entirety - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • encompass: The hillfort encompasses the entirety of the hilltop, creating a roughly triangular area.
  • spend: It would seem that many of us would spend the entirety of our Sunday in hot pursuit of these rare commodities.
  • cover: No one wants to be bored with an extraordinarily long toast covering the entirety of your friendship.
  • see: If you wish to see the entirety of the information in your membership record, please contact us and we will arrange a copy.
  • include: Afterward he succeeded St Aidan as bishop of Ferns, which included the entirety of Leinster.
  • constitute: It constitutes the entirety of OUR contract with YOU.

Adjective modifier

  • it's: I would rather it were disallowed in itâs entirety.

Modifies a noun

  • quot: What are celebrity about a year entirety quot from.

Preposition: in

  • format: More recent publications are stored in the database in their entirety in pdf format.
  • form: Supervisors may read and comment on draft sections of the dissertation but may not comment on the work in its entirety in draft form.
  • paragraph: I appointed two independent professional assessors to provide clinical advice, and their report is reproduced in its entirety in paragraph 13 below.

Preposition: of

  • work: The study ranges freely over the entirety of the works of both major writers.
  • city: At the heart of the conurbation is the small, ancient City of London which was historically the entirety of the city.
  • history: Yet the mustache has been right under the nose of much of mankind for almost the entirety of recorded history.
  • race: Oh no, trackside objects are fully deformable and stay where they fall for the entirety of the race.
  • game: Robben was a constant threat for the entirety of the game and his direct running was a key factor of the Dutch's victory.
  • course: But please don't view them as the entirety of the course in Citizenship - death by worksheet still applies!

Preposition: for

  • purpose: You may freely redistribute this chapter in its entirety for noncommercial purposes.
  • time: The latter can now be appreciated in its entirety for the first time.

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