How to Use differently in a Sentence

differently

adverb
  • Chai and green tea come from the same plant but are made differently.
    — Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The trade had to be made, but it could have been done differently.
    — The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But there’s still a lot of time for things to shake out differently.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The way to win trust back is act differently.
    — Julia Boorstin, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Car loans for teens and young adults are tricky and work differently than car loans for adults.
    — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 3 Jan. 2023
  • All of that hits me so much differently as a grown woman and as a mom.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026
  • Now, what should have been done differently?
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • The streets hold them differently, even if only for a few hours.
    — Vogue, 1 June 2026
  • Then, there’s also how the team is set up a bit differently.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Why did so many people die – and what should have been done differently?
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Buona Beef cooks its meat differently from the rest of the places on this list.
    — Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu, Bon Appétit, 16 June 2023
  • So the car will behave differently on all of them.
    — John Sturbin, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
  • You’re treated differently in the press than a man is, for sure.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 2 June 2023
  • From soybeans to quinoa, seeds grow differently in space than on land.
    — Nell Lewis, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Some students may have been kept alive longer, or done away with differently.
    — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • For starters, some of the traits of autism are expressed differently in girls than in boys.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Things could have turned out very differently for Rollins.
    — William Schomberg, USA Today, 25 May 2026
  • The horizon will look differently the rest of the day.
    — Eric Barton, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The ones who see things differently.
    — Randy Bean, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Brains work differently in new places.
    — Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • In back-office roles, the same habit shows up differently.
    — Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Other states have shown it can be done differently.
    — Opinion Staff, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
  • But things went differently this time.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026
  • People read it differently, which makes sense to me.
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • But in prison, time moves differently.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • From fifty years out, the same data reads differently.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • But the Gulf states saw it differently?
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
  • One useful trick to view this differently is simply to add more space above the chart.
    — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Once that happens, storm tracks start to bend differently.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • And then the stories are told a little bit differently; both stand on their own.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026

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