How to Use manually in a Sentence

manually

adverb
  • Much of the process had to be manually done and took time to complete.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Dark web reports are free and can be run manually from the Google One website and app in the US.
    Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 1 June 2023
  • This pool float can be blown up in a few minutes manually or with a pump.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
  • For the bread test, while the mixer was large enough to accommodate the dough, the baker had to manually scrape the bowl.
    Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 9 July 2023
  • Just keep in mind that the pads have to be removed manually, so your hands may get a bit dirty after use.
    Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Those who are or do will be blocked and and manually reviewed.
    WIRED, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Are you doomed to search for the track, album, or artist on those services manually?
    Justin Pot, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Raking leaves manually can take a long time and a lot of elbow grease.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Keep in Mind Users have to manually control the audio every time a video comes on.
    Jack Byram, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2024
  • One of the best parts about the snow machines, Alba says, is that the quality of the snow can be manually modified.
    Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 29 Feb. 2024
  • At present the two sections of the chip have to be aligned manually to ensure the waveguides match up, which would be a difficult process to scale up, says Kues.
    IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2023
  • On the outside, there’s a digital LCD timer that can be preset or manually set with the turn of a dial.
    Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The clocks are manually started and stopped by a major-league employee sitting in a booth at the top of the loge seats behind home plate.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Its removal form requires people to manually submit URLs and the search terms that were used to find the content.
    Matt Burgess, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Heated front seats that are manually adjustable are also standard on the AT4, and so is the nice-to-have remote start.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 8 May 2023
  • Most of her customers now prefer to manually grind their items into paste at home themselves rather than pay the new price of 100 naira.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN, 7 July 2023
  • To extend the life, manually turn off candles after use or use the timer function.
    Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The lights operate on a timer of eight hours on and 16 hours off, but can also be manually turned on and off as well as programmed to your own schedule.
    Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Kalra said the biggest part of his job is checking through entries that fans write in manually, like the guesses about Swift's surprise songs.
    Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Once the prongs are fully inserted, manually twist the opener to remove the cork.
    Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Your other option, of course, would be to tackle the job by hand, using an algae scrubber brush to manually brush the perimeter of the pool.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The tool also helps workers track expiry dates such that staff only need to manually check 1% to 7% of products, Lykke said.
    Sanne Wass, Fortune Europe, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The tanks are maintained manually, meaning lab staff top up the nitrogen by hand.
    Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 20 Mar. 2023
  • While the dust bin was incredibly easy to empty, there was some hair stuck inside that had to be manually fetched out at the end of its cleaning run.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2023
  • There's no remote, but manually switching among the three speed settings is easy.
    Lynn Redmile, Good Housekeeping, 27 Mar. 2023
  • As soon as that concentration is reached, the researchers manually remove a part of the algae and add a growth medium.
    IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
  • With stick shift, the driver has to manually change from one gear to another while increasing speed.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
  • This occurred after the vessel was manually steered from the engine room.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Spin it manually to find your furbaby or turn on auto-tracking.
    Medea Giordano, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
  • In some cases, the fecal matter has to be removed manually, with your fingers.
    Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 15 June 2023

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