How to Use newly in a Sentence

newly

adverb
Definition of newlynext
Synonyms for newlynext
  • The room is newly painted.
  • That is a newly acquired habit.
  • Here is where we keep the newly arrived merchandise.
  • They are a newly married couple.
  • Now he will be known, too, for a South Side school that newly bears his name.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Of the new works, 42 were newly acquired and many of them made their gallery debuts.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In the 1987 video, the newly brunette singer dances in a red ruffled flamenco dress to the sounds of guitar.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The video ends with Jelly Roll heading to a bathroom to check out his newly shorn hair in the mirror.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 30 June 2023
  • Was it newly made in the Kyburg forge or already worn in battle?
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Culkin and Snook joined in on the action, with Culkin smashing an egg on Strong's newly bald dome for good measure.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 29 May 2023
  • Piety becomes psychedelia in an image of a once well-meaning minstrel whose mind has been newly turned on and tuned in.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Start the smallest circle about 10 inches from the trunk of mature trees, 6 inches from the trunks of those newly planted.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Post–time jump, Lance is more present than ever, working as a nurse while newly engaged to Brooke (Heléne Yorke).
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 25 May 2023
  • The newly-single star looked striking in a one-shoulder little black dress.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Apr. 2023
  • There's a newly standard wireless charging pad and two USB-C ports.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 14 June 2023
  • In the snap, the singer posed with her head slightly tilted forward to show off her newly red roots and long black bangs, while the rest of her hair was tied back in two messy buns.
    — Jill Lupupa, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Not too far away from the newly debuting resort in Oia lies Santo Pure.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Just as Nick and Charlie reach for each other’s hands, in front of the entire class, the preview ends, leaving open the question of what's next for the newly public boyfriends.
    — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 17 June 2023
  • Cars were being newly introduced and the loss of safe spaces was just beginning to be felt.
    — Judy Berlfein, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
  • Mendes knows it, and I'm newly inspired to follow suit—pants optional.
    — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Feb. 2023
  • For their one-off about the Charles who would be king, Jennings’ team pulled from unaired news footage newly digitized expressly for the film.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 19 June 2023
  • The cloth plays an important role in Kalabari death, too, with both the mourners and the newly dead’s house draped in George, a ritual to usher them to the realm of ancestors.
    — Raksha Vasudevan, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 May 2023
  • Other newly paved areas are over bridge transitions to bring the surface even.
    — Kelly Crandall, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • For Pinegrove, the newly viral moment comes at a time when the band has been relatively quiet.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2023
  • The core of the experience may be a sense of dislocation, of being newly and scarily mismatched to the world.
    — Jon Mooallem, New York Times, 12 July 2023
  • Become a Subscriber This concern is not new, just newly urgent.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2023
  • This is the first commercial Covid vaccine rollout since the start of the pandemic, marking the beginning of a newly privatized era for the drugs.
    — Dani Blum, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • When Carl, newly widowed, climbs alone up the steps of his house and disappears through the front door, what seemed like half the audience took off their plastic 3-D glasses to wipe their eyes.
    — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
  • The actor was photographed boarding a Venetian water taxi with her newly betrothed wearing a white, A-line minidress.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2023
  • In the still-fresh aftermath of the strike, other studios had to scramble to get their newly available stars out to promote their films before this weekend.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2023

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