How to Use adversely in a Sentence

adversely

adverb
  • The goal is giving people adversely affected by the war on drugs a chance to break into the industry.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2023
  • In high doses, stress can adversely affect your health.
    Amanda MacMillan, Health, 15 Apr. 2023
  • But the Rams’ momentum since the bye could be adversely affected by the aftermath of holiday gatherings and a long flight to the East Coast.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Decades of research has shown how social risk factors like these can adversely impact a person’s health.
    Kasra Zarei, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Despite a growing awareness of the threat, ransomware has the potential to adversely affect the 2020 election.
    Richard Forno, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Not to mention the fact that too much sun can adversely affect the rest of your body: think dehydration, heat exhaustion or sunstroke.
    Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 29 July 2023
  • Without enough sleep, the mind and body can’t correctly recharge, adversely affecting health.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The group has appealed the city staff’s findings and filed a lawsuit alleging the project would adversely affect wildlife habitat and create light and noise pollution.
    Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
  • Politicians cite safety for passing these laws, yet none of them seems to care for the actual trans children that will be most adversely impacted.
    Nic Rodríguez Villafañe, refinery29.com, 13 July 2023
  • The group argues if the two provisions are allowed to take effect, the plaintiffs' First Amendment rights could be adversely affected.
    Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But a group of conservative state officials who say their states would be adversely affected want to step into the case and defend the use of Title 42.
    John Fritze, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Now, researchers say the smoke could have adversely affected the state’s freshwater ecosystems.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024
  • So the lower prices at Nuits-Saint-Georges this year didn’t come as a shock to the auctioneer Cortot, who believes the market is being adversely affected by conflicts around the globe.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Doctors even studied the score from each of the songs before the surgery, in order to determine if GZ was being adversely affected by the surgeons' instruments.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The condition adversely affects nerves in arteries in areas such as the shoulder.
    Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2023
  • But more important, your smoking does not adversely affect my health.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • In one boycott, dozens of truckers surrounded the Capitol while blasting their horns, fearing that a climate change bill would adversely impact them.
    Andrew Selsky, ajc, 12 May 2023
  • Haugen alleged that Meta knew its app Instagram adversely affected the mental health of teen girls but buried its findings.
    Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
  • Many Vietnamese from the generations following the war were adversely affected and killed by it.
    Nick Hilden, Washington Post, 18 June 2023
  • During the revote at the convention, delegates raised concerns about how a strike pay increase might adversely affect union finances.
    Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The paper backing is made from water hyacinth, an invasive plant species that has adversely affected Africa’s largest lake and the work of local fishermen.
    Emily Shiffer, womenshealthmag.com, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Of course, biologists said, shad were adversely affected by the construction of dams.
    Mike Argento, baltimoresun.com, 27 Feb. 2021
  • The new Alzheimer’s drugs are supposed to remove plaque, which many researchers believe form and damage and kill brain cells, adversely affecting memory and other mental functions.
    Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
  • But those without high-risk factors can also be adversely affected.
    Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Officials say the expansion is needed to ensure the success of the city’s new cannabis equity program, which aims to help people adversely affected by the war on drugs break into the industry.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The company maintains that the competitive balance tax was lawful and did not adversely affect player salaries.
    Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • While Nvidia has designed chips that work around these rules, further regulations could adversely impact the company’s business.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • However, conflicts can sometimes arise between the two departments, which can adversely affect the performance of both.
    Nitin Gupta, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • Would this row adversely affect other aspects of the relationship?
    Malcolm Turnbull, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2024
  • Police and local officials have shown little interest in proactively taking measures to enforce the law and curb this growing problem that adversely affects the quality of life for so many people each summer.
    Fred Medinger, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024

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