How to Use actually in a Sentence

actually

adverb

• I call her Aunt Emily, but she is actually my cousin, not my aunt.
• March was actually a peak time for the flu in six of the last 40 years, according to the CDC.
  — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2024
• But my problem with the rings comes with how they’re actually used in the game.
  — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 26 June 2023
• And the deal doesn’t actually bind Cruise to do anything for the studio.
  — Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
• There is actually a lot of preschool that is watched in the adults section.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2023
• The movie, thought set in the Windy City, was actually shot mostly in and around Toronto.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2023
• But the person who’s actually getting the dopamine hit off of that is you, the tipper.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• And actually, the fact that the film exists is, to me, a really big award.
  — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2024
• The whole look is actually very Justin, who’s known to rock an overall or two.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2023
• The bathroom tub – which was a vinyl tub – was actually cut open.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 1 Aug. 2023
• To win, setting aside who actually turns out to vote, white Democrats would have to close the gap to 50 percent.
  — Kyle Whitmire | [e-mail], al, 14 June 2023
• Biden’s State of the Union address actually was one of the best by any president in a long time.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
• The chocolate chip pancakes can actually be made up to two months ahead of time and frozen.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2024
• But that segment was actually pre-taped, in order to make sure the gag worked.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
• The question is how many of those solar and wind farms will actually get built.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
• But if your party is actually on the 4th, don't be surprised if some or all of them show up.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
• The X-ray showed there were actually two coins — a dime and a nickel — both of which have since disappeared.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
• James says the lounge is actually equipped to handle more than 500 guests and that the team will work out ways to fluctuate numbers.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
• Used to be an all-star game players loved to be selected for (cha-ching) but didn’t want to actually play in.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2024
• The essie Nail Polish in off-beat chic is a gorgeous cyan that is actually long-lasting.
  — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
• But to actually be good for your feet, your sandals have to have that extra oomph to get you through the day completely ache-free.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
• After Haman's plot is foiled, the Jews are actually still in danger — because the king's decree to kill the Jews has gone out, and can't be repealed.
  — Deena Prichep, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
• Except five-years olds actually know how to wear pants.
  — Edith Olmsted, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2023
• Only about 4% of the water extracted from the aquifer is actually potable, Weir said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2023
• The songs on the new album are actually the gathering storm clouds: All were written before the breakup.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
• Public Schools said the students did not actually follow the process for getting the event approved.
  — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
• And actually, there is no such thing as a real picture.
  — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 3 Feb. 2024
• He’s been here (Brevard) a couple of times, actually with us and elsewhere.
  — cleveland, 20 July 2023
• The White House was intending to actually put out a statement saying that he hadn’t been invited to the White House.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2023
• But now, the camera actually goes through the living room, through a little hallway into this door.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024