How to Use clearly in a Sentence

clearly

adverb
  • You should try to speak more clearly.
  • The problem is very clearly getting worse.
  • The mountain was clearly visible in the distance.
  • Still, says Miller, the house was clearly a crime scene.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 11 May 2024
  • By the 2010s, the device was clearly in a steep decline.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Part of Jean’s drive to make art clearly comes from a need to work through her past.
    Kristen Martin, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
  • This was a case tried in front of a judge who clearly should have recused.
    ABC News, 2 June 2024
  • Click on the ‘Live’ tab, and all the options are front and center, clearly laid out.
    Gary Pearson | Catena Media, al, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The song clearly touched a nerve, topping the Jamaican charts for weeks.
    Reshma B, VIBE.com, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Prichett clearly isn’t the only coach who shares that thought.
    Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • And while that risk remains, the worst is clearly behind us.
    Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
  • In the wake of the tragedy, many of Danielle’s followers are clearly still struggling.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
  • And why would Foyt and JHR, clearly in building phases, take on the headache and last-minute project?
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2023
  • For now, there are clearly limits to how well AI can do the job of a human on its own.
    Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 24 June 2023
  • The talking points of both parties had clearly sunk in.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
  • There’s value in that too, thought clearly not as much.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The streets of London may not be paved with gold, but there’s still clearly plenty of it around.
    Adam Gale, Fortune Europe, 8 May 2024
  • This is clearly Palmer's road-not-taken, and Kasie's ready to throw hands, but Palmer asks her to stand down.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 May 2023
  • That clearly displayed how the dollar can be weaponized.
    Tuugi Chuluun, The Conversation, 1 June 2023
  • Smart’s zest for her life — all of it, even the challenging parts — comes through clearly.
    J Wortham, New York Times, 12 May 2024
  • The techs scrambled all over the stage clearly trying to fix things that weren’t working.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Apr. 2024
  • Leave it to Troy Aikman to state what clearly was on the mind of Jerry Jones up in his suite after the fourth.
    Dallas News, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The Thirsty Goat was clearly the hub of the local community.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 July 2024
  • Bo is clearly on the chopping block for many of the younger contestants, but Rose’s name comes up, too.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Castellanos clearly beat the throw, but Williams called him out, sending out the boo birds in the City of Brotherly Love.
    Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The studio clearly saw the potential in both the young showrunners.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 28 Sep. 2024
  • And even if the rate of inflation is slowing, those price hikes have clearly left their mark.
    Anthony Salvanto, Fred Backus, Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News, 30 July 2023
  • Shields was clearly touched by the gesture, though, and accepted her award with tears in her eyes.
    Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The 6-foot-2 guard’s ability is clearly beyond his years.
    Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
  • One of the things that the world has learned so clearly about decarbonization is that there is no social license for decarbonization pathways that put upward pressure on consumer prices.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025

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