How to Use mightily in a Sentence

mightily

adverb

• They contributed mightily to the cause.
• She struggled mightily to read his handwriting.
• The soldiers fought mightily before finally surrendering.
• That said, Utah still struggled mightily to keep him, and the rest of the guards, out of the paint.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
• The Toreros struggled mightily putting the ball in the basket.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2021
• The French, the Dutch, the British and later the Americans fought mightily over these 20 square miles.
  — Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
• The complexion of things for the buy-buy-buy Padres would change mightily.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• The Aztecs have struggled mightily getting the ball into the end zone.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2022
• Alabama struggled mightily in the loss to Texas on both sides of the ball.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 13 Sep. 2023
• The Celtics held their own for the first quarter, but struggled mightily in the second.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2021
• Jay tried mightily to beat on, to fight the current, to rewrite his past but in the end could not overcome it.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2020
• The Colts have struggled mightily on offense most of the season.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Nov. 2022
• Louisville struggled mightily on the ground in the first half and tallied just 173 total yards.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2021
• Challengers from the centre and left have tried mightily, and failed, to unseat him.
  — The Economist, 30 Dec. 2020
• River Hill’s bats struggled mightily for much of the game.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2023
• Jarvis was a first-round pick in 2020 but struggled mightily in Double-A last year.
  — The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
• The United States would struggle mightily to flatten the country or to take and hold it.
  — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2024
• Over the last four years, the arts and entertainment have suffered mightily as Trump held court in the White House.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 5 Jan. 2021
• Dalbec struggled mightily in the first week of the season.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2021
• Two decades ago, the chum runs crashed, but the stocks rebounded mightily in the years afterward.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2021
• The Bucs, who’ve struggled mightily on the offensive side of the ball in recent weeks, are 2.5-point favorites.
  — Catena Media, al, 13 Nov. 2022
• LeVert struggled mightily from the field (1 of 12) but did chip in nine assists.
  — Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2023
• The piercing cries of the bugle, along with the ways in which the boys struggle mightily with the unseen force of the wind, are full of poignance and futility.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2021
• The other is the Jaguars, a team that has struggled mightily in Lucas Oil Stadium for the last half-decade.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 12 May 2023
• My husband fell in twice, my mom fell in once and the kids complained mightily of soreness and boredom.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 27 July 2021
• That said, the Padres also struggled mightily against the Dodgers in the regular season.
  — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• The guy who was part of the Hader trade but never pitched for the Brewers has struggled mightily in Colorado this year.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2023
• The Mavs offense struggled mightily in the first half scoring 30 points in the first half and only eight in the second quarter.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2024
• The Trojans offensive line struggled mightily in the first half of the season, while Moss was often asked to do too much to lift the offense.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
• All-Defensive Heat center Bam Adebayo has struggled mightily to score from anywhere.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Jan 2025