Example sentences for: thoroughly

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

  • The Future of the Book question is one that's been so thoroughly discussed, from Plato all the way to Gass' article (unless there's one even more recent), that I hardly think I could add anything.

  • The sentence Napoleon badly/ignominiously defeated the Austrians and Russians is called wrong on the grounds that badly and ignominiously (like heavily, thoroughly, utterly) can be used only with a passive verb; but we can say Napoleon defeated the Austrians and Russians badly or ignominiously at Austerlitz without violating natural English idiom.

  • Better, perhaps, to sort things out thoroughly in the short run, and to prevent even greater devastation for all concerned down the road--even if that means suffering a few casualties, or opening ourselves up to the charge of imperialism.NomadNet, a page on "Somalia, Peacekeeping, Relief & Economic Development Issues" run by Michael Maren, has been shut down, but its archives are still open.

  • Perhaps he had so thoroughly identified his art at this point with French national traditions--was he not the legitimate heir of Courbet?

  • Search for disproving-proving evidence Assurance that alternative interpretations have been thoroughly searched for and checked; thorough identification of instances that don't fit the general pattern; and, often, understanding of the reasons for the outliers


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