How to Use roughly in a Sentence

roughly

adverb

• He threw the package roughly in the truck.
• The guard told us roughly that we had to stand back.
• The new product is modeled roughly on an earlier design.
• Roughly translated, it means “hurry up!”.
• Add the vegan cheese shreds to the pan in two piles roughly in the shape of the bread slices.
  — Joe Yonan, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2022
• Trump was cordial but to the point on the roughly four-minute call, Shirkey said.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 28 Dec. 2022
• While roughly 50 or so cruise ships now serve this market, the ultra-luxe segment is still the tip of the spear.
  — Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
• His return was a month ahead of schedule and McAvoy (a goal in his debut on Nov. 10) roughly the same.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2022
• For roughly the drama’s first half, the goal seems to be to push back on the idea that some kids are simply monsters.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024
• The process of fluffing the tree took roughly an hour with a few breaks in between to rest my arms—a nice arm workout!
  — Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2024
• Fun fact: Llamas can carry up to one-third of their weight, or roughly 60 to 80 pounds.
  — Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 18 Aug. 2024
• This means roughly doubling the size of its non-combustible business over the next five years.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2023
• The roughly seven months Gunna spent in jail looms over her.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
• In court, Pinchetti saw a tall man in his 50s—roughly Pinchetti’s own age—who had not a word to say.
  — Stephen Witt, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
• Most of the minks have been found in Sunbury, a city with a population of roughly 9,500.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• The world’s tiniest rabbit is roughly the size of a softball—a very, very soft softball.
  — Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023
• Outside the summer months, the numbers are roughly half that.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
• The incident took place roughly a mile away from the South Point cliff dive on Hawaii Island.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• The highway around where the blaze occurred was closed for roughly three hours, the fire department said.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
• The race took roughly four hours and Lecamp and Messner finished the race, side-by-side, in an impressive 7th place.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2023
• Phoenix plans to clear one block of the encampment roughly every three weeks, Hall said.
  — Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
• The city has roughly 3 million free street parking spots.
  — Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 3 May 2023
• Amanda says roughly 12 women told her they’d been scammed out of cash by Derek.
  — Sean Williams, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
• Adding to his woes, the government seized roughly $80 million from him.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
• In an average class, roughly a third of SEAL candidates wash out in the first three weeks.
  — David Martin, CBS News, 25 May 2023
• As June draws to a close, yields on junk bonds are on pace to hold roughly steady in the second quarter even as Treasury debt has sold off.
  — Matt Grossman, WSJ, 20 June 2023
• Tests show the Red Hawk’s ejection seat handling crash test dummies lower in the weight range roughly.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
• Stavanger Cathedral is in the coastal city of Stavanger, a roughly 300-mile drive southwest from Oslo.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
• And yet the stock is roughly flat for the year so far, trading at more than 80 times next year’s consensus earnings per share.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2024
• In April, the commission signed off on the new rates that increase revenue by roughly $80 million a year.
  — Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 5 May 2023

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024