How to Use clearly in a Sentence

clearly

adverb
  • You should try to speak more clearly.
  • The problem is very clearly getting worse.
  • The mountain was clearly visible in the distance.
  • Still, says Miller, the house was clearly a crime scene.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 11 May 2024
  • By the 2010s, the device was clearly in a steep decline.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2024
  • By the time March hit, Gray had clearly found her stride.
    — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Part of Jean’s drive to make art clearly comes from a need to work through her past.
    — Kristen Martin, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
  • So the team is clearly still hoping the four-time MVP will choose them.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2025
  • They were sent to the queen and prince — and were clearly acceptable.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022
  • This was a case tried in front of a judge who clearly should have recused.
    — ABC News, 2 June 2024
  • Click on the ‘Live’ tab, and all the options are front and center, clearly laid out.
    — Gary Pearson | Catena Media, al, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Since Lena's a Buddhist, this is clearly a clue of some sort.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The song clearly touched a nerve, topping the Jamaican charts for weeks.
    — Reshma B, VIBE.com, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Prichett clearly isn’t the only coach who shares that thought.
    — Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • And while that risk remains, the worst is clearly behind us.
    — Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
  • There are now 146 dolls for children (and, clearly, full-blown adults) to choose from.
    — Ana Escalante, Glamour, 29 July 2022
  • In the wake of the tragedy, many of Danielle’s followers are clearly still struggling.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
  • And why would Foyt and JHR, clearly in building phases, take on the headache and last-minute project?
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2023
  • For now, there are clearly limits to how well AI can do the job of a human on its own.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 24 June 2023
  • The talking points of both parties had clearly sunk in.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
  • There’s value in that too, thought clearly not as much.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The streets of London may not be paved with gold, but there’s still clearly plenty of it around.
    — Adam Gale, Fortune Europe, 8 May 2024
  • This is clearly Palmer's road-not-taken, and Kasie's ready to throw hands, but Palmer asks her to stand down.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 May 2023
  • That clearly displayed how the dollar can be weaponized.
    — Tuugi Chuluun, The Conversation, 1 June 2023
  • Smart’s zest for her life — all of it, even the challenging parts — comes through clearly.
    — J Wortham, New York Times, 12 May 2024
  • The techs scrambled all over the stage clearly trying to fix things that weren’t working.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Apr. 2024
  • Leave it to Troy Aikman to state what clearly was on the mind of Jerry Jones up in his suite after the fourth.
    — Dallas News, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The Thirsty Goat was clearly the hub of the local community.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 July 2024
  • That this all sounds a bit out of time and space is obviously a good hook, and clearly by design.
    — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Something about Moss taking a moment to herself, and being captured doing so by paparazzi, clearly spoke to the Haim sisters.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025

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