How to Use anonymously in a Sentence

anonymously

adverb
  • The line is open 24/7 and reports may be made anonymously.
    Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The financier spoke anonymously as they were not authorized to speak to the press.
    Natasha Turak, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Oreskes asked to be quoted anonymously, but The Times saw no good reason to do so.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • Sanders wanted to find an easy way to give anonymously.
    Glenn Gamboa, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Then, the biscuits were lined up for editors and staff to taste test anonymously.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 13 June 2023
  • That's a prepaid phone that anyone can buy and use anonymously.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Johnson wrote and published the book anonymously in 1912.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
  • Here are the places where winners can anonymously claim lottery prizes and the requirements for them.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Here are the places where winners can anonymously claim lottery prizes, and the requirements for them.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The people who left comments did so through their YouTube accounts, and many did so anonymously.
    Francine Hirsch, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Six of the women refiled the lawsuit in May after a judge twice barred them from suing anonymously.
    CBS News, 22 June 2023
  • For a long time before that, Rogers anonymously gave money to help people.
    David Begnaud, Analisa Novak, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • That meant, while the ballot entries were chosen and written anonymously, my votes would not be.
    Allyson McCabe, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Feeney, over the course of his life, gave more than $8 billion to charities, often anonymously.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Whoever shelled out more than $1.5 million for the game did so anonymously.
    Washington Post, 13 July 2021
  • Cernera after his surgery to donate a kidney anonymously to a stranger in 2016.
    Ben Paynter, Men's Health, 26 June 2023
  • But their charm failed to translate into strong box office performance in the country and the film opened anonymously in fourth place over the weekend.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 24 July 2023
  • The salacious and anonymously sourced claims in the dossier attracted attention for years while Trump was in office.
    Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Those who spoke to CNBC did so anonymously in order to speak freely about private matters.
    Brian Schwartz, CNBC, 24 July 2024
  • Nasty notes sent anonymously are so vile the police become involved.
    Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
  • My publishers set up a portal where the letters could be sent anonymously.
    Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The second young person, in their early 20s, was first contacted by the BBC host anonymously on a dating app.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2023
  • Among the changes: complaints that are filed anonymously or that are based on hearsay will not be investigated.
    Ana Ceballos, Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2024
  • The two male residents spoke to The Times anonymously, one to respect his 12-step program and the other out of concern his job would be jeopardized.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • Now, people can fire off racist insults over their phone anonymously, to the accounts of the world’s best players on Instagram and Twitter.
    Tales Azzoni and Steve Douglas, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2023
  • It was anonymously emailed to notable race officials, teams and journalists around the world.
    Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Performing in front of people anonymously was also so new for me.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 May 2023
  • Tips can be submitted anonymously and can result in a cash reward.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 6 July 2023
  • Willis gives names to, and levels charges at, some of the people who appear anonymously in Jack Smith’s federal indictment of Trump.
    Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In 2014, several conservative groups sued Harris, saying her office’s enforcement of the law was violating their First Amendment right to give money anonymously.
    Donovan A. Watts, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024

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