PRACTICALLY in a Sentence

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400 example sentences for PRACTICALLY, such as:
1. I've read practically all of his books.
2. She's practically always late for school.
3. Italy had thus practically declared her independence.
4. He is practically typecast for the role of a gangster.
5. Modern farming methods coexist with more traditional practices.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of PRACTICALLY
practically
 ad.  (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
 ad.  almost; nearly
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  And, as her love for Scarlett and her pride in her were enormous, the chastening process was practically continuous.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  They were practically alone and he might never get another such opportunity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  Uncle Peter practically raised Melanie and me, for we were very young when Father and Mother died.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  Just a little over a year ago, she was dancing and wearing bright clothes instead of this dark mourning and was practically engaged to three boys.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  Gray, as the color of the Confederate uniform, practically disappeared and homespun of a butternut shade took its place.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  Conditions in Wilmington, the chief blockade port, now that Charleston's port was practically sealed by the Yankee gunboats, had reached the proportions of an open scandal.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  Vicksburg had fallen, fallen after a long and bitter siege, and practically all the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to New Orleans was in the hands of the Yankees.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  The Confederates were on scant rations and practically without drugs or bandages for their own sick and wounded.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
9  "I understand practically everything about you and Ashley, now," Rhett resumed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
10  I understand practically everything, except one thing that piques my curiosity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
11  When she slipped the bit into his mouth, she saw that he was practically toothless.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
12  The soles of her slippers were practically gone and were reinforced with pieces of carpet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
13  Once she had known practically everyone in Atlanta and the sight of so many strange names depressed her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
14  Of course, that's practically nothing compared with what Tara can do but we haven't many field hands.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
15  Suellen was getting more and more worried over the fact that she was practically an old maid and she would move heaven and earth to prevent anything from delaying her marriage.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
Example Sentence: (190 in 13 pages)
1  They used to argue all the time and now they've practically stopped talking to each other.
2  The Chinese Christians, therefore, practically excommunicate themselves from their own clan.
3  The law was rushed through Congress with practically no discussion.
4  She's practically always late for school.
5  I've read practically all of his books.
6  We know this because White practically calls a news conference every day to relate those facts.
7  He is practically typecast for the role of a gangster.
8  I attended practically every lecture and seminar when I was a student.
9  Italy had thus practically declared her independence.
10  Eight years and billions of dollars later, we learned that the North Koreans were breaking their word practically from day one.
11  Julie Wall, a cashier in eastern England, had eight thousand of them - practically every song the legendary star ever released.
12  He says he lost consciousness on the way to the hospital and says he was practically dying when he was given a life saving blood transfusion.
13  The Act was introduced to end restrictive practices in the docks.
14  Women of colour who face racist practices can not be simply incorporated into models which assume white women as the norm.
15  Modern farming methods coexist with more traditional practices.