How to Use mostly in a Sentence

mostly

adverb
  • Highs are mostly in the low 50s, with light winds from the south.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The fog should clear by noon and leave a mostly cloudy day.
    oregonlive, 31 Dec. 2022
  • In the evening, there will be a chance of snow and will be mostly cloudy with a low around 8.
    Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The details of that are still mostly in the planning stage.
    Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The clientele was mostly hipsters, and there weren’t many of them.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • By 2022, though the fires are absent, the terrain is still mostly brown.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The songs are mostly sung in English but some are in Italian.
    Billboard Italy, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Monday will again be mostly cloudy with a bit of sun and highs back in the upper 40s.
    Mike Rose, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Her clients, as young as 4 years old, range up through young adults and adults, but are mostly kids and teenagers.
    Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The crowd, which was made up mostly of press and stunt performers, cheered.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
  • So there won't be any following of the case, such as the Griner case, which was at least mostly open.
    Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Tropical-storm-force winds extend out 205 miles, mostly to the east of the storm.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The trail to the resort site is along a mostly flat shelf that borders the southern shore of Twin Lakes, 22 miles from town.
    James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Skies will be mostly cloudy, but there will be cloud breaks as well with some sun peeking through.
    oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The afternoon will be mostly cloudy with a chance for a shower or two.
    Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The polling data tell us that the election was mostly about the economy.
    Randall Stephenson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The difference from one phone to the next is mostly for connoisseurs to parse.
    Peter C. Baker, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • The funding is now independent in these cities, mostly from the state and one-time grants.
    Elinor Simek, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • This has, in turn, boosted the value of property and shares, which is mostly owned by the rich.
    Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 17 May 2023
  • In pictures from the 1965 event, Johnson stands out in striking red among a sea of mostly black suits.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Most of the settlement stuff with the NFL was mostly my agency and legal team.
    Irie Harris, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Available for small groups or as one-on-one lessons, courses are mostly the same in Milan and Madrid.
    Sandra Salibian, WWD, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Sunday looks like a good one with partly to mostly sunny skies and highs again from 6o to 65.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The exclusive menu items are mostly sweet treats such as milkshakes and desserts.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 28 July 2023
  • Hours can be a tad unpredictable, but are mostly 5-10 p.m. for now.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2023
  • His warm up act was a video of old black and white movie clips, mostly a homage to his lifelong man-crush Paul Newman.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The sets, by the design collective dots, are mostly cheap flats that are far too short for the size of the Lyceum proscenium.
    Christian Lewis, Variety, 12 July 2024
  • For years, the walking group of mostly older adults known as the Walkie Talkies met several times a week.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 2023
  • One of his images features a mostly dry riverbed, its sand mysteriously streaked.
    Alex Cuadros, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The story about Dieter sounds mostly made up, likely by a lustful Kier who invented a lustful brother to cover up his secret shame.
    Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025

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