting for the reserve fund.
  — Howard Dakoff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2022
• The series will focus expressly on the players and coaches, their journeys, and will not have any narration.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 Mar. 2022
• In fact, it is often preferred in Southern circles to leave behind any leftovers for the hosts, unless expressly stated otherwise.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
• By and large, the stories tend to feature a heroine fleeing the city to take refuge in conservative, if not expressly partisan, predominantly white small towns.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024