How to Use wholehearted in a Sentence

wholehearted

adjective
  • The judges gave us their wholehearted approval.
  • Your ideas may already have the wholehearted support of friends or partners.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 5 Dec. 2020
  • My prayer in that tight spot required me to turn away from panic to wholehearted trust that God was in control right then and there.
    — Cheryl Ranson, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The obsession over the vice president-elect's outfit was soon replaced by wholehearted praise for her speech.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Much of the film’s power, in fact, comes from its wholehearted embrace of the minutiae of daily life in Japan.
    — Matt Alt, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2017
  • Their uniqueness and wholehearted embrace of community are what caught the eye of Bev.
    — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • Some Democrats offered Nguyen their wholehearted support in the conflict.
    — Martin Wisckol, Orange County Register, 12 Mar. 2017
  • Zuckerberg finished his talk with a wholehearted endorsement.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Douthat gives a few possibilities, but none feels like a wholehearted prediction.
    — Kyle Sammin, National Review, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Veganism, whether wholehearted or a part-time affair, has gained more adherents in recent years.
    — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 11 July 2021
  • In its wholehearted approval of the president's actions in the last week, that community removed all doubt.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 28 Aug. 2017
  • All six of the people who spoke to the board, including principals from four of the district’s schools, declared their wholehearted support for the plan.
    — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2019
  • There’s so much attentiveness and wholehearted care that goes into not just showing off, but embodying the resort itself.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
  • But the latest twist in the sorry tale has raised questions as to whether the royals have the full and wholehearted support and cooperation of the nation.
    — Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Israel, though, had expressed wholehearted support - until recently at least.
    — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2017
  • The orchestra seemed inspired by Bowlin too, giving him wholehearted support.
    — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2022
  • Stardust says Leos are tremendously kind, generous and wholehearted.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Crickets chirp in the silent night as the trailer starts off, building up suspense before ominous footsteps and key-clanking foretell a much-less wholehearted summer night.
    — Anna Tingley, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The board, however, was unwilling to give Brabrand a wholehearted endorsement of the lottery system.
    — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The film is a wholehearted and hilarious ode to a fraternal bond more profound and enduring than any romantic attachment.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2020
  • There's a certain kind of reader who will be able to drum up wholehearted enthusiasm for every last paragraph of Barack Obama's new memoir.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The wholehearted embrace of them by the Villages, on the surface, seem like a prototype for elder America, at least in places where the climate is mild.
    — Alissa Walker, Curbed, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Two first-year coaches in Bubba Lemon and Robert Key, whose teams have taken to them with wholehearted-belief early in their tenure.
    — Shane Hoffmann, oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Petitt eventually moved away from a wholehearted embrace of young terrain park riders, opening runs for newcomers, ski racers and families.
    — Jason Blevins, The Denver Post, 22 Feb. 2017
  • Von der Leyen publicly conveyed the wholehearted support of the 27-nation bloc and wore an outfit in Ukraine’s national colors.
    — Vasilisa Stepanenko, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Few humans seemed to move through the world with as much wholehearted ferocity as the chef, writer, raconteur, and television host Anthony Bourdain.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 12 June 2021
  • In the past, the Star Wars actress has ricocheted between brunette, raven, platinum, and soft amber, but her brighter, bolder makeover, which infused strands from root to tip, felt like a wholehearted plunge.
    — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Trump’s ascension has seemed in many ways to portend a more wholehearted Democratic shift in favor of the Clinton/Obama position.
    — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 29 Nov. 2018
  • Firms whose boards have two or more women—perhaps a sign of wholehearted diversity efforts—appear to be looking farther afield to find candidates; their female directors don’t have the same kind of conflicts.
    — Fortune, 31 July 2019
  • The audience responded with more wholehearted enthusiasm than is normal for a New York subscription-series première.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021

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