Example sentences for: ably

How can you use “ably” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The identical statues were carved by the 13th-century masters Kokei, Unkei, and Tankei, ably aided by 70 assistants.

  • The NYT ably explains what's at issue in the new Supreme Court Miranda case: whether with the original ruling, the Warren Court was establishing a rule of constitutional law or merely expressing its own preference for a method of enforcing the constitutional right against compelled self-incrimination.

  • For 62 years the Secret Service ably sheltered the president from danger, despite assassination attempts on Franklin Roosevelt (as president-elect, in 1933) and Harry Truman (in 1950).

  • As Plotz so ably demonstrates, that great line from the film Chinatown is absolutely on the mark: "Politicians, whores, and buildings--if they get old enough, they get respectable."

  • In this Wolfe succeeds ably, infusing his tale with characteristic wit, verve, and narrative propulsion.


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