How to Use totally in a Sentence
totally
adverb
- I am totally upset you can't make it to the celebration.
- That's a totally different issue.
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In the event that the Fighting Irish win the game, the player wouldn’t be totally out of luck.
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Xl Media,
cleveland,
3 Sep. 2022
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This is almost a dessert and the next course is totally a dessert.
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Pete Wells,
New York Times,
15 Nov. 2022
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Dolin alone is totally fine, and gets your 98 percent of the way there.
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Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
27 Jan. 2024
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And to be fair, my gym teachers, my peers, and I weren’t totally off the mark.
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Lindsay Lee Wallace,
SELF,
11 Jan. 2023
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His lungs were just totally ... gummed up, and like a mesh over them.
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Joel Rose,
NPR,
2 May 2024
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That's wild, and should totally change the landscape of the season.
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Kyle Fowle,
EW.com,
12 Aug. 2022
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And that could be totally not in the beauty business and that would be OK with me.
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Hannah Sacks,
Peoplemag,
26 Jan. 2024
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By the time halftime came, Mater Dei was totally in charge with a 29-15 lead.
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Terry Monahan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Dec. 2022
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The brunette also opts for a strict, sleek look, which is totally in right now.
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Melanie Paukner,
Glamour,
6 Jan. 2023
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The golf course is totally different to the pro-am yesterday with the rain and the wind.
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Todd Kelly,
The Arizona Republic,
11 Nov. 2022
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Who are the two or three players who are totally in sync?
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
1 Aug. 2023
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It’s not totally clear yet if that was a result of that text.
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Anna Blaustein,
Scientific American,
16 Sep. 2022
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The pom-pom detail is totally adorable — *adds to cart.
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Abby Dupes,
Seventeen,
7 Dec. 2022
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Read on for the major deals that are totally worth the discount.
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Daisy Maldonado,
SELF,
12 Aug. 2022
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Dads totally have a thing for using one bar of soap for their hair, face, and body.
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Leah Campano,
Seventeen,
10 Nov. 2022
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This couldn’t have been a film if it was totally controlled by a brand.
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Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Jan. 2025
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Biden, even if his heart were totally there on the climate, may just not want to go this route.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
20 July 2022
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So again, totally different than the study that all of this is based on.
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CBS News,
9 July 2023
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My boyfriend moved in after just a few months and then totally changed.
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Olivia Munson,
USA TODAY,
23 Oct. 2022
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Katie Holmes once again proved that bag ladies are totally stylish.
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Clara McMahon,
People.com,
13 Dec. 2024
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All in all, there seems to be a broad consensus that, if Mike Johnson is in fact the adult in the room, the room is totally screwed.
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Andy Borowitz,
The New Yorker,
13 Nov. 2023
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This can be in the same league or on a totally different sport.
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cleveland,
9 Oct. 2022
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Add the new pill-and-hole screen design, and the iPhone 14 Pro is a totally different phone.
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Chris Smith,
BGR,
18 Aug. 2022
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And just like that, my face is totally clean (no raccoon eyes here!).
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Lauren Dana Ellman,
Allure,
24 Oct. 2022
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For younger women who don’t want to do that, totally fine.
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Madison Feller,
ELLE,
15 Sep. 2022
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Cabrera spun around and put his hands on his head, totally stunned.
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Jeff Seidel,
Detroit Free Press,
13 June 2022
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This is a totally different team than the one that lost to California in November or scored 36 points against Saint Mary’s.
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Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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This floppy straw topper is totally foldable and packable — an essential feature for traveling with such a broad-brimmed hat.
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Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Feb. 2025
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