ordinarily

Example Sentences

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Instead, they are recruiting newcomers who would have ordinarily pursued a Ph.D. or a role at a quant firm.

From The Wall Street Journal

All the while, crime continues around Book’s shop—and at what would seem a statistically explosive rate, given the ordinarily quiet lane where Book sells his dusty volumes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Clara ordinarily had a rule when it came to hiring: bubbes, sweet little grandmothers who thought everything she and her sister did was simply wonderful.

From Literature

"You hear him talking about things you wouldn't ordinarily consider, or even see, when you're walking down the street – but he puts a pinpoint accuracy on it that's impossible to ignore."

From BBC

But the series’ creator, Thomas Brandon, has a solution: a room at the Orphanage that is ordinarily used for the review of classified materials and which is insulated from all electronic intrusions.

From The Wall Street Journal