How to use freshly in a sentence
40 example sentences · adverb
Freshly means recently, newly. Example: “The freshly picked flowers will wilt in a few days but for now are still fragrant.”
Examples of freshly by meaning
adverbRecently, newly.
- The freshly picked flowers will wilt in a few days but for now are still fragrant.
- Filter cards were prepared from freshly collected blood (EDTA blood, 2–6 h old) and from hemolyzed blood (EDTA blood, 2–4 days stored at -20°C).2015 July 6, “Diagnosis of Morquio Syndrome in Dried Blood Spots Based on a New MRM-MS Assay”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
- He smelt freshly fried kachoris rescued from the wedding buffet.2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 54
More sentences with freshly
- The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.From the entry seed
- The starchiness of the freshly pressed shirt made it very uncomfortable.From the entry starchiness
- The two men found the three women destringing freshly picked bush beans for the evening meal.From the entry destring
- She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.From the entry linen
- You decide, but as a freshly minted literal uncle, it does speak to me.2026 March 24, Morgan Park, “Marathon review”, in PC Gamer, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2026. From the entry unc
- Would it taste sweet and buttery like Isao’s freshly baked loaves?2022, Julie Abe, Alliana, Girl of Dragons, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN. From the entry anmitsu
- A faint layer of dew lay on the freshly turned earth.2017, Cameron Dokey, Belle, Simon Pulse, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, →ISBN, page 134. From the entry wisp
- Waiting in anticipation to bite into Granny Bertha’s delicious, freshly baked bulkas made the fast all-the-more torturous.2016, Sheryl Ozinsky, “Bulkas”, in The Children’s Hospital Trust, Giving Back Childhood: Childhood Memories and Recipes from 50 Well-Known…. From the entry bulka
- Using electroporation of freshly dissociated cells to introduce CMV-GFP also shows differential transfectability in different cell types.2015 October 15, “Ctip2-, Satb2-, Prox1-, and GAD65-Expressing Neurons in Rat Cultures: Preponderance of Single- and Double-Positive…. From the entry transfectability
- It’s freshly squeezed and deliciously sweet, and quenches your thirst on a hot and lively summer night.2015, Robert Correll, Photo Restoration: From Snapshots to Great Shots, Peachpit Press, →ISBN. From the entry lemonadey
- Niangao, Xianbing, Doufunao and Wandouhuang, all freshly made, are laid on the counter.2008 August 8, Milo Lee, “He who has never eaten Jiumen Snacks is not a true man”, in Beijing Today, number 375, page 18. From the entry xianbing
- In the freshly hoovered living room of her house in Wokingham, Thelma Dawnton was distinctly miffed.2006, Stella Rimington, Secret Asset, London: Hutchinson, ISBN 978-0-09-180024-6; republished New York, N.Y.: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard…. From the entry hoover
- Freshly squeezed tomato juice exists only in the imagination of menu writers.2003, Arno Schmidt, Chef's book of formulas, yields, and sizes, page 157. From the entry tomato juice
- I think that the freshly cut or broken surface smells carrotier.1998 September 18, PeteAlway, “Re Carrots”, in alt.pets.rabbits (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026. From the entry carroty
- Now, here was the freshly minted FDA commissioner, still wet behind the ears at 39.1991 July 15, Dick Thompson, “The Man with the Plan”, in Time. From the entry wet behind the ears
- The intense, nutty aroma of freshly brewed coffee was still lingering in the air of my modest den.2021, Nishita Patil, MEET YOURSELF, SpotWrite Publications, page 12. From the entry ambedo
- His hair is shorter, less Einsteiny, and he's freshly shaved.2020, Jennifer Honeybourn, chapter 6, in The Do-over, New York, N.Y.: Swoon Reads, →ISBN. From the entry Einsteiny
- Freshly baked chocolate chip cookies defy my willpower.2017, Lesley Rotchford, “Making the Change”, in Take It Off! Keep It Off! Real Women Reveal How They Lost the 20, 50, and Even 100…. From the entry graham-crackery
- He held the freshly cut liver of a harvestee in one hand and a pitchfork in the other.2015, Andrew Snook, Remy's Dilemma, page 22. From the entry harvestee
- I continue my climb along the road that once was dirt and pebbles but now is freshly paved with blackstuff.2013, Lisa Selvidge, Summer Times in the Algarve, page 130. From the entry blackstuff
