How to Use expressly in a Sentence

expressly

adverb
  • John Adams expressly feared two great parties that would just clash and clash.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2021
  • To the contrary, the court expressly passed on that question.
    — WSJ, 12 Oct. 2020
  • This makes sense since it’s expressly designed to be breathable.
    — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Never mind that Democrats had expressly said the penalty was not a tax.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2018
  • As the name suggests, this hoodie was designed expressly to take on your trips.
    — Katie Chang, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • Was this show designed in a lab expressly for my viewing pleasure?
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 13 May 2025
  • There are now a number of pieces designed expressly for high summer.
    — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 1 June 2021
  • Nothing in the show is more than five years old, and some works were made expressly for the exhibit.
    — Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 13 Jan. 2021
  • The prizes do not include any items other than those expressly stated.
    — The Economist, 19 June 2019
  • Others expressly disavowed the new blue badge, which seemed to them anything but cool.
    — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Do not allow agents to screen out houses that do not expressly offer buyer-agent co-op fees.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Gray emphasized that law enforcement did not expressly tell him the threat came from his son.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Hayes noted that Sanchez painted the suite of six conchas expressly for the show.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Sep. 2021
  • There is no Michigan law that expressly permits the open carry of firearms.
    — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2020
  • But the statement did not expressly say Trump supported the bill.
    — latimes.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The edge of the black hole is thus a region of space and time that expressly forbids interlopers.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Still, pets were not expressly forbidden.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Such a finding must be expressly included in the rule if a larger fine is to be specified.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 11 July 2025
  • One of the laws is expressly concerned with juvenile victims like the one the film focuses on.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Occasionally a film or TV show seems as if it has been made in a lab expressly for me.
    — Rebecca Keegan, HWD, 13 Jan. 2017
  • Minor said only certain fees — such as late fees — are expressly barred from being the basis of an eviction.
    — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Many expressly aim to ensure public safety.
    — Robert S. Gable, IEEE Spectrum, 20 July 2017
  • At least one candidate felt the Gans camp leaked the photo expressly because not all six had been willing to agree on it.
    — Grant Wahl, SI.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • This case has a statute that expressly allows the imposition of tariffs or quotas.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Buildings constructed expressly for the Games – and there are only two – have been done so with legacy in mind.
    — Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2024
  • Rules mandated in blue states are expressly prohibited in red ones, and vice versa.
    — Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2025
  • There appears to be no law expressly forbidding the use of public funds to influence voters.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Last week, the Supreme Court gave them their wish and expressly overruled the Chevron decision.
    — Erwin Chemerinsky, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
  • The role has been expanded for the film, with Stenberg singing a new original song composed expressly for the film.
    — Dave McNary, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The president said the new Georgia law was expressly what the House bill was designed to prevent.
    — New York Times, 26 Mar. 2021

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