How to Use exceedingly in a Sentence

exceedingly

adverb
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  • The crime rate is exceedingly high.
  • The weather was exceedingly cold.
  • White gowns were not popular, as keeping a white dress white after it was worn was exceedingly difficult.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 18 June 2022
  • Honey is about 40% fructose, which is great, but honey has a strong flavor and cookies baked with it are exceedingly golden brown (not a cute look).
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 28 June 2022
  • Williamson initially agreed with that timeline, which proved exceedingly optimistic.
    — Brett Martel, ajc, 2 July 2022
  • The competition for second place in the city attorney’s race remains exceedingly close.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2022
  • Customary and exceedingly ordinary driving controls are a bit of mystery to this person.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • God became exceedingly angry; and Moses despaired.' ...
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 27 June 2022
  • As Australian tourism officials have always admitted, one of the deterrents to travel to the country is its exceedingly long distance from everywhere else.
    — Laurie Werner, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • Broad swaths of ocean all around the globe also are exceedingly warm.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
  • In the end, Mr. and Mrs. Smith is a straight shot of joy, the kind of balm needed in a time when delight is in exceedingly short supply.
    — Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But to be a high school coach one year and a major-college head coach the next is exceedingly rare.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 30 Nov. 2022
  • None have come close to the mass destruction of the Oak Fire, due in part to the exceedingly dry conditions in the area, Wade said.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 26 July 2022
  • This may be one of the reasons that shootings are exceedingly rare in Japan.
    — New York Times, 9 July 2022
  • Stock in the fast-food chain is exceedingly less volatile than the broader market with a beta of 0.71.
    — Brian Evans, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2024
  • American teenagers in the age of the iPhone are exceedingly well behaved.
    — Jessica Hornik, National Review, 13 July 2023
  • The rooms are on the smaller side, but still exceedingly cozy and comfortable.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Kimes has been able to do something that is exceedingly rare in our business.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The assortment includes race cars that have circled some of the world’s finest race tracks, as well as an exceedingly rare coupé once owned by a king.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 June 2023
  • And an exceedingly rare example of the latter just went up for sale.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain in the outbreak is exceedingly rare and had never before been seen in the U.S.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • It just gets scrambled up into some form that’s exceedingly hard to read.
    — Quanta Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
  • When testing, food in contact with the cast-iron grates browned exceedingly well, the corn, in particular, had a nice char.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
  • There will be no exceedingly heavy bejeweled crowns, no anointing of the monarch with holy oil behind a screen.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • None of this is evidence of fraud, which is exceedingly rare.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2022
  • For example, if the first shot at the profile seems overly dry and perhaps exceedingly lengthy, just say so in your next prompt.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Namely, the heat can make many of us exceedingly cranky and, in some cases, downright angry.
    — Hannah Smothers, SELF, 26 July 2022
  • Even though Trumpism is his hook, Heilbrunn spends exceedingly few pages on the subject.
    — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The Mummy is an exceedingly elegant and creepy horror picture that seamlessly blends its action and adventure elements.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
  • With chemical properties exceedingly similar to typical nutrients like iron and calcium, toxic metals look virtually the same to the body.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024

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