How to Use just so in a Sentence
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That’s in part because there are just so many governments in Illinois in the first place — thousands of them, more than any other state in the nation.
— Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024 -
Election night is only two weeks away and both parties are scrambling to pander to American’s hearts—which just so happens to often be their wallets.
— Chloe Berger, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024 -
Kassar had wheedled an extra $40 million out of a European banking syndicate just so the film could cross the finish line.
— Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024 -
How to ease off the hand-brake and engage the clutch just so.
— WSJ, 14 June 2023 -
Film and video give you just so much of the big picture.
— Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2023 -
There’s just so much that the world has not been exposed to.
— Cat Cardenas, Variety, 1 July 2024 -
There’s just so much of it, and of the Faks in general.
— Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2024 -
And then Susan brings it to life, and is just so smart.
— Kate Aurthur, Variety, 18 June 2024 -
But there's all these things that get said about me that's just so far from the truth.
— Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023 -
Austin's gonna be very tired at the end of the week, but his work on our field is just so nice.
— Ethan Westerman, Arkansas Online, 9 May 2023 -
The laws are just so different and the cheeses seem way more alive.
— Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024 -
The doctors just so happened to catch it in time to save him.
— Brie Stimson, Fox News, 26 May 2024 -
He was just so enthralled with gadgets and phones and the videos.
— Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023 -
The Fever just so happened to have faced Stewart on two of her best days of the year.
— Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Aug. 2023 -
Sure, there was that late-aughts ebb, but now there’s just so much flow.
— Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2024 -
Reef House just so happens to be the biggest and the newest.
— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023 -
But in that there was this kind of magic in the middle of us that was just so fun.
— Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023 -
There’s just so much packed into the emotions of her songs.
— Billboard Japan, Billboard, 4 June 2023 -
When your pastry dough needs to be just so, this rolling pin can help.
— Kristen (kj) Callihan, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2023 -
There’s a lot of great things about Netflix, but there are just so many shows there.
— Vulture, 16 Nov. 2023 -
The pain was just so all-encompassing that the fight just went out of me.
— Paul De Gelder, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024 -
There are just so many people that want to weigh in on this topic around the clock.
— ABC News, 6 Aug. 2023 -
Flip-flops in general are just so easy to slip on and go, of course.
— Brittany Vanderbill, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023 -
Flip-flops in general are just so easy to slip on and go, of course.
— Brittany Vanderbill, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023 -
The park just so happened to be one of the central meeting places of a gang on the Westside.
— Alejandra Campoverdi, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2023 -
And that just so happens to be the pieces that already have a very special ring to them.
— Elise Taylor, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024 -
There are just so many other ways to go about it these days if the artist is willing to do the work.
— Spin Contributor, SPIN, 12 Mar. 2024 -
Oh, and this set just so happens to be on sale for $8 for Prime Members.
— Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024 -
The customer demand is just so high right now, and the supply can’t keep up with it.
— Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 28 May 2024 -
It’s dubbed as a romance story, but there’s just so much life in it.
— Emily Longeretta, Variety, 9 Feb. 2024
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