Example sentences for: principally

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

  • The sculpture is principally from the 18th century, but the paintings range from the colony’s beginnings to the present day.

  • It is used to describe compounds composed of an adjective and a substantive so as to form, principally, a possessive adjective, like bahuvrihi itself; it also forms a compound that is different grammatically from its head member and, particularly, plurals that function as singular nouns, as in lazy-bones, sly-boots .

  • Wildlife watching of large land mammals, principally deer, drew 12.

  • Policymakers turned principally to the CIA and covert action to implement policy.

  • A friend of Matisse, he worked principally in Europe and North Africa.


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