How to use "really" in a sentence

'Maybe not, but I really want to do the Big Drop Rappel

'It doesn't really matter,' said Megan

Blood is now coming from my arm really fast and I'm in terrible pain from the amputation

"Well, I enjoy this room, but what I really prefer is looking out there."

"Well, the giant squid is really just a story

One old bird said, 'I really have to go home

I don't really know, Sir,' Alice said

'You are old and really quite fat;

'I'm really small!'

He's really not your size!

'I don't really understand you,' she said politely

But she didn't really understand.

But I knew that they really wanted me to play football

One teacher, Miss Henderson, was really nice

When they caught me, it needed eight of them to pull me down! Coach Fellers was really happy! He started jumping up and down and laughing

People were really kind to me after that!

After several minutes, Bubba was getting really excited and saying, 'Good, good, good!' Then he asked, 'Where did you learn to play like that?'

I was really happy, and I went and sat under a tree and played all day.

The army sent a car to meet us at Washington airport, and we drove to a really nice hotel

It's a really pretty house with a big garden.

Oh, I threw my medal away, OK - but it hit somebody really important! One of the President's men! So they threw me into prison.

Jenny got really angry

So we went with Mr Felder, and I found myself acting in a film about the jungle - with Raquel Welch, the famous film star! 'Is that really Raquel Welch?' I asked Mr Felder

But Forrest, he's not an idiot, he's really clever.'

To those, however, who really love the Union may I not speak?

I did not think he was really sad about Mr Meltham at all

'Think how stupid you really are!' Beckwith continued

'You really mean it?' he asked, his voice trembling with childish excitement

It really belongs to the poor

Then he murmured, 'Am I really free to go?'

But he kept his suspicions to himself, not daring to say what he really believed: that M

Madeleine was really Jean Valjean, and M

His father, a brave officer who had fought for Napoleon and nearly died at the Battle of Waterloo, had really loved him and his mother very much

Marius had lived for five years without much money, but he had never been really poor

'Let's see what these people are really like,' Marius thought

At last! After four years! Was it really him? He wanted to open his arms and hug him, but all he said was, 'What have you come for?'

'Is it really you?' Cosette murmured at last

He had discovered that Valjean's money really belonged to somebody called Monsieur Madeleine, a wealthy manufacturer from Montreuil who had mysteriously disappeared

'But he's a splendid man! The fortune was really his, and he's not a murderer or thief at all! He's a hero and a saint!'

Can we do this? Can we really do this? Then Robin leaves the office, and he has the manager, Mr Charles M

Just one push, and then he can shout for the attendant and pretend to help but really just watch the monster go down into the loch

The new clothes are not new, Jake knows: not really

Jake feels really sick now

No one really sees him; no one really looks

He wants to run, but he walks and notices that the bag is heavy, really heavy

"Oh, well, I suppose we can change the subject, but we are having a really interesting conversation."

He can really taste the freedom now

Jesus, is this it? Did he really do something to that girl? More than hit her once? Did he do what they said on the radio? Was she dead?

"I'm sorry," Brandon says, "I really am sorry

"No, well, not really," the secretary says quietly.

"Oh really, and who are you?"

"Look," says Cliff, "it was nothing, really

"Well, you see, really, we aren't supposed to be here."

You know what I mean when I say a nobody? I mean Jimmy wasn't rich, and he wasn't too bright, you know? Not very clever, really

I'm really not

Did you really not think that we were watching you? We knew you were cheating

You really are a stupid kid

I mean, I'm really good

But actually, Sala was feeling really happy

It was a really wonderful illusion.

It was one of the best illusions available in the simulator, because if you stood at the edge of the cliff, it really felt like you could fall.

It's starting really soon - in a couple of weeks, I think."

"They really want people to do it

Well, just off the walkway, really

If it really was from outside, it could be dangerous to say anything about it

"Not really

It's nothing, really

She was really enthusiastic."

Some of them were really beautiful, but you couldn't really explore them because you were still in a little room with a time limit

I'm really sorry I got so angry," she said

What if he wouldn't forgive her? She had really shouted at him, and now she felt awful

He truly didn't believe the fruit came from another world beyond the city boundary - and she couldn't really blame him

"I'm not really sure," Cham confessed

"Not really," said Sala

I'll see you again, the woman had said: well, then, there was really nothing to do but wait.

Would it really feel like she was swimming with dolphins in one of those?

"Yeah, really great

"Oh, it's good to see you all and really talk

Up on the roof, they talked about all the things that didn't really matter: what they'd eaten for dinner, the weather, Apat on the jumping machine..

