verily
Example Sentences
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It is a tragicomedy, a hybrid of past and present, a pastiche and an original yarn, a verily fun and achingly melancholy novel.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2021
We believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord.
From Washington Times • Apr. 16, 2021
“Godfather II” managed to be both a prequel and a sequel, an early force in inviting audiences not just to like something and be grateful, but to say — yea, verily demand: More please.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2019
At this point in the 2013 season, my Authentic Games Index forecast a Super Bowl of Seattle versus Denver, and verily it came to pass.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2015
He looked now, had he known it, verily Ernil i Pheriannath, the Prince of the Halflings, that folk had called him; but he felt uncomfortable.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Vocabulary lists containing verily
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 4
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