Example sentences for: chiefly

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

  • 3I) is chiefly expressed by the hepatic cells.

  • This usage is commonly heard in the United States, chiefly from country folk, or folks.

  • Perhaps what is astonishing is the increasing distance, chiefly during the past century, that landlubbers have put between the sea and themselves: knowledge and awareness of such matters now rests largely among naval types, those yachtsmen who enjoy the leftover jargon of the sea, and a handful of eccentrics, like Jeans, a few others I could mention, and me.

  • While the Marabel Morgan book aimed chiefly to comfort and instruct the wife on holding the attention of her husband--implying without subtlety that any sexual problems were her fault--later writers have expanded the boundaries of the field, which is now marketed as "family counseling," a category that includes child-rearing, lovemaking, marital relations and, of course, sexual orientation.

  • Because the first lady is obviously something of a freak in this day and age--a woman who is famous chiefly for being a wife; and in most cases, a woman whose life has been hideously warped by the fact that her spouse chose a career in politics.


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