Examples of dearly in a Sentence
I would dearly love to see them again.
He dearly wanted to believe that it was true.
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In the days after the murder, Acosta’s coworkers described her as a friendly, creative person who would be dearly missed.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
That’s why so many people from across the country gravitated to him and loved him dearly.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2025
But to give that man a standing ovation, even 50 percent of them, that bothered me dearly.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
Thomas, who played with Hoge in that 2023 round, clinically hit fairways and greens Friday to avoid the mistakes that cost him dearly Thursday.
—Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2025
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Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
That’s why so many people from across the country gravitated to him and loved him dearly.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2025
But to give that man a standing ovation, even 50 percent of them, that bothered me dearly.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
Thomas, who played with Hoge in that 2023 round, clinically hit fairways and greens Friday to avoid the mistakes that cost him dearly Thursday.
—Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Dearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dearly. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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