ordinarily

Example Sentences

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“Carroll’s trial rested fundamentally on improper propensity evidence that courts ordinarily disavow,” Trump’s lawyers wrote in a legal brief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

And ordinarily, the teams who finish 18th and 19th in the Premier League receive a bye into round two - with the rest of the top-flight teams who avoided relegation.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Step into your local supermarket, and you may find that those ordinarily humble broccoli bunches or cauliflower heads now carry higher price tags.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

At a series of other events, the gracious and glad-handing presence of the 77-year-old king, who peppered remarks with lighthearted jokes, also kindled a spirit of fellow-feeling among ordinarily divided American politicians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

They deny that anything could go wrong with them, and ordinarily nothing does go wrong with them, physically, in the Slammer, and they come out healthy.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston