literally

Example Sentences

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I literally go through them because the white ones turn kind of yellow-ish; depending on the fabrication, you can save them for a lifetime.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m literally a U.S. citizen!” one shouted as they escorted him into a van.

From The Wall Street Journal

“As soon as I get back home, I’m going straight there. I literally landed and then came here a week later,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

In one of Anderson’s acceptance speeches, the filmmaker dropped a cinema-related fact about his spouse Maya Rudolph: “I literally proposed to my wife in a movie theater.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“I really thought it was my forever job and it was taken away literally in a day,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times