veritably
Example Sentences
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Floods, pestilence, famines, wildfires: What he calls the “elements of climate chaos” are veritably biblical in scope.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2019
“No, Ma’am,” he veritably sang into the phone, “no pickup trucks from downtown this evening. Must be your lucky day!”
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017
Abrahams veritably pops off the screen in “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus,” which is otherwise a muddle of starchy pacing, uneven acting and bizarre tonal confusion.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2015
Tel Aviv remains in the grip of the social protests that have come to define the season, that continue to be peaceable, polite and highly organized even as London veritably burns.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2011
He felt that if once he went beyond the crown of the pass and took one step veritably down into the land of Mordor, that step would be irrevocable.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
