How to Use ultimately in a Sentence

ultimately

adverb

• The changes ultimately proved to be unnecessary.
• Ultimately, it's a question of who is more popular.
• The case could ultimately reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 25 July 2023
• The victims were ultimately able to swim to shore, where one of them called 911.
  — Evan Rosen New York Daily News (tns), al, 6 Aug. 2023
• For that’s what this crypt ultimately is: a work of art.
  — Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2023
• But this spring, and then this season, ultimately be the judge of that.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
• The fruit that ultimately emerges is a pod that looks like a long, thick string bean and contains black seeds.
  — Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• This week, the two artists were vying for the Number One slot on the songs chart, which ultimately went to Swift.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2023
• And the person who has the power makes the rules and ultimately has the power to make decisions.
  — Ed Meza, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
• The Yankees ultimately lost the 8-5 game by three runs.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
• This was an ugly game for both teams, but Matt Ryan and the Colts ultimately shot themselves in the foot less than the Chiefs did.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Sep. 2022
• What ultimately happens may come down to who is leading in the polls over the spring and summer.
  — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
• Her two-run home run in the fifth was ultimately the difference in a 3-1 win.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2023
• Hoyle sued the city and Matthew Baeppler, but the case was ultimately dismissed.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2022
• What ultimately gives you hope that humans will be able to kind of turn the tide on climate change?
  — Abc News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2024
• All of which ultimately led to the end of Cassidy’s tenure here.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Dec. 2022
• But Jeffery ultimately pulled ahead, to roars of approval from the crowd.
  — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
• The case may ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2023
• The house was ultimately demolished, and that same year, Aimée Guinotte died at age 84.
  — Patrick C. Salland, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
• The slow burn is not, ultimately, a question but a promise.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 21 Apr. 2023
• What in the world — or out of the world, ultimately — does Asher’s strange fate have to do with the themes or stories the show was dealing with before now?
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024
• The time on the court with his father Tuesday night was short and ultimately didn’t matter in the final score.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
• The generic nature of the response ultimately left me cold.
  — Joy Montgomery, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2024
• The engine, though, ultimately found its way into the mid-ship rear of the street-going Carrera GT.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2023
• The couple had ultimately been successful, and had a child with the help of CFC, but the journey was a difficult one.
  — Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
• And that's ultimately what he was convicted of in this case.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
• The Patriots ultimately converted one of their four fourth downs and five of their 15 third downs.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• That defense, which took place 30 years ago this month, ultimately failed.
  — Time, 26 Sep. 2022
• My mom had breast cancer around this age (41) and then ultimately died from brain cancer a decade or so later.
  — Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
• Last year, he was limited to 16 games because of a season-opening shoulder injury, then hip and back problems that ultimately required surgeries a month apart.
  — Michael Russo, The Athletic, 30 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024