VIRTUALLY in a Sentence
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54 example sentences for VIRTUALLY, such as:
1. This new material is virtually unbreakable.
2. The French, moreover, were virtual victors.
3. Georgia was virtually under martial law now.
4. The human spirit is virtually indestructible.
5. Her fear virtually imprisoned her in her home.
2. The French, moreover, were virtual victors.
3. Georgia was virtually under martial law now.
4. The human spirit is virtually indestructible.
5. Her fear virtually imprisoned her in her home.
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Meanings and Examples of VIRTUALLY
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virtually
ad. in essence or effect but not in fact
ad. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
Classic Sentence:
1 Before him lay three hundred miles of territory virtually undefended save by a few state militia and the old men and young boys of the Home Guard.
2 Georgia was virtually under martial law now.
3 She was her father's chief clerk, and virtually managed his Black Hawk office during his frequent absences.
4 He had virtually retired from the wholesale hardware trade before he built Stone Lodge, and was now looking about for a suitable opportunity of making an arithmetical figure in Parliament.
5 In name they were parishioners, but virtually they belonged to no parish at all.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
6 If he always goes on in the same way, he must be, virtually, about two hundred years old, at present.
7 could feel the evenness of their steps but could not do the same, as from step to step he was virtually being carried.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context Highlight In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
Context Highlight In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
8 As the fellows in number one were undistinguished dullards, Stephen and Heron had been during the year the virtual heads of the school.
9 The French, moreover, were virtual victors.
10 The truth was that the North was holding the South in a virtual state of siege, though many did not realize it.
Example Sentence: (44 in 3 pages)
1 They were virtually impotent against the power of the large companies.
2 They need only announce a general aim of improving efficiency or international competitiveness and their case is virtually made for them.
3 The approach has virtually ended cigarette sales to minors.
4 The author is virtually unknown outside Poland.
5 Libel plaintiffs are virtually obliged to go into the witness box.
6 If he took control, they would be rendered virtually powerless.
7 The overwhelming caseload has made the government reluctant to postpone trials, even though virtually all of the suspects lack defense attorneys.
8 The hospital had virtually given her up for dead, but she eventually recovered.
9 Her fear virtually imprisoned her in her home.
10 When Sotomayor is on form he is virtually invincible.
11 A generation ago, home computers were virtually unknown.
12 We can catch the vast majority of people, but hunting down every last tax dodger is virtually impossible.
13 They are con-trolling so much cocoa that they are virtually monopolizing the market.
14 This new material is virtually unbreakable.
15 The human spirit is virtually indestructible.