How to Use exceedingly in a Sentence

exceedingly

adverb
  • The crime rate is exceedingly high.
  • The weather was exceedingly cold.
  • Broad swaths of ocean all around the globe also are exceedingly warm.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
  • In the end, Mr. and Mrs. Smith is a straight shot of joy, the kind of balm needed in a time when delight is in exceedingly short supply.
    Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But to be a high school coach one year and a major-college head coach the next is exceedingly rare.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 30 Nov. 2022
  • None have come close to the mass destruction of the Oak Fire, due in part to the exceedingly dry conditions in the area, Wade said.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 26 July 2022
  • This may be one of the reasons that shootings are exceedingly rare in Japan.
    New York Times, 9 July 2022
  • Stock in the fast-food chain is exceedingly less volatile than the broader market with a beta of 0.71.
    Brian Evans, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2024
  • American teenagers in the age of the iPhone are exceedingly well behaved.
    Jessica Hornik, National Review, 13 July 2023
  • The rooms are on the smaller side, but still exceedingly cozy and comfortable.
    Rachel King, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Kimes has been able to do something that is exceedingly rare in our business.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The assortment includes race cars that have circled some of the world’s finest race tracks, as well as an exceedingly rare coupé once owned by a king.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 June 2023
  • And an exceedingly rare example of the latter just went up for sale.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain in the outbreak is exceedingly rare and had never before been seen in the U.S.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • It just gets scrambled up into some form that’s exceedingly hard to read.
    Quanta Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
  • When testing, food in contact with the cast-iron grates browned exceedingly well, the corn, in particular, had a nice char.
    Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
  • There will be no exceedingly heavy bejeweled crowns, no anointing of the monarch with holy oil behind a screen.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • None of this is evidence of fraud, which is exceedingly rare.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2022
  • For example, if the first shot at the profile seems overly dry and perhaps exceedingly lengthy, just say so in your next prompt.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Namely, the heat can make many of us exceedingly cranky and, in some cases, downright angry.
    Hannah Smothers, SELF, 26 July 2022
  • Even though Trumpism is his hook, Heilbrunn spends exceedingly few pages on the subject.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But there are two fatal flaws to this exceedingly cunning plan.
    Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Today, bicycles known to have been made by the Wright brothers are exceedingly rare—in fact, as few as five are known to exist.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
  • This solid wood unit is well-made and exceedingly stable, Plus, the finish is easy to wipe clean with a damp cloth or paper towel.
    Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
  • All of this information was exceedingly difficult to find in the early years of the salary-cap era.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The odds that a former president will be jailed before the next election (or, for that matter, at all) are exceedingly low.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 25 July 2023
  • While most Michigan voters live in big cities and suburbs, the rural vote could play a key role in an exceedingly close election.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The line between keeping on to keep on keeping on and being an Uncle Tom was exceedingly thin.
    David Wright Faladé, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
  • The balancing act is a tough one, and one that Harris’ team and her supporters need to be exceedingly careful about.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The interiors are exceedingly stylish, with rich wood and crisp cream textiles.
    Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2024

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