PRACTICALLY in a Sentence

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Gray, as the color of the Confederate uniform, practically disappeared and homespun of a butternut shade took its place.

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 Meanings and Examples of PRACTICALLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
practically
 ad.  virtually; actually; for all practical purpose
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  And, as her love for Scarlett and her pride in her were enormous, the chastening process was practically continuous.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  They were practically alone and he might never get another such opportunity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  Uncle Peter practically raised Melanie and me, for we were very young when Father and Mother died.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  Just a little over a year ago, she was dancing and wearing bright clothes instead of this dark mourning and was practically engaged to three boys.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  Gray, as the color of the Confederate uniform, practically disappeared and homespun of a butternut shade took its place.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  Conditions in Wilmington, the chief blockade port, now that Charleston's port was practically sealed by the Yankee gunboats, had reached the proportions of an open scandal.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  Vicksburg had fallen, fallen after a long and bitter siege, and practically all the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to New Orleans was in the hands of the Yankees.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  The Confederates were on scant rations and practically without drugs or bandages for their own sick and wounded.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
9  "I understand practically everything about you and Ashley, now," Rhett resumed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
10  I understand practically everything, except one thing that piques my curiosity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
11  When she slipped the bit into his mouth, she saw that he was practically toothless.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
12  The soles of her slippers were practically gone and were reinforced with pieces of carpet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
13  Once she had known practically everyone in Atlanta and the sight of so many strange names depressed her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
14  Of course, that's practically nothing compared with what Tara can do but we haven't many field hands.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
15  Suellen was getting more and more worried over the fact that she was practically an old maid and she would move heaven and earth to prevent anything from delaying her marriage.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
Example Sentence: (190 in 13 pages)
16  Buddhist ethics are simple but its practices are very complex to a western mind.
17  But Thompson, associates said, will give strong assurances that he will examine questionable campaign finance practices regardless of party.
18  The firm was accused of dubious accounting practices.
19  The procedure is in strict conformity with standard international practices.
20  Both companies are under investigation for corrupt practices.
21  It is the school's duty to articulate its practices to parents.
22  We are currently developing a number of best practices to enhance network security.
23  The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.
24  The techniques refer to new or modified agricultural practices to reduce soil degradation and erosion.
25  Regulators are considering new ways to fight unfair and deceptive practices.
26  Both the reduction and the stabilization surgery are common practices in spinal cord injuries and clearly were vital elements of Everett's care.
27  Economic viability, including the environmental and social benefits deriving from forests, is a pre-requisite for wider adoption of sustainable forest management practices, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said today.
28  ABC's standards and practices division agreed to an unprecedented waiver allowing frontal nudity during the lengthy holocaust sequences.
29  The committee will need to winnow out the nonsense and produce more practical proposals if it is to achieve results.
30  The time you spend on it doesn't, for all practical purposes, affect the final result.