How to Use totally in a Sentence

totally

adverb
  • I am totally upset you can't make it to the celebration.
  • That's a totally different issue.
  • Yes, totally, and that means a lot to me.
    — Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • My face was cold by the end, but my body was totally warm.
    — Megan Sauer, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Sarah has a chat with the queens that’s totally fine.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Greg came home totally pissed about it.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The whole set just fell totally silent.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026
  • That totally makes sense to me.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • That caught him totally off guard.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 June 2026
  • If not, totally fine with that.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • He's totally turned this team around.
    — ABC News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • So this song is done totally with Ringo in mind.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 May 2026
  • That's totally not your fault, though.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • That’s, like, totally fine and cool.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
  • My best advice is to not use the tool on totally damp hair.
    — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The judge and the jury are totally gonna fall for that.
    — Daniela Tijerina, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2026
  • This is almost a dessert and the next course is totally a dessert.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2022
  • But for more on the shorts—and where to watch many of them totally for free—read on.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Didn’t blame the Greeks for the war, not totally.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • That was totally out of bounds in terms of time constraints.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And their slate totally changed.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
  • And by the way, the border is totally sealed now.
    — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Katie Holmes once again proved that bag ladies are totally stylish.
    — Clara McMahon, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • My boyfriend moved in after just a few months and then totally changed.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Again, this is totally bizarre and alien to the way humans work.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • And yet, they were totally lapped up by the investors and the press.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Up till now, the three babies had been totally white fluff balls.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
  • This couldn’t have been a film if it was totally controlled by a brand.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025
  • And Ramp is like, well, that doesn’t totally make sense.
    — Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Cabrera spun around and put his hands on his head, totally stunned.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2022

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