How to Use entire in a Sentence

entire

1 of 2 adjective
  • The fence runs along the entire length of the building.
  • She has dedicated her entire life to helping others.
  • The war affected an entire generation of young Americans.
  • Dig up and lift the entire clump.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Cortes stood for the entire show.
    — Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Dig the entire clump and lift it out of the ground.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Dig around the entire clump and lift it out of the ground.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The entire team and club are behind her.
    — Damian Calhoun, Daily News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The base of the entire kitchen was made from native rocks.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Downs might be the most complete prospect in the entire draft.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
  • There would be only one more shot on goal the entire match.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
  • The center now has an entire room filled with birds saved from the cold.
    — John Dias, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The goal is to conquer the entire floor and take home a huge cash prize.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The entire group lost their single starts.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • And the entire thing has Jawan Pitts fired up!
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The entire nest changes, the child changes and the parents/guardians change.
    — Tembi Locke, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The entire high school does not need to be IB.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • Tatum played the entire third quarter.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The plumber should use a camera and check the entire line from the house to the street.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The bad news is that your entire Sunday is shot.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
  • This year students' phones will be locked away for the entire day, not just class time.
    — Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Dig up the entire clump and remove dead or broken roots.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The entire saga lasted just a little over an hour.
    — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Some Scottish fans crossed the pond in a kilt for the entire flight.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • Hold your phone steady so the entire page is visible.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The entire process feels intense.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
  • There’s not a blade of grass on the entire property.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Which is sort of the entire point of the enterprise.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 June 2026
  • In this one, the B’s held a lead for almost the entire game.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
  • What happened next changed his entire outlook on life at the time.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025

entire

2 of 2 noun
  • My entire back and shoulders used to hurt by the end of my work day.
    — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Then tilt the entire row into place against the next-to-last row.
    — Joesph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 8 Dec. 2019
  • Then tilt the entire row into place against the next-to-last row. Align the tongue-and-groove joint, and press down on the last row.
    — Joesph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 8 Dec. 2019
  • Fly fishing has changed my entire.
    — Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Your entire back foot should be firmly planted on the ground.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Entire industries and lives were built on what came out of that basement.
    — Nicole Brodeur, The Seattle Times, 30 May 2017
  • Make sure to use your entire back for the motion and keep your movements slow and controlled.
    — NBC News, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Ask the person to examine your entire back, groin, backs of the knees, and armpits.
    — Dakota Kim, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • If a saw catches on a branch, for instance, the pilot can release the entire saw and fly off.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Sep. 2019
  • There was a long black dress that had a gold zipper up the entire back and the model wore huge gold bangles up her arm.
    — Lindsey Schickner, Seventeen, 16 July 2008
  • In a surprising detail, the entire back wall has been taken out and replaced with glass doors.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2018
  • There was an entire row that could have been filled with books by badass female authors, but instead was filled with chocolates.
    — Jules Barrueco, Glamour, 10 May 2019
  • That’s five million units more than all of Ubisoft’s titles combined in the entire last fiscal year.
    — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019
  • These days, the hits can be more than the means to an end -- simply the buy-in needed to get a seat at the table, rather than the pop-game entire.
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 23 June 2017
  • That means Google wants the entire web to adopt the new rules, instead of just installing them on its own Chrome browser.
    — Fortune, 22 Aug. 2019
  • According to Renee, the entire back wall was brought down to give the restaurant an open-kitchen concept.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2018
  • The impact smashed the entire back section of the Honda, Garcia says.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 7 Aug. 2017
  • Let’s hope that’s all the entire of the conversation for the next three weeks — with or without Messi to lend a hand.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026
  • Excited to open the can of beans for a quick meal, Smith was upset to only find a singular bean in the entire can.
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Pennington is hoping to eventually have the entire back wall painted along those same lines.
    — Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • If a single round doesn't kick both your butts, repeat the entire circuit up to three times in a row, taking one- to two-minute breaks to recoup between rounds.
    — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 12 Dec. 2017
  • There's a mayor elect, Secretary of the Entire and the potty master.
    — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 21 May 2017
  • And for this sizable contingent, Jawbreaker brought along an entire of tent of its own brand new merchandise.
    — Chris Payne, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Yes, Ben Affleck apparently did get a tattoo that takes up nearly his entire back.
    — Maddie Kilgannon, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Making the vanity the centerpiece of the bathroom can transform the space entires, often with just a simple can of paint.
    — Lauren Jones, The Spruce, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Naturally, this entire back and forth took place just behind a placid John McClain.
    — Peter Dawson, star-telegram, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Blend entire can of coconut cream (including the liquid in the can), vanilla, and honey on medium speed until creamy and no lumps remain.
    — Tara Massouleh, AL.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The relative later noticed the girl had redness and bruising on her entire back and down to her calves, according to the affidavit.
    — Claire Osborn, ajc, 2 May 2018
  • Unlike most of the other celebs rocking roses, Miley carried an entire rose instead of wearinga corsage.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 29 Jan. 2018
  • First comes the renaissance; then comes the entire Stephen King cinematic universe.
    — Yohana Desta, HWD, 28 Apr. 2017

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'entire.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: