Example sentences for: mildly

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

  • What’s more, the mildly alkaline water is said to be positively healthy for bathing — a claim that few seaside resorts can make in these days of polluted shores.

  • The Democrats had to be wooed, cajoled, and mildly threatened before they coughed up their answers.

  • Despite this mildly alarmist tone, the NYT is quick to remind us that "There is nothing inherently sinister about a unified Germany."

  • The thinking behind that may be the same as that of another author I recently came across, responsible for a little Dictionary of House Names . When I pointed out mildly that it was usual for a dictionary to be in alphabetical order, she said that with such an arrangement readers would merely look for their own house name in the bookshop, and then not bother to buy the book.

  • They use the phrase "towel-snapper" as an epithet, like there's something hideous about being mildly boorish with your male friends.


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