Mainly

"Mainly" in a Sentence (15 examples)

Scientists deal mainly with physical matters.

Fork-users are mainly in Europe, North America, and Latin America; chopstick-users in eastern Asia and finger-users in Africa, the Middle East, Indonesia, and India.

Most college students use computers mainly for writing papers.

The party is mainly made up of working women.

That company deals mainly in imported goods.

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

Pollutants like this derive mainly from the combustion of fuel in car engines.

My success was mainly due to your help.

The Commerce Department reports retail sales rose seven-tenths of 1 percent last month mainly thanks to strong auto sales.

The villagers are occupied mainly with fishing.

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She had Lord James' collar in one big fist and she pounded the table with the other and talked a blue streak. Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.

If you’re looking for the most breathable mask, Lukovics says, “Cotton is preferable, mainly for absorbing moisture/sweat.” She says multiple layers may be more protective but will also impact breathability.

Such breadth of ſhoulders as might mainely beare Olde Atlas burthen, […]

Mainly they all attonce vpon him laid, / And sore beset on euery side around […]

But in the end, mainly crying out, he fell to raling and wringing his master, upbraiding him that he was not a true Philosopher[…].

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