- In the first game, humanity was the new kid on the galactic block, struggling for respect as a freshly spacefaring species.2012 March 9, Seth Schiesel, “The Adventure Ends, So Take a Good Look”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on…. From the entry new kid on the block
- Its waterways are crammed with fishing boats and nets, and its restaurants resplendent with fish and seafood freshly caught.2004 June 27, Joan Stanley-Baker, “Arts get regional in Fangliao”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Aug…. From the entry Pingdong
- The air in the small office carried the smell of freshly glazed donuts from the discount bakery next door.2001, Mary O’Connell, “Saint Dymphna”, in Living with Saints, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry long john
- In the postripening process that takes place in freshly harvested and stored grain, the moisture and temperature tend to increase.1979, Agriculture Handbook, number 338, page 44. From the entry postripening
- The golden domes of churches and the freshly sanded paths in the town gardens were a glaring yellow.1958, Boris Pasternak, chapter 4, in Max Hayward, Manya Harari, transl., Doctor Zhivago, New York: Pantheon, page 96. From the entry sand
- Lumber-jacketed and freshly neat, with its deep, flanged armholes—straight, knee-slit skirt—it has the Farmington look that is casual smartness.1946 May 1, “Stevens”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume CV, number 104, page 10. From the entry lumber-jacketed
- Freshly made concentrate should be detartrated by storage in a settling tank for a week or two before use.1943, Agricultural Experiment Station, Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of California, California…. From the entry detartrated
- Albrecht applied the term "liposome" to small refractive droplets observed in freshly mounted sections of liver and other tissues.1930 September, Ben Dawes, “The Absorption of Fats and Lipoids in the Plaice (P. platessa L.)”, in Journal of the Marine Biological…. From the entry liposome
- Through the window, they passed the children a batch of freshly fried pakodas wrapped in newspaper, the oil already starting to seep through.2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 99. From the entry pakoda
- Tasting like freshly squeezed lemons our perfectly balanced Lemontini has been made with lemon syrup, vodka, dry vermouth, lime juice and egg white.2022, Mathieu Teisseire - Lemontini. From the entry lemontini
- Light Academia is softer, underlining how calm, happy, and marvelous student life is: an almond latte, freshly picked oranges, book-pressed flowers, a newly bought nib.2021 December 28, Emilie Friedlander, “The Year in Aesthetics, From Dark Academia to McBling”, in Vice, archived from the original on 28…. From the entry light academia
- This is nothing more (or less) than a freshly cooked chapati enhanced by a fresh omelette, chopped onions, green peppers and finely sliced cabbage.2016, Philip Briggs, Uganda. From the entry rolex
- The slime-providers were never given any training of any kind, and the troughs were freshly cleaned and reslimed before each experimental animal was run.2013, W. C. Corning, Stanley C. Ratner, Chemistry of Learning: Invertebrate Research, page 230. From the entry reslime
- We both agree that the best chocolate chip cookie is one with an ooey-gooey center, loads of chocolate chips, and freshly toasted nuts.2012, Sara Corpening Whiteford, Mary Corpening Barber, The Bride & Groom First and Forever Cookbook, page 212. From the entry ooey-gooey
- She held an ornate brass coffee mill under her left arm and used her right hand to grind the freshly toasted beans.2012, Nada Saleh, New Flavours of the Lebanese Table. From the entry coffee mill
- You can fill up your platter with some of the best wursts and roast meats (especially the delectable pork), along with freshly made salads.2011, Dardis McNamee, Frommer's Austria. From the entry wurst
- We kissed beside the river, we kissed behind her sisters' backs, we kissed with the crema of a freshly made coffee still mustachioing our lips.2009, Anthony Capella, The Various Flavours Of Coffee, →ISBN. From the entry mustachio
Meaning of freshly
- adverb Recently, newly.
- adverb In a rude or impertinent manner.
Questions about freshly in a sentence
- How do you use freshly in a sentence?
- Freshly is used as an adverb. For example: “The freshly picked flowers will wilt in a few days but for now are still fragrant.”
- What is a short sentence with freshly?
- “Freshly baked chocolate chip cookies defy my willpower.”
- What does freshly mean?
- Freshly means recently, newly.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: freshly (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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