How to Use entire in a Sentence
- The fence runs along the entire length of the building.
- The war affected an entire generation of young Americans.
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The goal is to conquer the entire floor and take home a huge cash prize.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
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In return, the group agreed to pay the entire cost of grass restoration.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
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That's more rain than the area typically gets for the entire month.
—John Antczak, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2024
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Lean your weight into the bent-knee side and slowly roll the entire glute area (back and outside of your hip).
—Dana Santas, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
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From our veranda, there was a clear view of the entire compound.
—Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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The North King Drive café is still up and running and will continue to serve its entire menu.
—Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2023
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The entire point of Pink Tape is their unabashed expression of self.
—Clayton Purdom, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2023
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All the vegetation gone more than the entire state of Maryland in square footage.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2024
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To combat this, tilt the bottle at an angle that fills the entire nipple with milk.
—Anita K. Henry, Parents, 29 June 2023
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If any one of those single points had failed, the entire mission would have ended.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 18 Apr. 2024
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Many models melt up to 2 inches of snow per hour, and are designed to be left out for the entire winter.
—Carley Thornell, The Enquirer, 13 Jan. 2024
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And of course, all this comes after months of stunning changes to the mother’s body and her entire attitude to life.
—Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
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And that’s before even mentioning the new album from Teni, Tears of the Sun, which might just be one of the best albums of the entire year, from any genre.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 1 Dec. 2023
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On the Home tab, subscribers will see an entire row showing local and out-of-market games.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
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That effort included adding a new ceiling to the entire space.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 18 Apr. 2024
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Kelly has spent his entire 27-year career with the same South End ladder truck.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
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Using a paper towel, coat the entire surface of the pan with a neutral oil, inside and out.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2023
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March is typically the snowiest month of the year for Denver, but this storm could bring more than an entire month’s worth of snow in just three days.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
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Ludvig is almost like a man who hasn’t had emotions his entire life.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2024
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The entire world is changing at whiplash-inducing speed.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
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Not big enough, and the entire look feels off in an impossible-to-identify way.
—Erika Veurink, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2023
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The entire floor is wrapped in floor-to-ceiling windows with incredible views that stretch over the city, canyons, and mountains.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2023
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Their accounts spanned his entire tenure at San Jose State.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
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The entire stairwell scene ended up taking only one day to film.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
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But that’s okay, because of its breathtaking views and prospects for the entire property.
—Tj MacIas, Sacramento Bee, 6 Apr. 2024
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But a batch big enough for the block would require an entire produce department’s supply of lemons.
—Darnell Mayberry | , cleveland, 9 Sep. 2023
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Who has an entire group of seniors happily eating out of his hands?
—Han Ong, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
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High populations of these moths in a small area can eat the leaves off an entire tree, and ultimately kill it.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Mar. 2024
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Then tilt the entire row into place against the next-to-last row.
—Joesph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2017
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My entire back and shoulders used to hurt by the end of my work day.
—Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 28 Jan. 2020
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Then tilt the entire row into place against the next-to-last row. Align the tongue-and-groove joint, and press down on the last row.
—Joesph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 8 Dec. 2019
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Ask the person to examine your entire back, groin, backs of the knees, and armpits.
—Dakota Kim, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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The impact smashed the entire back section of the Honda, Garcia says.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 7 Aug. 2017
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Make sure to use your entire back for the motion and keep your movements slow and controlled.
—NBC News, 12 Jan. 2018
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Your entire back foot should be firmly planted on the ground.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 27 Apr. 2018
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These days, the hits can be more than the means to an end -- simply the buy-in needed to get a seat at the table, rather than the pop-game entire.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 23 June 2017
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If a saw catches on a branch, for instance, the pilot can release the entire saw and fly off.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Sep. 2019
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That means Google wants the entire web to adopt the new rules, instead of just installing them on its own Chrome browser.
—Fortune, 22 Aug. 2019
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There was a long black dress that had a gold zipper up the entire back and the model wore huge gold bangles up her arm.
—Lindsey Schickner, Seventeen, 16 July 2008
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TruTV will broadcast the entire First Four as well as several games during the round of 64.
—Chris Chavez, SI.com, 13 Mar. 2018
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Entire industries and lives were built on what came out of that basement.
—Nicole Brodeur, The Seattle Times, 30 May 2017
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There's a mayor elect, Secretary of the Entire and the potty master.
—Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 21 May 2017
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According to Renee, the entire back wall was brought down to give the restaurant an open-kitchen concept.
—Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2018
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Excited to open the can of beans for a quick meal, Smith was upset to only find a singular bean in the entire can.
—Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 4 Sep. 2019
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That’s five million units more than all of Ubisoft’s titles combined in the entire last fiscal year.
—Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019
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But the fire burned as a mosaic, as officials have said, and didn’t hit the entire burned area with equal fervor.
—Jim Ryan, OregonLive.com, 6 Feb. 2018
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In a surprising detail, the entire back wall has been taken out and replaced with glass doors.
—Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2018
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Baron had hoped the district could forgo the entire proposed 2.91 percent increase and levy for the same amount of money as the previous year.
—Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
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There was an entire row that could have been filled with books by badass female authors, but instead was filled with chocolates.
—Jules Barrueco, Glamour, 10 May 2019
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The injury bug that the Ducks avoided for much of the season seemed to continually fly around them for the entire the Stanley Cup playoffs.
—Eric Stephens, Orange County Register, 10 May 2017
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If a single round doesn't kick both your butts, repeat the entire circuit up to three times in a row, taking one- to two-minute breaks to recoup between rounds.
—Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 12 Dec. 2017
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Outlook: The Mustangs will look to replace seven starters from last year’s squad, including the entire back four.
—Randy McRoberts, The Aegis, 30 Aug. 2017
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Lie supine on a bolster or large pillow so that your entire back, shoulders, neck and head are supported.
—Dana Santas, CNN, 19 Sep. 2017
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Shop the entire Nordstrom sale The product experts at Reviewed have all your shopping needs covered.
—Samantha Matt, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2020
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And dark-colored asphalt absorbs between 80 and 95 percent of the sun's rays, heating up not just the streets themselves but the entire surrounding area.
—Christina Capatides, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2018
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Naturally, this entire back and forth took place just behind a placid John McClain.
—Peter Dawson, star-telegram, 31 Jan. 2018
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The relative later noticed the girl had redness and bruising on her entire back and down to her calves, according to the affidavit.
—Claire Osborn, ajc, 2 May 2018
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But be sure to avoid another common mistake in this area, which is when one spouse takes the entire required payout for both spouses if each has IRAs.
—Laura Saunders, WSJ, 5 Feb. 2017
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