How to Use entirety in a Sentence

entirety

noun
  • I wish that I could find a card for Valentine's Day that expresses the entirety of my love.
  • Spoilers ahead for the entirety of The Crown season five.
    Emily Burack, Town & Country, 18 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a kind of pretentiousness to the entirety of the subject.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The three-hour event featured the show in its entirety along with a preshow package that featured some of John’s famous friends.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The museum gallery-worthy art would cost a few million to own in its entirety, but this is only $150.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Trump, who takes office in January, skipped the ceremony for the entirety of his first term.
    Ashraf Khalil The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • That case had hung over the entirety of Keatts' tenure until there was a December resolution.
    Aaron Beard, ajc, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Speaking of rear-end damage, the EDV's bright and unmistakable red taillamp stretches up and over the entirety of the van.
    Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 25 Nov. 2022
  • While many people would have the entirety of their remaining loan balances erased through the debt-relief program, those who didn’t would be required to resume payments once the payment pause was lifted.
    Andrew Restuccia, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The entirety of Twitter’s Brazil team was included in the 7,500 people laid off earlier this month.
    WIRED, 17 Nov. 2022
  • But several board members have concerns, and instead of voting on the plan in its entirety, the board has requested that the administration break it up into pieces for the board to vote on line by line.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Mission View breaks down the entirety of the trip to the Moon based on important checkpoints and also shows exactly what the spacecraft is on its journey at the moment and time.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Katie and Steve would stay on for the entirety of the trip.
    Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Woods, once the game started, would take a seat on the bench and stay there for the entirety of the game.
    The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But the plaintiffs are not asking the court to block the map in its entirety.
    Emma Platoff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
  • But, the entirety of her small check went to Screen Actors Guild fees to join the union.
    Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The band will perform all the songs from the album in its entirety each night.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The Clippers will be without Paul George for the entirety of the first round.
    Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Head over to The New Yorker to read the Frank profile in its entirety.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Fans will have to wait until March 29 to hear Act II in its entirety and see how the rest of the songs sound.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024
  • One northbound lane will stay closed for the entirety of that span.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Enquirer, 18 July 2024
  • The photo of him signing the bill could haunt him for the entirety of his campaign.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Beef shank provides a good ratio of meat with bone and can be used for the entirety of the meat's needs.
    Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In the 2021 playoffs, Leonard tore the ACL in his right knee, missing the rest of that season as well as the entirety of the next one.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Play Joni Mitchell’s album Blue in its entirety with the lights off.
    Sarah Gundle, WIRED, 22 July 2023
  • Some deals will last for the entirety of the sale, while others only pop up for a few hours.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • And as the Sun attempted to go for the win, their best player — Thomas — watched from the bench for the entirety of the fourth quarter.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
  • Head over to Rolling Stones’ website to read the excerpt in its entirety.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The ruling came as part of a lawsuit filed by physicians that asked the court to strike down the ban in its entirety.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The next night, the group will play the album in its entirety at New York’s Bowery Ballroom.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 Nov. 2023

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