How to Use roundly in a Sentence

roundly

adverb
Definition of roundlynext
Synonyms for roundlynext
  • She roundly criticized the plan.
  • Her leadership is roundly praised.
  • Back when the show first aired, Skyler was roundly disliked.
    — Mike Sacks, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2022
  • That’s why, for the better part of a century, both the Left and the Right have roundly condemned the idea.
    — Orrin G. Hatch, National Review, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Sheriff’s offices across the state, along with the FBI, have roundly debunked the claims.
    — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Trump was roundly booed that evening after he was shown on the stadium's video board.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2021
  • But the world’s richest nations roundly ignored the call.
    — New York Times, 21 Mar. 2021
  • Witness the launch of a new streaming app, Max, being roundly mocked in the industry.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
  • LaBeouf's legal team has roundly denied every one of the claims.
    — Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • That was a bit of a surprise for NFL fans who roundly mocked the Raiders for dealing the coveted pass rusher.
    — Matt Young, Chron, 12 Apr. 2021
  • West, who made his major league umpiring debut in 1976, was roundly booed at the time and the next game, which the Red Sox won to close out the series.
    — Matt Young, Chron, 27 Sep. 2021
  • But fans of the Sulphur Springs romance-young adult author took to social media to roundly object to the book.
    — Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The sermon was roundly panned as sexist and counter to Christian teachings.
    — CBS News, 10 Mar. 2021
  • This sort of thing has been roundly described by experts in the field as a privacy nightmare.
    — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 11 June 2024
  • It had been roundly denounced by Spears, who described it as abusive.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • But the unit ended up losing money and was roundly booed by investors.
    — Phred Dvorak, WSJ, 13 May 2021
  • His effort was roundly defeated in the House and Senate.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2021
  • The case was roundly seen as a failure of post-apartheid justice, but the mounds of evidence assembled by Mr. Dutton and his team did not go to waste.
    — New York Times, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Advertisement Not all of its scoops were roundly praised.
    — Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • He’s played with overwhelming charm and vigor by the buoyant Preston Perez, although the same could be roundly said about any of the cast members.
    — John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 20 June 2024
  • Many were repeat offenses, such as the more than 800 claims about election fraud, which were roundly rejected in the courts.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Our voters agreed: The deep-dive interview podcast was also roundly praised in the survey.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Dec. 2021
  • And, when Dusty and Maya tell their stories to the judge, they’re both roundly discredited by the prosecution.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2024
  • When the coronavirus pandemic took hold of the world in March 2020, Trump was roundly criticized for his lack of response to the fast-spreading virus.
    — Xavier Piedra, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2021
  • These election fraud cases have been roundly rejected by the courts.
    — Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The move was roundly panned, but under La Russa’s guidance, the White Sox won their first division title since 2008.
    — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The offer was roundly mocked, prompting the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, to ask whether Germany would send pillows next.
    — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
  • There is a deep paranoia that the elevation of fringe ideas—which, again, Joe Biden roundly rejects—will damage his chances.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Prior generative AI apps had not especially done this to the same degree and were roundly criticized and booed off the world stage.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Directed by Eli Roth, the video game adaptation — which cost north of $110 million to produce — was roundly panned by critics; audiences felt the same in slapping with a D+ cinemascore.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2024

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