altogether

Example Sentences

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Could it hurt to pass a few days doing something altogether different?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

At 16, Semenyo was deflated, disillusioned and ready to give up on football altogether.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Their stated goal was to dismantle a racial hierarchy, not compel the government to ignore race altogether.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026

Empathizing with war’s toll may be an altogether separate proposition.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026

Perhaps it was the old Jansenist antiscience creed that was building up in him, but for whatever the reason, Pascal’s newfound devotion led him to abandon mathematics and science altogether.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife