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
  • 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 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 didn’t change under the law ultimately passed by the legislature and signed by Ivey.
    Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 9 Feb. 2023
  • He and his siblings were abused by their mother’s boyfriend and ultimately taken from their home and placed in foster care.
    Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The home was ultimately destroyed, but the firefighters managed to get the woman to safety.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Feb. 2024
  • It had been purchased by Nordstrom and was ultimately closed.
    Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The two have fought over how the company will go public and how much control its CEO will ultimately have in that entity.
    Michael Del Castillo, Fortune Europe, 11 Oct. 2024

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