How to Use mentally in a Sentence

mentally

adverb
  • That’s a mind game to hold you down mentally.
    — Byron Armstrong, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This kind of thing weighs on you mentally.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Just mentally tough, been through a lot, loves the game.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
  • But what about the mentally ill?
    — Lucius Riccio, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
  • To be mentally strong to go from a starter to move to the bench, don’t play.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2023
  • My query is does this sound like a man who is mentally stable?
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Been working a lot on my body, on my game, too, mentally.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • You’re mentally checked out at work and don’t go above and beyond.
    — Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • This has taken a toll on me mentally.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 7 June 2026
  • He has not been found mentally unsound in that case but has no pending court dates.
    — oregonlive, 16 May 2023
  • Maybe mentally something just flipped or switched.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • The end in Toronto must have fried him mentally.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • She’s last shown breaking down mentally in front of a mirror.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Staff are mentally checked out, on average, for one day each week.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Some are simply too mentally drained to notice what their body has been telling them for months.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
  • His gears began to grind mentally.
    — Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Two mentally ill guys just whaling on each other.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The Knicks plan to be mentally prepared, too.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
  • So why not mentally escape to Hawaii?
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The singer is indeed glowing and seems to be in a better place mentally.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Here are a few tips to reach beyond the surface and mentally release.
    — Chántelle Adanna, Essence, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The Europeans are far too mentally tough to be thrown off their game.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • For Scary Movie to be so defining for me mentally, too.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
  • Palace must now focus mentally and allow this to be the start of something.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Athletes are often told to be mentally tough.
    — Emily Peterson, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Much like a person mentally tracking their steps while walking through a dark room.
    — New Atlas, 8 June 2026
  • Munger has used a wheelchair for several years, but both men are still sharp mentally.
    — Josh Funk, Fortune, 6 May 2023
  • The Mets see a mentally tough player ready to be challenged in the big leagues.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • This allows our military force to be stronger and more mentally fit.
    — Christina Fuoco-Karasinski, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
  • Asylums were not the only place where the mentally ill faced horrors.
    — Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024

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