"You really will be OK with what I say?"

I'm really sorry

It's not really about that..

It wasn't really fair to give you such a tough decision to make, but I knew you'd be strong enough."

All the reasons she'd given to Cham ran through her mind, but how could she explain them to Niki? It was really complicated.

"My mom is really upset," Cham carried on

Dad came home with the news yesterday afternoon, and he and Mom have been really depressed ever since."

But I'd really miss you - and so would your family..." She bit her lip.

Surely, this wasn't really going to happen? But there was nothing she could do

It was really difficult to obey

But this was really important

"I'm really sorry

"So, was that note really from Gran's brother? Are people alive out there - outside the city? How did you get the note across the force field?" She had so many questions.

"We've been really careful!" said Sala

I'm really, really sorry."

I know your gran is really excited, but..

"Well, Gran," said Sala, "maybe one day, when Cham comes out of the pod, and they've managed to break through the force field, we really will be able to go together

And if, like Eston says, they really live freely in the outside world, you wouldn't want to stay here, would you?" Mom nodded

I would love to leave if I really believed we could

It rained constantly, but Sala didn't really care; the dark, miserable skies matched her mood

"You're not really learning to ski."

I really miss you, though." Sala wanted to tell him about seeing Wena, but she knew that she needed to be careful over the ultranet

She'd been really excited to discover what the group was doing, but she hadn't considered actually joining them

"It could be really dangerous, Gran."

They're doing really well.

"It really worried me

"Actually, I'd really like to talk to Cham about his studies," she said

We know that the letter really came from Gran's brother

So we really believe now that there's a better life out there

"It's really difficult

I began to feel that Manderley really was my home.

She knew that I enjoyed sketching and she had really tried to please me.

There is a shop in Bond Street that would do it really well

We all expect you to wear something really special.'

'It's quite simple really,' I said.

Do you really think Rebecca killed herself after writing that note?'

What do you think really happened to Mrs de Winter?' Favell looked at Maxim.

"If I'm really ill, I want to know." So I told her.'

'I can drive really fast.'

They cheered one another on those rare occasions when one of them hit a really large jackpot; and when one of them died, the others went to the funeral en masse

There's really no need for me to be."

But once in a while, a guy really loses track, doesn't get up for hours and hours, just keeps on playing like a zombie

If it's really a bad one, he finds out his pipes have blocked up

When someone shows them a calendar and a daily newspaper, they're really shocked

I'm not really sure why I did," she lied

"I really do understand, Tina." His voice was reassuring, but his tone was condescending

I really am

We can have it again if we really want to try for it."

Someone really did break in

I don't really want to hurt you

Oddly enough, I don't really hate you anymore

Then she realized that, if he really was nearby, he already knew she was in her office, alone

And if he were lying, he wouldn't have told her the story about Charlie and coffee, for that could be substantiated or disproved with only a minimum of effort; he would have come up with a better alibi if he really needed one

I always have this powerful feeling that Danny isn't really dead

Do you really think you're so far gone that you could do something like that and not remember it? Do you think you've got multiple personalities and one doesn't know what the others are up to?"

She hesitated, trying to hear how it was going to sound before she said it, wondering if she really believed it enough even to give voice to it

"You're really convinced of that?"

Because the mother hadn't seen the body in the funeral home, she just couldn't bring herself to believe her daughter was really dead

"You really can cook."

Maybe it really was a bit like riding a bicycle.

"Not really

If I really believed there was even the tiniest chance of anything like that, would I be standing here so cheerful?"

"You really think you want to tangle with me, little man? Hell, my fist is just about as big as your head

Even if the government had established a secret police force, however, why was it so anxious to cover up the true facts of Danny's death? What were they trying to hide about the Sierra tragedy? What really had happened up in those mountains?

She was more able to believe that he was joking than that he had really been in danger

"My God, Elliot, did someone really try to kill you?"

There must be some mistake, really

Even if he really doesn't know why his organization is interested in the exhumation, he'll at least know who his bosses are

"So there really are eyes everywhere."

"But even if Kennebeck's bosses have a lot of influence with the Vegas police, would the cops let us be killed? Would they really let it go that far?"

"I won't stop until I know what really happened to Danny."

"But no one's really there."

"Just jumpy," he said, but he wasn't really convinced that their imagination was to blame.

Ideally, I'd even like to be able to hand the reporter a neat theory about what really happened to those scouts, something sensational that he can hook his story onto."

