Example sentences for: summarily

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

  • The ostensible truth multiplier 1,000 percent (from George McGovern's 1972 avowal of support for his running mate, Thomas F. Eagleton, whom he claimed to support "1,000 percent" and then summarily dropped from the ticket) is now an ironic synonym for "don't bet on it" or even "not on your life."

  • The day should also see, the papers report, a vote on a motion to summarily dismiss the case against President Clinton.

  • An "inner" circle believed that Hitler should be summarily shot.

  • I was summarily turned down in a peremptory letter that questioned the possible usefulness of such an enterprise.

  • Ta Mok has even been given credit for putting Pol Pot on trial and sentencing him to life under house arrest--as opposed to summarily shooting him in the head, which is the Khmer Rouge's usual idea of justice.


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