How to Use squarely in a Sentence

squarely

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• The dart hit the board squarely in the middle.
• He hit the ball squarely.
• It's time to deal squarely with the facts.
• Look me squarely in the eye and tell me you're not lying.
• We must face these problems squarely.
• Her feet were squarely planted.
• Their marketing campaign is aimed squarely at adolescents.
• By the end of the episode, Josephine is squarely in the crosshairs of this mess.
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024
• As to the strike’s length, Schultz put the blame squarely on the studios.
  — Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• Both teams figure to be squarely in the mix this time around, too.
  — Parker Gabriel, USA TODAY, 13 May 2022
• Williams drilled an ace to win the set as the crowd – squarely on her side – erupted in cheers.
  — Brandon Griggs, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
• Moreover, those with ties to the West are squarely in the Kremlin’s sights.
  — Thomas Grove, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
• The bar is focused on a DJ booth placed squarely in the center of the building and the crowds are there to dance.
  — Adam Groffman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2023
• But even Loomis didn’t come down squarely on the side of calling the deal a mistake.
  — Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
• Texas A&M sits squarely at the top of the list after starting in the top 10 and now standing at 3-4.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2022
• The win puts the Eagles squarely in the driver’s seat in the conference.
  — Mike Frainie, baltimoresun.com, 31 Jan. 2022
• The 1-9-1 Texans are squarely in the quarterback market and have a 1½-game lead over the Bears for the top pick.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
• The best way to make sure your kid stays squarely on their cozy camping pad overnight?
  — Mandy Harris, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
• The Mets fell to 55-50 with Sunday’s loss but remain squarely in the NL wild-card mix.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024
• Ohio State didn’t get much out of its run game, putting the burden squarely on Stroud.
  — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2023
• The country is squarely in the center of the climate challenge.
  — Justin Worland, TIME, 11 Jan. 2024
• Our tester slept on the firm mattress, which falls squarely at the 7/10 firmness mark.
  — Lindsay Boyers, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2024
• The rest of the council, along with most of the public commenters, was squarely against lethal control.
  — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• That puts him squarely into the second half of the season.
  — Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2022
• Here are the coaches squarely on the hot seat entering the 2023 season.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
• The Bears have gone from being the best in the league to being squarely in the middle of the pack with mostly the same personnel.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2024
• The proclamation lays the blame for the problem squarely at the feet of lawmakers.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 4 June 2024
• But Chrisopher said that the blame is squarely on the city government.
  — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Apr. 2022
• Robert’s Smith’s songwriting in The Cure has long focused squarely on melancholy and dark themes.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2024
• The new First Lady, Betty Ford, was squarely on the opposite side of this debate.
  — Elizabeth Rees / Made By History, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024