How to Use duly in a Sentence

duly

adverb
  • The singer duly appeared back on stage for an encore.
  • They were duly impressed by her speech.
  • The objections were duly noted.
  • Vekić duly broke again to seal a bagel set.
    — James Hansen, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • The share price duly rallied and has since hit a yearly high.
    — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2017
  • This is a rapist’ and thus duly inform the rapist’s girlfriend.
    — Jenessa Abrams, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2020
  • The sides were duly handed out to each attendee.
    — Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The midfielder was duly booked in the first half.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But the reason was they were duly elected.
    — Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • But the reason was, they were duly elected.
    — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • And for that, we were duly rewarded.
    — Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
  • My chili-garlic sauce was duly discharged.
    — Billy Perrigo, Time, 8 May 2026
  • But Michael Blagg was not among them -- a fact duly noted in town.
    — Susan Mallie, CBS News, 12 May 2018
  • The show was a massive hit, and a lawsuit duly followed.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 June 2026
  • Yes, he was duly elected, but only by the slimmest of margins.
    — Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 13 May 2017
  • Neighbors heard the ruckus and the police were duly summoned.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 27 Apr. 2000
  • Even if only some of the projects come to fruition, vast stretches of land would be duly transformed.
    — Max Bearak Giacomo D’orlando, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The field this year is deep and duly motivated.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • This was thought to be the worst-case outcome for the British pound, which duly sold off sharply on the news.
    — Luke Kawa, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2017
  • Simonides duly refused to board the ship, which sank, within sight of shore, with all souls aboard.
    — A.e. Stallings, The New York Review of Books, 17 Aug. 2023
  • East duly ruffed with the seven of trumps, and declarer had to overruff with the jack.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Manson comparisons are duly made in the press due to the cult-like trappings of these deeds.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 June 2023
  • The Gooner then asks for a hug instead - and Wenger duly obliges.
    — SI.com, 14 May 2018
  • The find was duly recorded, its seeds saved, the tree named for his good friend, Ben Franklin.
    — Mary Ramsey, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2021
  • In the doc the experts duly offer up some punchy analysis.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The builders of those homes were duly punished–and their stocks were obliterated.
    — Michael Joseph, Fortune, 23 May 2022
  • In the past, a president duly elected by the people was presumed fit for the job.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 12 Oct. 2019
  • Vice presidents are first in the line of succession and duly elected in their own right.
    — Peter Nicholas, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2017
  • He was later named to the Hall as a coach, only the fifth person to be duly honored.
    — Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2022
  • Tongue came on in the 87th over and duly soon removed Carey via a plan to snare him at leg gully.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026

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