How to Use extremely in a Sentence

extremely

adverb
  • How to Get Around Tokyo’s trains are extremely safe and clean.
    Kristin Braswell, Essence, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The talks come at an extremely tense time in the Middle East.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Because the waves at the break are extremely steep, hollow and fast, the board surfers stayed away for the most part.
    Corky Carroll, Orange County Register, 17 May 2024
  • It’s got all of the Irish elements, a groove called 6/8, which is extremely Celtic and Irish.
    Vulture, 8 June 2023
  • The patient told the P.A. that her skin had been extremely dry and itchy for months, but these blisters were new.
    Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • As more and more deaths pile up, the case gets extremely difficult to solve.
    Hannah Kerns, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
  • This gorgeous side dish is very simple and extremely quick and easy to make.
    Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The Takeya also did extremely well during the drop test, where it was dropped on the floor three times from table height.
    Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Throughout the process, the pigs are kept in extremely clean conditions.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The heat comes after a May that has been extremely dry compared to prior years.
    Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2023
  • This is a stunning 27-inch 5K display that's extremely easy to set up.
    Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The blades were extremely lightweight, so the fan was mostly balanced and not at all wobbly—even at high speeds.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Sporting a fit ready for the extremely ’80s John Travolta movie Perfect, Myaa and a group of bopping kids go the hell in.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Blinken’s contacts with any Russian officials have been extremely rare since the start of the war.
    John Hudson, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The original model was a whopping 43mm, which was extremely large for the era.
    Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 6 May 2024
  • Once boiling, reduce heat to low and simmer until the beets are extremely soft and the liquid deep red, about 2 hours.
    Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The white with gold style that Kate wears is included in the Rue La La sale, but stock is extremely limited.
    Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 28 May 2023
  • Stay away from rock adjacent to rivers; wet rock is extremely slick.
    Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • This is an extremely popular section of the ship, so claim your cabana or lounge chair early in the day.
    Dwight Brown, Essence, 11 July 2023
  • This extremely lightweight wind chime doesn’t require much of a breeze to produce sound.
    Kate McGregor, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The cost of Valentine's Day The holiday is quite the money maker and does extremely well in a consumerist market.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • At the time, Balti was just a few years shy of 39, the age at which one of her paternal aunts had died from an extremely aggressive form of breast cancer.
    Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2024
  • With the extremely low number of recruits, officials made the move to relax the height and weight requirements.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The wines can also be extremely well-priced for their level of quality.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2024
  • But the costs and logistics of that shift can be extremely challenging.
    Brad Plumer, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The area saw some of the heaviest rainfall in the state — totaling 12 to 15 inches, or about four months’ worth of rain in just two days — along with extremely strong winds.
    Chris Boyette, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • My moms and aunts were extremely loving, but many of them hadn't completed college or school.
    Alana Semuels, TIME, 31 Mar. 2024
  • To serve drinks in an English pub is to be a very minor public figure on an extremely local scale.
    Hazlitt, 21 June 2023
  • Streaming games from the cloud has quietly become extremely doable.
    Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Ammon did appear tempted to talk the walk in Portland, to become the Mormon cowboy philosopher king wandering a degenerate realm of an ailing Republic, but by now time was in extremely short supply.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024

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