How to Use really in a Sentence

really

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  • The dog runs really fast.
  • I had a really good time at the party.
  • The water is really hot.
  • She's a really nice person.
  • The cars around us honked and weaved — was this really worth it?
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Not to split hairs, but the look of the 1950s was really born a few years prior.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2024
  • But the Aztecs really should be in a five-way tie for second.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • This is an epic gift and a really good date night idea, all in one.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Those are on sale for $248 which, again, is a really great deal.
    Condé Nast, WIRED, 12 July 2023
  • But is an ‘Alexandria in the cloud’ really an open sesame?
    Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The only one that really matters is the last on Dec. 4, of course.
    Ralph D. Russo, ajc, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream to really take this dessert to the next level.
    Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2023
  • But at the end of the day, there was a lot more plays than that last play that really dictated the outcome of the game.
    Mike Harley, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The Falcons don’t really throw it, and now Kyle Pitts is out.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022
  • There really isn’t a better way to start a new year than with a good hike.
    Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • So just to address that part of it, that feels really hard.
    Jack Irvin, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
  • So, for me, that has a really special place in my heart.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Reich guided the Colts to the playoffs twice and this isn't really about him.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Game really was over this time, with the Utes emerging 2-0.
    Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The Pac-12’s parting shot was a bunch of really good ones on a golf course in Carlsbad.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2024
  • Even some really nice stuff, the sort that lights a fire in you to push through that which is less than ideal.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2022
  • When food is really caked on, Byun puts a small amount of water in the pan and brings it to a simmer.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Javier and Vincent and the team at Mucho Mas really know how to do that.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Apr. 2024
  • But that first exchange was so brief—really just long enough to agree to speak again.
    Keren Blankfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
  • But there, if there’s a rule in place, it is really followed.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
  • But the second half was really where Lopez Sénéchal shined.
    Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2023
  • In terms of the support from the girls, that’s really full circle, to be quite honest.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2024
  • San Diego has a lot of restaurants with really good food, but the service is not as good.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Or, to be more direct: Do the Niners really believe that’s what’s in store for them in the second half?
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • But really, my question here is this: Do doctors really sleep shirtless in the on-call room?
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024

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