How to Use drastically in a Sentence

drastically

adverb
  • The longer these drugs were on the market, the more drastically their prices rose.
    Megan Farrer, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The perfume sits well on the skin and doesn’t drastically change over time.
    Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Contact with the outside world in the 1770s changed Hawaii drastically.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Over the past 25 years, the retail landscape has drastically changed.
    Leah Bhabha, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The war in Gaza has drastically reshaped the demographics of the strip.
    Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
  • But two of her sisters had the same thing that must have so drastically altered their mother.
    Robert Kolker, New York Times, 20 July 2023
  • My life was changing drastically overnight and yet there was still no support and there still hasn’t been any support all that time.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Rarely, though, is a player able to change this drastically — and also this quickly.
    Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Preferred styles and sizes differ drastically from one person to the next.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2023
  • On nights like Thursday, the Wolves force opponents to drastically adjust and make their No. 8 or No. 9 guy beat them.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Decades of work have drastically reduced childhood blood lead levels in the U.S.
    Michael Phillis and Mike Stobbe The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The office also said the number of aid trucks allowed to enter Gaza had declined drastically over the past week.
    Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Whoever and whatever, this new line of support has the potential to change your life drastically by the time that the month is over.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2023
  • That demand has cooled drastically as people return to work on-site, in stores and at restaurants.
    George Avalos, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2024
  • My life has drastically changed in just a few weeks because of the exposure TikTok has given me.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 18 July 2023
  • But the volume of output will need to increase drastically.
    Justin Ling, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
  • That number has probably increased drastically over the last few years, as have the costs of most things due to inflation.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 14 June 2023
  • The funding and final product will drastically have an impact on our food system for years to come.
    Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The landscape of college baseball — and summer leagues nationwide — has changed drastically in the decades since Roberts arrived on the Cape.
    Brad Joyal, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Polling from the 2020 race indicates that the share of voters who believe Mr. Trump is too old has also increased over the past four years, but not as drastically as for Mr. Biden.
    Ruth Igielnik, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
  • With Big Tech tightening its belt so drastically, how were so many able to find roles in their specialty?
    Ben Zweig, Fortune, 26 May 2023
  • His self-expression hasn’t changed drastically over the years.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 5 Apr. 2024
  • But, like all the weight-loss promises that came before them, they're being drastically oversold.
    Mara Gordon, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Spurred by the pandemic, the workplace has changed drastically.
    Trey Williams, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2024
  • China’s exports dropped 7.5% from a year ago in May, drastically cooling from the robust growth seen the previous two months.
    WSJ, 7 June 2023
  • That was then drastically cut down on Monday's episode, as the top 24 was solidified.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
  • That first-trimester exhaustion is real and can impact your work and home life drastically.
    Alexandra Frost, Parents, 19 Nov. 2023
  • With this look, the charcoal brunette is not drastically changed, but is merely softened around the edges with delicate, ashy babylights.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Things get drastically better for those with money and marginally worse for this without it.
    Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
  • While best known for its beaches, the Garden State boasts a surprisingly great wine scene that, in recent years, has boomed drastically.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2023

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