How to Use thusly in a Sentence

thusly

adverb
  • And, thusly, a head start in Dead Reckoning — Part Two.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 15 July 2023
  • Almost half of the states’ flags can be described thusly and boringly: a blue field with the state seal in the center.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Foret was charged thusly in a bill of information filed Aug. 25.
    Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The Jaguars' second-half possessions ended thusly: turnover on downs, punt, turnover on downs, punt and the expiration of the game clock.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Maybe the business models were in crisis and thusly had to reinvent themselves due to piracy.
    Billboard Argentina, Billboard, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Eight Rebels drives ended thusly: punt, punt, punt, punt, fumble, punt, fumble, punt.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The Chilean's decisions have thusly come under fire and his latest one has and will likely leave many scratching their heads.
    SI.com, 22 May 2018
  • What lucky theoretical groupie in 1975 wouldn’t want to be wooed thusly?
    Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2021
  • And thusly, the cycle begins: Idris Elba will never marry you (boo!) . . .
    Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 11 July 2017
  • The moment lasted only seconds, but the child's brief appearance thusly turned him into one of the Winter Olympics' first bona fide memes.
    Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Zaddy, thusly, applies to many a hero and villain in Westeros and Essos.
    Puja Prakash, Vogue, 3 May 2019
  • The shelves are thusly stocked with the works of such notables as Chinua Achebe and Alice Walker, as well as a wide selection of new releases.
    Keziah Weir, Vanities, 24 May 2018
  • The company's founder, Elon Musk, summarized the situation thusly: Scrubbed for the day.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 Aug. 2020
  • According to Metro, the Queen knew Harry and Meghan would need to get away from it all, and thusly gifted them another cottage (one can never have too many).
    Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 3 June 2018
  • McIlroy’s nightmare opening hole unfolded thusly: His first drive hooked left out of bounds.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
  • Go ahead and thusly add this: Dump truck on overpass dumps a load of noxious asphalt onto freeway traffic below.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The reaction of some Trump supporters to the president floating the idea of abolishing the White House briefings can be summed up thusly: Hell yeah!
    Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 15 May 2017
  • Their possessions after halftime ended thusly: punt, punt, punt, field goal, punt, punt, punt.
    Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • On Sunday, the Raiders got off to a horrid start before finding their footing, with their first three possessions ending thusly: three and out, fumble, pick-six.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The current deal environment can be summed up thusly: Giant mergers are fine.
    Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The invitations to 600 guests described the high church dress code thusly: For men, military uniforms, morning coats or lounge suits, otherwise known as business suits in not-wacky colors.
    Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 16 May 2018
  • After the touchdown on the opening drive, the Panthers' drives ended thusly: punt, fumble, interception, punt, punt, punt, fumble, punt, interception, and turnover on downs.
    Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2023
  • Always remember that the responses are based on the vast trove of writing by humans that exists on the Internet and thusly will highly resemble human writing.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Go forth and dine on fried morsels and confectionery delights pierced thusly by wooden stakes, which shall provide ye enough energy to battle midway game operators.
    Amy Bartner, Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2017
  • That movie's plot went thusly: A nurse (Gilles Lellouche) working at a hospital does a dangerous criminal’s bidding after his pregnant wife is kidnapped.
    Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 12 July 2019
  • Give your bowl a quarter turn and continue thusly, until the lighter mixture is almost fully incorporated.
    Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Trying to decide whether to rely on that type of advice can thusly be extraordinarily challenging since the advice is seemingly not totally in either camp per se.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Springy Sun Noodles steeped in shio, shoyu, tonkotsu — even vegan mushroom broth — with heady accouterments in beautifully dressed bowls priced perfectly for sake add-on and thusly, a Bib Gourmand distinction.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The above travel disaster could easily have been solved and thusly avoided by any mathematician worth his weight in suburban math-conference trophies.
    Vulture, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Between technical glitches and food worries, retail therapy and sheer amnesia, something has happened to shopping during the pandemic that can be summed up thusly: rubber chickens.
    Leanne Italie, Houston Chronicle, 30 May 2020

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