How to Use entirety in a Sentence

entirety

noun
  • I wish that I could find a card for Valentine's Day that expresses the entirety of my love.
  • One northbound lane will stay closed for the entirety of that span.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Enquirer, 18 July 2024
  • Combs' legal team have taken action to dismiss parts or the entirety of these suits.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 23 May 2024
  • All stories must not have been published in part or in its entirety previously.
    Britta Stromeyer, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
  • How video of the lightning strike was captured The electrician’s brush with near-death was captured on video in its entirety.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2024
  • Funded by donations, the arm was repaired, but now with the entirety of her body missing, the way forward is less obvious.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2024
  • And as the Sun attempted to go for the win, their best player — Thomas — watched from the bench for the entirety of the fourth quarter.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
  • To make the space more functional and conducive to housing cutting-edge technologies, the complex was stripped down in its entirety till there were only bricks and bare floors.
    Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
  • Head over to Rolling Stone’s website to read Mangold’s latest interview in its entirety.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 24 July 2024
  • The trajectory of his career — as well as Naughty Dog’s and the entirety of the video game medium — was forever changed.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
  • The hotel is made up of just five suites, which can be rented individually, or bought out in its entirety for up to 10 adults and four children at once.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2024
  • Somehow, Amazon didn’t foresee the craze surrounding the concert and is now working toward releasing the concert’s livestream in its entirety on their platform.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 18 July 2024
  • The latest request includes a $50 million contingency that LAWA said may not be used in its entirety or at all.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
  • But the plaintiffs are not asking the court to block the map in its entirety.
    Emma Platoff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
  • But, the entirety of her small check went to Screen Actors Guild fees to join the union.
    Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The band will perform all the songs from the album in its entirety each night.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Head over to The New Yorker to read the Frank profile in its entirety.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Fans will have to wait until March 29 to hear Act II in its entirety and see how the rest of the songs sound.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Play Joni Mitchell’s album Blue in its entirety with the lights off.
    Sarah Gundle, WIRED, 22 July 2023
  • Some deals will last for the entirety of the sale, while others only pop up for a few hours.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Head over to Rolling Stones’ website to read the excerpt in its entirety.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The next night, the group will play the album in its entirety at New York’s Bowery Ballroom.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 Nov. 2023
  • At the end of January, the list will be published in its entirety.
    Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The first vote — to toss all of the impeachment articles in their entirety — failed by a vote of 6-24.
    Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The mismatch between investors and the Fed extends through the entirety of 2024.
    Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The sixth win at TQL Stadium also equaled the number of wins the team logged at home in the entirety of the 2022 season.
    The Enquirer, 7 May 2023
  • The menu consists of only five or six items and is meant to be ordered in its entirety and shared.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • In the future, the redesign at the basin will raise the sea wall to 4.75 feet, which will prevent beavers from climbing ashore around its entirety.
    Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Kyivstar said that the entirety of its network had been brought down.
    Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • That deal would keep him in Minnesota for the entirety of his career.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2024

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