How to Use freely in a Sentence

freely

adverb
  • I will freely give my life for my country.
  • Williams won nine and swung freely.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The space to be able to speak freely.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Ships were able to pass freely through this.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The ocean is vast, and fish move freely through it.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • But are we allowed to freely hate on cats now?
    — Dan Heching, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Outdoor air must flow freely through the space.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Outdoor air must flow freely through the space.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The goal is not to spend freely without thought.
    — Andrew Rosen, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The people cannot talk about their lives freely.
    — Erin Jones, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • This lets the robot move freely and stay on course.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Some cannot and should not ever walk freely among us.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2026
  • The finest champagne flowed freely.
    — Erhan Kaya, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Kuminga played freely and sharply.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • This fire ran freely from one end of this building to the next.
    — Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Never place items so that the sprayer arms cannot move freely.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 17 Feb. 2026
  • My face twisted, my throat scraped, tears and snot ran freely.
    — Essence, 22 July 2025
  • The day camp was born from her wish to have a place where kids could play freely.
    — Ale Russian, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The chicken will be done when the legs move freely in their joints.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 May 2022
  • The clothes need to be able to move around freely in the washer drum.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 19 Feb. 2026
  • If things go south, could Swift freely write songs about their split?
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 1 July 2026
  • The more freely that heat can move, the better the room warms up.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 17 Feb. 2026
  • My hands freely roamed his body but always made their way back to his ass.
    — Zachary Zane, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2023
  • Davie spoke very freely and openly ahead of his exit.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Pups move from one mother to the next, nursing freely.
    — Big Think, 8 May 2026
  • Let the cards and crafts travel freely between homes.
    — Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The art world likes to think of itself as a place where artists can act freely, right?
    — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Just wear your bodysuit loosely and freely, as seen above.
    — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
  • People have a right to their opinions—and to voice them freely.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Fill it about 2/3 full so that clothes can tumble freely.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025

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