How to Use methodical in a Sentence

methodical

adjective

• She's a slow and methodical worker, and her drawings reflect the extra care she takes.
• Their methodical review of the evidence exposed some problems with the study's findings.
• The Jaguars scored again, this time on a more methodical march.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2022
• But Jackson’s rise to the court has been slow and methodical.
  — Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022
• The Taurus moon gives you the foresight to make methodical plans for long-term goals.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
• The process is methodical — Eli ingests the drug cocktail in three parts — and the mood is anxious and sad.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2022
• There's a very methodical approach to what Rick did and what others did as to how to get them out.
  — Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2022
• Not much can stop or slow the methodical pace of world shipping.
  — Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2021
• The clock management on the methodical 97-yard drive at the end of the first half was excellent.
  — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Sep. 2021
• Butler wants to slow the game and be more methodical in its approach.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2023
• Both teams are methodical on offense, working the clock for the best shot.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2021
• The state of play today is Russia is making methodical advances both in the north and the south.
  — Peter Bergen, CNN, 4 May 2022
• His fluid had to be a whole lot slower and a bit more methodical.
  — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2023
• South Oak Cliff’s defense isn’t the type to allow a methodical drive.
  — Dallas News, 17 Nov. 2022
• Curry’s methodical march from the song’s first half is no more.
  — Khari Nixon, SPIN, 30 June 2022
• Cal and its conference, the Pac-12, were more methodical than most schools and leagues.
  — New York Times, 10 May 2021
• Now the Packers’ offense seems only to be able to move at a slow, methodical pace.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2022
• Note the simplicity of the menu, the methodical preparation, the sense of time and of waiting.
  — Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2022
• The scoring strike capped a methodical 16 play, 85-yard drive that took more than seven minutes off the clock.
  — The Oregonian/oregonlive Sports Staff, oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2021
• Rodgers directed a methodical drive to burn all of the remaining nine minutes and the Rams were done.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2022
• From there, the Clippers — methodical at both ends — simply stayed in front.
  — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2023
• Russell likes to be methodical with the ball in his hands and that can sometimes pause a high-tempo offense.
  — Chris Hine, Star Tribune, 15 Jan. 2021
• But the Buccaneers responded with a methodical drive that milked the remaining 3:54 off the clock and put the game away.
  — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2021
• The Packers have a very methodical offense with 5.7 yards per play.
  — Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2021
• Allen then led a methodical, crushing 14-play drive on which the Bills went 4 for 4 on third down, and the final one would have made Houdini proud.
  — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
• Writing, for John Waters, is slow and methodical — most of his books take him three years to complete.
  — Daniel Scheffler, SPIN, 4 May 2022
• Both teams cracked the end zone in the last minute of the half, Arkansas with another methodical march and LSU in lightning fashion.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2023
• This more methodical approach to the central romance gives some of the other characters more room to breathe and a chance to shine.
  — cleveland, 20 Mar. 2022
• The filmmaking retains a steady, methodical placidity throughout—to match the plainness of everything but the suspense.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
• From calendars and lists to batch cooking and printed spreadsheets, Ranu’s approach to managing her son’s medical care and the daily tasks of her household is both methodical and practical.
  — Jack McCullough, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024