FINALLY in a Sentence

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"I won't," he finally managed to breathe, never dreaming that she was thinking he looked like a calf waiting for the butcher.

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 Meanings and Examples of FINALLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
finally
 ad.  at last; eventually
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "There's only one who takes me eye," Gerald said finally.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  It was the threat of the convent that finally won the assent of bewildered and heartstricken Pierre Robillard.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
3  Naturally, she would have to say then that she simply couldn't think of marrying a man when he was engaged to another girl, but he would insist and finally she would let herself be persuaded.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
4  "I won't," he finally managed to breathe, never dreaming that she was thinking he looked like a calf waiting for the butcher.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  And, my dear, they stayed out nearly all night and walked home finally, saying the horse had run away and smashed the buggy and they had gotten lost in the woods.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  When Uncle Peter finally maneuvered the carriage out of the mudholes and onto Peachtree Street, she felt the first surge of interest she had known in months.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  There were few ladies who could resist his charms when he chose to exert them, and finally even Mrs. Merriwether unbent and invited him to Sunday dinner.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  And with every day that passed, she became more sure in her own mind of his devotion, more certain he would arrange matters satisfactorily when the Yankees were finally beaten.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
9  Melanie telegraphed Colonel Sloan a dozen times and finally a letter arrived, full of sympathy, explaining that Ashley and a squad had ridden out on a scouting expedition and had not returned.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
10  So firmly did he stand and so bitterly did he contest Sherman's desire to pass down the valley toward Atlanta that finally the Yankees drew back and took counsel with themselves.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
11  For a moment her mind refused to accept the truth, but when realization finally came to her that Prissy knew no more about midwifery than she did, anger went over her like a flame.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
12  After a long interval in which her breathing finally quieted and her mind steadied, Scarlett heard the sound of faint voices from up the road, the tramping of many feet coming from the north.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
13  Tears of fright and hysteria streamed down her face as she finally gave way under the long strain.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
14  Then finally having found it, the horse sank in the traces and refused to move, refused to rise even when she and Prissy tugged at the bridle.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
15  Resolutely she took it by the hem and jerked, put it in her mouth and gnawed, until finally the material gave with a rip and tore the length.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  The hero of the film finally finds his true self.
17  He finally sussed out the truth.
18  The police kept after the criminal until they finally caught him.
19  The news finally get through to us.
20  Little drops of water finally can wear stone, not because it is strong, but due to circadian won't drop pendant.
21  It's a great weight off my mind to know that the building is finally finished.
22  Whether happiness and sorrow in life would finally become memories.
23  We have finally finished the research work.
24  Maybe god wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one,so that when we finally meet the perple,we will know how to be grateful.
25  Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one,so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
26  In our task at the beginning of mind decided finally had much success, which is more than any other factor is very important.
27  Myers finally bowed to the inevitable and withdrew from the campaign.
28  Party activists in New Hampshire rejoiced that the presidential campaign had finally started.
29  The Georgian forces defended the capital but were finally obliged to concede.
30  Police finally managed to catch the culprit.