Example Sentences

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But around 20 years ago, the superhero industrial complex rejected camp, becoming dark and gritty, then sarcastic and flip, then cycling back to wholesomely earnest again for a time.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2024

And though every conceivable effort has been taken to make this “Mario” as Mario-like as possible, the attitude is antithetical to exactly what the franchise so wholesomely represents.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

The Anderson of “Love, Pamela” is more wholesomely free-spirited than the one who lives in popular memory.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2023

In the midst of betraying his own family, Cunningham wholesomely wishes his mistress’ son a happy birthday.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2020

The house smelled wholesomely of fresh-baked pastry, garden tomatoes, and air undisturbed by fans or air-conditioners—old-fashioned summer smells.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson