How to Use thankfully in a Sentence

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• I always receive your calls thankfully.
• The instructions were thankfully simple.
• The time for change is now, and thankfully, the tools are at hand.
  — Wilfred M. McClay, National Review, 15 Aug. 2021
• And thankfully, she's proven that to be the case in the final movie.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 1 May 2021
• Even though the 11 whites and one Black were not, thankfully, in the courtroom at the time.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 28 Nov. 2021
• And thankfully, the fame hasn't gone to the little guy's head — too much.
  — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• And thankfully, our friends A24 were up to the challenge.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 18 June 2021
• As for the brunch of it all, the brief thankfully proves more versatile than not.
  — Caroline Framke, Variety, 9 Nov. 2022
• But the longing, thankfully, isn’t due to some idea of a racial essence that grabs a hold of you and won’t let go.
  — Imani Perry, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Nov. 2021
• Quite a bit, but overall, the 6 retains the charm and toughness of the 5, thankfully.
  — Bill Roberson, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
• This hasn’t been the hottest of summers around here, thankfully.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
• And thankfully, right now, it’s at the northeast rift zone.
  — Caleb Jones and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Nov. 2022
• But thankfully, their youngest, who is only 10, will still be in the house for a while longer.
  — Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024
• This means that the dog days of summer are coming to an end—thankfully.
  — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023
• None of the three senators are on the Supreme Court, thankfully.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2022
• La’Asia’s son was in the house at the time, but thankfully wasn’t injured, Tanisha said.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 1 Feb. 2022
• Yes, thankfully, we were blessed to be able to get good care for my daughter.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2022
• The zombies in The Last of Us are thankfully fictional.
  — David Angulo, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2023
• My wife Lauren was thankfully not with me at the time of the incident.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2023
• The clockworks, thankfully, were in better shape than the dome.
  — John Reinan, Star Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
• This bout of extreme warmth is thankfully short-lived, as a cold front is on our doorstep.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
• This time, the whole thing is set on a Greek island, and thankfully the film more or less avoids the sophomore slump.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 24 Dec. 2022
• The first hole took about 45 minutes — thankfully, the course was empty.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 10 Nov. 2022
• Though the '90s have come back with a vengeance in all facets of beauty and fashion, our brows have (thankfully) been spared.
  — Jessica Ourisman, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Sep. 2022
• And thankfully Wes and Kevin did that with every movie.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2022
• With that in mind, here’s a look at the winners and losers of the first (and thankfully not last) all-star Housewives season.
  — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021
• Biden, thankfully, is also putting a stop to one of the most hateful signatures of the Trump era: the wall.
  — Star Tribune, 23 Jan. 2021
• The return of rigid '90s jeans thankfully includes a broader fit range than the first go-round.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Nov. 2022
• And thankfully with blonzing, the days of not knowing where/when to apply blush and bronzer are officially over.
  — Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 10 Dec. 2024
• Both Haines and Goldberg, thankfully, appeared to come out of their accident unscathed.
  — EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Mar 2025