VERY in a Sentence

Learn VERY 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.
404 example sentences for VERY, such as:
1. The road ahead is very busy.
2. We were very adult about it.
3. That wasn't very adult of you.
4. She was a very beautiful woman.
5. My journey was very melancholy.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of VERY
very
 ad.  used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
 ad.  precisely so
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  Yeah, Gatsby's very careful about women.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
2  "Looks very good," he remarked vaguely.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
3  This professor was very unlike his colleague.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
4  It was all very careless and confused.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
5  Edward is very amiable, and I love him tenderly.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
6  She felt that Edward stood very high in her opinion.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
7  He is very far from being independent.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
8  Men are very safe with us, let them be ever so rich.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
9  His setting off in such a hurry seems very like it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
10  Marianne looked very grave and said nothing.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
11  She was very earnest to see the corpse.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
12  My journey was very melancholy.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
13  Her sufferings have been very severe.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
14  I understand she is a woman of very good fortune.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
15  A very little trouble on your side secures him.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  She was very reluctant to admit the truth.
2  We were very adult about it.
3  That wasn't very adult of you.
4  I very much agree with the prime minister.
5  The road ahead is very busy.
6  This paint doesn't apply very easily.
7  They've taken a very cautious approach.
8  This approach seems very sensible to me.
9  His approach was not very scientific.
10  The area is very rich in minerals.
11  The countryside around here is very rugged.
12  She was a very beautiful woman.
13  It is very late; hence you must go to bed.
14  Tonight is a very special occasion.
15  Elephants have a very tough hide.