Anyway, I'm not saying that's what really happened

The truth is going to be something really terrible."

"The only alternative is to give up, to back off and never know what really happened."

"Anyway, we have to learn what really happened in the Sierras

"What're you saying - that Danny reached out to you from the grave to cause that excitement in the restaurant? Tina, you really don't think his ghost was haunting a jukebox?"

Oh, hell, I can't really explain it

they think someone involved with Project Pandora has turned on them and told me what really happened to Danny

Because Danny really is alive."

I'm really sorry."

"You're really something else," she said.

"There's a way to find out if it's really Reno he's headed for

"You really think we should confront Bellicosti at this hour?" she asked.

"I really don't think I want to hear your opinions on either subject," Dombey said

I really believe that

"Now really, Elliot, talk sense

After encountering so many people with so little respect for human life, they needed to convince themselves that they really were more than dust in the wind.

Maybe it was really pretty near the surface."

"This really doesn't seem like you."

"It really is," Tina said.

"You aren't really involved in this

That's really what I most wanted to be, but I didn't really have the skill for it

"Can a couple of people like us really have a chance of winning when we're up against something as big as the government itself?"

The problem is that some flaky people are attracted to this kind of work because of the secrecy and because you really do get a sense of power from designing weapons that can kill millions of people

Commissaire Charas at first wondered if the victim really was my brother

'Do you believe she is really mad?'

'I really don't know, but 1 shouldn't think so

Was she really insane? I had a strange, horrible feeling that somehow Charas was right - Helene was getting away with it!

'I don't really know, Helene; but the fly you were looking for was in my study this morning.'

Was she really mad, or was she pretending again? 'Tell me everything, Helene,' I said

It really is stupid - I go on the beach in my bathing dress, but now father won't allow Lawrence into the house

Then I saw that the hands of the clock pointed to a quarter to five, which meant that it was really half-past four, so I got up and went to the sitting room

'But do you really think she is attracted to that boring old man?' Griselda said.

'Len, do you really think I am having a romance with Lawrence Redding?'

'Not really,' said Griselda

While we talked about pictures, books and old churches, I felt that Mrs Lestrange really wanted to talk to me about something else

Because when that clock said twenty past six it was really only five minutes past, and at five minutes past I don't suppose Colonel Protheroe had even arrived at the house.'

But Anne was really very quiet - very strange.'

When I had finished she said, 'I know that I am very often rather stupid, but I really do not understand your point

She's really a very clever girl

'Oh, do you really think so?'

Then she got up and said she really must get home.

As we left, Melchett said, 'If she's gone to confess to the murder, too, I really shall go mad.'

And it really seemed that he must be right.

'Now this really is interesting,' said Raymond West.

And she's very kind really

'You really must go away for a rest.'

'Do you really think he shot Colonel Protheroe?' I asked.

'Well, the third is, of course, that the room really was empty.'

'So you really think that you know who killed Colonel Protheroe?' I asked.

I really think that for a moment we thought she had gone mad

Because if they had really said goodbye to each other they would have been sad

Sometimes, I believe, he really thought she had done it!' She paused

'Do I really?' she said, with a little laugh

Can we really complain that the Martians treated us in the same way?

I asked myself if these things had really happened

If I had really understood the meaning of all the things I had seen, I would have gone back to join my wife in Leatherhead immediately

In the back of the head, or body - I do not really know what to call it - there was a flat surface like the skin of a drum, which we now know worked as an ear

A doctor really must have practice! This time, I thought, he will get more practice with me than with a thousand normal patients

George always thinks he is ill, but there is really nothing wrong with him.

Then on Wednesday you're really sick

We really wanted that supper

Cat: If you really want something, please tell me.

We all really enjoyed it.

We were really tired of cold meat

Would it really be so dangerous? Doesn't one government car look like another - the hugeness of it, the dark glass, the driver in uniform? She can already see herself stepping out of the car to greet the other girls, who look at her with eyes like knives

'No, not really.' Mercy's answer came too quickly.

'Perhaps, I mean, perhaps that really doesn't matter, does it? But they say he has so many wives and girlfriends.'

Perhaps Pesca knew the Count? Perhaps the Count really was a spy - a spy in a much more important sense than Laura had intended when she called him by that name.

Other women wrote about better female education, but Mary's work was really important.

People really liked the book, and Betty talked about it all over the world

Women have started really talking about sexual harassment, which is a big problem in their lives.

Lolita looks at him and says, "Is this true or is it a dream? Are you really Don Diego?"