How to Use newly in a Sentence
newly
adverb- The room is newly painted.
- That is a newly acquired habit.
- Here is where we keep the newly arrived merchandise.
- They are a newly married couple.
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And then, of course, there is Trump himself, newly subpoenaed but not any likelier to testify.
— Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2022 -
For the world, this may portend a China newly energized to pursue Xi’s agenda.
— Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2022 -
The newly rechargeable controllers feel more solid in the hand and can now track themselves even when they can’t be seen by the headset’s outward-facing cameras.
— Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 28 Oct. 2022 -
So many popular and newly released Apple products are on sale for up to 43 percent off — this rarely happens!
— Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022 -
Google’s newly announced Nest Wifi Pro (two-pack is $300) lands this month, and there will be many more in the near future.
— Simon Hill, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2022 -
He was exhausted from organizing weeks of nationwide protests against a spate of oil and mining projects newly greenlit by Ecuador’s government.
— Alexander Zaitchik, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2022 -
Jordan portrayed Phil, a newly single gay man who works as the head baker at the café owned by the titular Kat (Mayim Bialik).
— Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2022 -
Now he will be known, too, for a South Side school that newly bears his name.
— Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023 -
Of the new works, 42 were newly acquired and many of them made their gallery debuts.
— Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2023 -
These are the same old Dems, in other words, but newly willing to bring the fight.
— Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024 -
In the 1987 video, the newly brunette singer dances in a red ruffled flamenco dress to the sounds of guitar.
— Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023 -
Child's play: This newly turned vampire just had to go and try to get others.
— Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 July 2024 -
The video ends with Jelly Roll heading to a bathroom to check out his newly shorn hair in the mirror.
— Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 30 June 2023 -
Was it newly made in the Kyburg forge or already worn in battle?
— Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024 -
Culkin and Snook joined in on the action, with Culkin smashing an egg on Strong's newly bald dome for good measure.
— Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 29 May 2023 -
Not enough follow-up care to prevent the newly housed from going out the back door and returning to the streets.
— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2022 -
In the grand old city of Istanbul, there is a lot that’s newly built and stridently flashy.
— Carl Swanson, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2022 -
The barn is newly-built for the duo, and has air conditioning for the summer months and heating for when the weather gets chilly.
— Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Nov. 2022 -
Bowling is one of tens of thousands of tech employees newly out of work over the course of a somber couple of weeks.
— Anne Sraders, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023 -
This newly launched gold version comes with a sleeker chain and doesn’t have crystals on the letters.
— Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024 -
Piety becomes psychedelia in an image of a once well-meaning minstrel whose mind has been newly turned on and tuned in.
— Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023 -
Start the smallest circle about 10 inches from the trunk of mature trees, 6 inches from the trunks of those newly planted.
— Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023 -
Post–time jump, Lance is more present than ever, working as a nurse while newly engaged to Brooke (Heléne Yorke).
— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 25 May 2023 -
The newly-single star looked striking in a one-shoulder little black dress.
— Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Apr. 2023 -
Camila Cabello covered her newly dark hair with a black lace veil, as did Jazzelle Zanaughtti.
— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024 -
Some gardeners remove every leaf remaining on the newly pruned rose as a precaution.
— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
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