Example sentences for: overtly

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

  • Most of the nine or 10 men I interviewed at the shelter spoke of their experience in overtly moralistic terms: They talked about taking responsibility for themselves, for the money they earned, and even for the children whom they had fathered and then neglected.

  • "For those who have spent years of adulthood circling around questions of faith, it may be a little jarring to witness Trisha's hasty conversion," says Rebecca Ascher-Walsh in Entertainment Weekly . Most critics describe it as a departure from King's usual style--it's overtly religious and a mere 250 pages long.

  • No, he writes, they went overtly nuclear to achieve status . And when poor self-esteem is the root problem, conventional medicine doesn't work.

  • What, if anything, can be done that doesn't come across as overtly partisan or anti-Kennedy?

  • British and American journalism used to be competitive, sensational, overtly political, and populist.


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