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How to use religiously in a sentence

12 example sentences · adverb

Religiously means in the manner of religion. Example: “It is odd he gets so many cavities since he brushes his teeth religiously, every night, rain or shine.”

Examples of religiously by meaning

adverbPassionately or diligently; faithfully; conscientiously.

  • It is odd he gets so many cavities since he brushes his teeth religiously, every night, rain or shine.
  • “My wife and I use Notion religiously to manage our day-to-day life,” he wrote on X.2024 May 12, Erin Griffith, quoting Ben Lang, “Honey, I Love You. Didn’t You See My Slack About It?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

More sentences with religiously

  • There was something to be said for all those religiously influenced names – Patience, Grace, Chastity, Faith.2006, Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan, published 2007, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry faith
  • Both the religiously dis-identified ("nones") and the religiously committed report mystical experiences.2003, Jacob A. Belzen, Antoon Geels, Mysticism: A Variety of Psychological Perspectives, page 50. From the entry none
  • He calls MY matches ADVERTISING and his stuff or praising religiously: information.1997 July 29, mclane, “Chess Analysis Software”, in rec.games.chess.computer (Usenet), retrieved 02 May 2022. From the entry contraproductive
  • And a typical Georger logs in religiously to enter their dollar serial numbers and zip codes before they stamp and spend them.2013 March 24, Stan Alcorn, “Where's George?: The Trail Of $1 Bills Across The U.S.”, in NPR. From the entry Georger
  • The regulars were left barless but, like the White Russians of Paris and the Cubans of Miami, they religiously awaited the day they could return.2000 July 14, Done Rose, “The Grub Game”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry barless
  • Stettinius—she a poet; he a bleached man, with goatish whiskers and a sanctimonious white neck-cloth, who was Puritanically, ethically, gloomily, religiously atheistic.1914, Sinclair Lewis, Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, […], page 119. From the entry puritanically
  • Religiously motivated women like Watts believe it’s very possible to become a born-again virgin — if you believe it is so and pledge abstinence until marriage.2013, Brian Alexander, “Born-again virgins claim to rewrite the past”, in NBCNews.com. From the entry born-again virgin
  • The blasting music, not reduced one notch, continues to flow beautifully into the static of the surrounding saltbush, conveying the aura of the religiously spiritual in all worlds.2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 186. From the entry saltbush
  • Seen in this light, his antisemitism appears in its ultimate essence as a nomophobia, a revolt against the divinely sanctioned moral law or, religiously speaking, a revolt against God.1985, Edward H. Flannery, The anguish of the Jews: twenty-three centuries of antisemitism, →ISBN, page 292. From the entry nomophobia
  • Dmitrii Pospelovskii also drew on some similarities between the Metanoia authors and Chaadaev: All were religiously oriented and prowestern and saw no future hope outside of a historical Christian context.1991, Julia Brun-Zejmis, “Messianic Consciousness as an Expression of National Inferiority: Chaadaev and Some Samizdat Writings of the…. From the entry pro-western

Meaning of religiously

  1. adverb In the manner of religion.
  2. adverb Passionately or diligently; faithfully; conscientiously.

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Questions about religiously in a sentence

How do you use religiously in a sentence?
Religiously is used as an adverb. For example: “It is odd he gets so many cavities since he brushes his teeth religiously, every night, rain or shine.”
What is a short sentence with religiously?
“Both the religiously dis-identified ("nones") and the religiously committed report mystical experiences.”
What does religiously mean?
Religiously means in the manner of religion.

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