Example sentences for: flatly

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

  • During the hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee Judge Clarence Thomas read a categorical statement denying flatly and absolutely the charges of sexual harassment against him, but he used the adverbial “uncategorically,” thus negating the very essence of his statement.

  • Once source tells the Times that in response to a direct question from Clinton, Yeltsin flatly denied the charges.

  • "In the 1980s we had deep ties with China, and we also had meetings with diplomats and everybody knew about it, but they flatly denied it.

  • In addition, the Times quotes one congressman saying there are six Republican members besides himself who have flatly decided not to vote for Gingrich--no small matter given the GOP's reduced edge of 12 seats.

  • The LAT also plays it high, but then late in its story flatly states that in making this response "Mills strayed considerably from the facts of the case."


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