How to Use squarely in a Sentence

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• The dart hit the board squarely in the middle.
• He hit the ball squarely.
• It's time to deal squarely with the facts.
• Look me squarely in the eye and tell me you're not lying.
• We must face these problems squarely.
• Her feet were squarely planted.
• Their marketing campaign is aimed squarely at adolescents.
• As to the strike’s length, Schultz put the blame squarely on the studios.
  — Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• The bar is focused on a DJ booth placed squarely in the center of the building and the crowds are there to dance.
  — Adam Groffman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2023
• But even Loomis didn’t come down squarely on the side of calling the deal a mistake.
  — Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
• Texas A&M sits squarely at the top of the list after starting in the top 10 and now standing at 3-4.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2022
• The 1-9-1 Texans are squarely in the quarterback market and have a 1½-game lead over the Bears for the top pick.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
• The best way to make sure your kid stays squarely on their cozy camping pad overnight?
  — Mandy Harris, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
• Ohio State didn’t get much out of its run game, putting the burden squarely on Stroud.
  — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2023
• The country is squarely in the center of the climate challenge.
  — Justin Worland, TIME, 11 Jan. 2024
• The rest of the council, along with most of the public commenters, was squarely against lethal control.
  — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• Here are the coaches squarely on the hot seat entering the 2023 season.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
• Leona falls squarely on one side of the debate about the ethics of creating and dropping the atomic bomb.
  — Erica Huang, Scientific American, 20 July 2023
• The boost was even bigger for squarely middle-class households, or those in the 40th to 60th wealth percentile.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
• But that still puts them squarely in the midrange of our favorite athletic socks.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 3 Mar. 2023
• But then Netflix and the almighty algorithm — and my brother — put it squarely on my radar.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• In some ways, the absence of the generational context shifts the onus and freedom to grow squarely on Ben, Park said.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Those squarely along the center line of the path will see an eclipse that lasts between 3 ½ and 4 minutes, according to NASA.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
• Don't start performing reps until the weight is squarely on your back .
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 2 June 2023
• The focus of Instagram, these days, is squarely on stories and videos.
  — WIRED, 12 Aug. 2023
• The Central Park Zoo put the blame squarely on the person who cut open Flaco’s enclosure.
  — Cedar Attanasio, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2024
• But the Supreme Court has not done so, though Morley said there have been few cases where the justices could squarely address the issue.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2024
• The federal complaint places the blame squarely on the Marine Corps for failing to protect the woman from abuse.
  — Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
• America was squarely in the Gulf Arab’s corner again and Gulf Arabs would embrace him with open arms.
  — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 7 Dec. 2022
• Phillips was squarely on the money, and Watt will surely earn first-ballot entry into the Hall.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024