SIMPLY in a Sentence

Learn SIMPLY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
353 example sentences for SIMPLY, such as:
1. He is simply not a social animal.
2. Youth is simply an attitude of mind.
3. They've furnished the room very simply.
4. I simply can't tell him I won't accept it.
5. The table is simply a chipboard circle on a base.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SIMPLY
simply
 ad.  in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment
 ad.  absolutely
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  All constraint had vanished between the two, and they began to talk easily and simply.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
2  Mrs. Hale answered simply: "There was nowhere else for her to go;" and my heart tightened at the thought of the hard compulsions of the poor.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  Brent liked India but he thought her mighty plain and tame, and he simply could not fall in love with her himself to keep Stuart company.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  She had wanted him, in that first instant, wanted him as simply and unreasoningly as she wanted food to eat, horses to ride and a soft bed on which to lay herself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  She always felt secure when Ellen was by her, for there was nothing so bad that Ellen could not better it, simply by being there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  But if Ashley didn't make the first move, she would simply have to do it herself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
7  Naturally, she would have to say then that she simply couldn't think of marrying a man when he was engaged to another girl, but he would insist and finally she would let herself be persuaded.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  Except for the ever-present torment that Ashley might be killed, the war interested her not at all, and nursing was something she did simply because she didn't know how to get out of it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  The other women were simply silly and hysterical with their talk of patriotism and the Cause, and the men were almost as bad with their talk of vital issues and States' Rights.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
10  If he was any other man in the world I could simply freeze up and order him off.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  She knew that he was acting the part of the dashing and patriotic blockade runner simply because it amused him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
12  She believed Melanie had simply taken leave of her senses.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
13  I simply can't tell him I won't accept it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
14  Scarlett would have given anything to be able to provide the rest of the uniform, but the necessary materials were simply not to be had in Atlanta.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
15  She simply could not tell Rhett she wanted it for Ashley.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
Example Sentence: (143 in 10 pages)
1  His skill lies in his ability to communicate quite complex ideas very simply.
2  Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
3  He is simply not a social animal.
4  The security is so bad here that anyone can simply walk in and take what he wants.
5  If you are caught simply argue that "everyone does it" and brazen it out.
6  Critics of government policy argue that the new measures introduced to fight crime are simply papering over the cracks.
7  Women of colour who face racist practices can not be simply incorporated into models which assume white women as the norm.
8  He failed again and again simply because he had maintained his defeatist attitude.
9  Youth is simply an attitude of mind.
10  The table is simply a chipboard circle on a base.
11  Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance.
12  He rumbled as he walked that it was simply unreasonable to treat him like this.
13  They've furnished the room very simply.
14  I don't want you to visit me simply out of a sense of duty.
15  Romania is paying more and more to Western banks simply to service the debt.