How to Use virtually in a Sentence

virtually

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• The stadium was virtually empty by the time the game ended.
• That illness is virtually unknown in this area.
• We spent virtually all day shopping.
• I remember virtually everything he said.
• The slices at the new Scarr’s are virtually the same as at the old, which is a thrill, and a relief.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2023
• At first, the star virtually called on famous chefs to help teach her how to cook.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
• Board meetings are open to the public and held virtually on the second Wednesday of the month.
  — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
• Within a day, the cows were back at sea, where virtually no one could know, or smell, their plight.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
• At higher ends of the scale, virtually no sound comes through.
  — Dan Roe, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2023
• In the show, Hyacinth is a smart and opinionated young girl, virtually the same as in the books.
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 13 June 2024
• The list of films available virtually can be found here.
  — Justin L. MacK, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
• An email, virtually out of the blue, from a bona fide movie star—who wouldn’t be excited?
  — Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
• Each of the folks who collaborated to forge a deal get their share of the fees virtually the day the checks arrive.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 July 2023
• This will be Biden's second meeting, the first one was held virtually last month.
  — NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
• It was held virtually after the start of the pandemic in 2020.
  — Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
• In the event, the figure was a paper gain of about $5 billion for him, virtually pure profit.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
• Above all, many of the best and brightest in virtually every field have now fled Russia.
  — David A. Andelman, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
• The two have now made 20 movies together, a virtually unheard-of joint body of work.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2023
• The group has spent $4.6 million on ads in the state since the primary, but virtually nothing since the end of last month, per AdImpact.
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2022
• Just like that, Sony and Marvel are free to tell a story that can have virtually no ties to the previous ones.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 11 Nov. 2022
• It was edited over five years from 230 hours of footage and virtually no archival images.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 May 2024
• The laws in place for the handling all of that brain data are virtually non-existent.
  — Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2024
• In layman's terms: This puppy can wash away all sorts of gunk — from rust to mud to mildew — with virtually no problem.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023
• This allows virtually all monies raised to go directly to St Jude and add to the total.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2022
• This was very much the case for Raspe’s novel, as his Munchausen was based on a still-living person with virtually the same name.
  — Rosemary Counter, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
• Majors has appeared once in court virtually in May and once in person, on June 20, with Good at his side.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2023
• The Lilac fire burned in a west-southwest direction in a region that has had virtually no rain since last spring.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
• There were virtually no Black writers or artists at EC, and today that’s changed.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2023
• Morales had filed her asylum application and paid for an attorney, who joined the hearing virtually from Florida.
  — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
• Throughout virtually all its history, SNL has enjoyed the enviable position of being the only live sketch comedy show that could comment in real time on current events.
  — Al Franken, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 3 Mar 2025