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Example Sentences
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“I got thrown onto my back in utter darkness,” Sue remembered.
From Literature
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This camp, and countless others dotting the country, house millions of Syrians whose homes still lie in utter ruin.
From BBC
And pretty much every single one uttered the word "positive" about how the test had gone for them.
From BBC
Blunt, who previously described Dame Jilly as "emotionally intelligent, fantastically generous, sharply observant and utter fun", carried a tote bag with "I love Jilly Cooper" on it.
From BBC
Based on its utter failure, no one would pick this system.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.