dutifully

Example Sentences

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“He’s a soldier at heart that carries out his orders dutifully, and that makes him valuable to her.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

At this, America’s hockey dudes laughed dutifully and dude-ily, unaware of how disgusting people would find this tidbit of locker room talk.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

We bought into that idea and dutifully paid mortgages on numerous houses over the course of our marriage.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 2, 2026

They will dutifully report that the Federal Reserve is lowering its target for the federal-funds rate by one-quarter percentage point, from the presently prevailing 4% to 4.25% range.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

It was reintroduced dutifully every year, but the full Senate did not vote on it until 1887, when it was defeated 16 to 34, with twenty-five senators not even bothering to vote.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling