How to Use newly in a Sentence

newly

adverb
  • The room is newly painted.
  • That is a newly acquired habit.
  • Here is where we keep the newly arrived merchandise.
  • They are a newly married couple.
  • The rush of being newly out of college had been maxed out.
    — Lena Dunham, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Nell Stevens, who is down on her luck, low on cash and newly single.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Those newly-moved-to-Thursday long runs.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Here are what steakhouses have newly opened, and which ones to watch out for.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
  • Now he will be known, too, for a South Side school that newly bears his name.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The ten newly-public firms all gained in their first day of trading and notched the largest price jumps.
    — Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Like the rest of the area, our house was newly built but in no way extravagant.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 1 June 2021
  • Out with the old, and in with the new—or perhaps just the newly organized.
    — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Some are newly graduated from art school, and this is their first event.
    — Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The right people could make an old goal feel newly possible.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • These are the same old Dems, in other words, but newly willing to bring the fight.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Jones and Britt were newly absent to practice.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026
  • As for her glam, Brown wore her newly blond tresses in a flowing style with a side part.
    — Julia Teti, WWD, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Market makers — and, worst of all, small and newly public firms.
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Of the new works, 42 were newly acquired and many of them made their gallery debuts.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Trump has lots of assets against which a bank might want to issue a loan, many of them newly acquired.
    — Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Those tracks have been newly augmented.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Was it newly made in the Kyburg forge or already worn in battle?
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
  • What will become of those newly available roster slots?
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Though some whites did use the bureau, its primary patrons were the newly freed.
    — Rosalind Bentley, ajc, 24 Aug. 2021
  • But the journey took a toll on Ship, as newly released imagery shows.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • There was no word on whether the virus was the newly surging omicron variant or the far more common delta.
    — NBC News, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Fans couldn’t help but comment on her fit physique and also pointed out her newly single era.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 28 Dec. 2025
  • The newly-single star looked striking in a one-shoulder little black dress.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Do not think for a moment that this newly available option brought Che away from his go-to stuff.
    — Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
  • That short follows two newly dead young people who meet on the streets of Athens, Greece.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026

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