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How to use the word grossly in a Sentence?

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There is a story that psychiatry doesn’t dare tell, which shows that our societal delusion about the benefits of psychiatric drugs isn’t entirely an innocent one. In order to sell our society on the soundness of this form of care, psychiatry has had to grossly exaggerate the value of its new drugs, silence critics, and keep the story of poor long-term outcomes hidden.

Robert Whitaker

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11 months ago

As a Hispanic woman who has a rich culture filled with ancestors who struggled against all manner of obstacles and poverty, it’s grossly offensive to compare my people to tacos.

Alexis Martinez Johnson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I think that reports of the death of democracy in the United States are grossly, grossly exaggerated. America is a shining city on a hill for me, and it will continue to be so, i think that the mere fact that Joe Biden has stepped up to the plate in the way that Joe Biden has, shows that the instincts of America are still very much in the right place.

Boris Johnson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Abortion is a human right, the political attacks on our fundamental right to abortion -- the right to bodily autonomy, the right to chart our own course in life, the right to protect our health and well-being -- are grossly unconstitutional, immoral, disgraceful and pathetic.

Meg Schurr

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I've just received information that the The United States authorities have undertaken another hostile action against the Russian Mission to United Nations grossly violating their commitments on the host country agreement that they undertook, they just visited the Russian Mission and gave us a note prescribing us to do what they demand.

The United

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The most may err as grossly as the few.

John Dryden

added by Normando
2 years ago

Three women brutally attacked our hosts without provocation, got arrested and charged for their misconduct, and then, over the last several days, had their lawyer falsely and grossly misrepresent their acts of wanton violence in a cynical attempt to try to excuse the inexcusable.

Jeffrey Bank

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is a grossly, grossly disturbing, offensive, concerning set of events... We have made our views very clear to the Qatari authorities on this matter.

Australian Foreign Minister Marisa Payne

Found on CNN
3 years ago

That is so grossly underfunded that the joke in Indian Country used to be,' Don't get sick after June 1,' because appropriations begin October 1 and by June 1, all that money for specialty care is gone.

Stacy Bohlen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They only give limited protections, so they never would protect against, for example, gross negligence or recklessness, one could argue that holding a large public gathering that will draw people together in a context in which they're not able to do social distancing or follow the directive of the CDC, et cetera. One could argue that is grossly negligent.

Catherine Sharkey

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The idea of a mountain of liability is grossly exaggerated.

Paul Bland

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

All those who talk about confusion or mixed messages are grossly overstating the position, the common sense of the British people is shining through.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

100% necessary, because we know that we need to pull carbon out of the atmosphere, not just reduce our emissions, it's commendable if it's done appropriately. And — it's grossly insufficient on its own. It has to be paired with sound conservation. It has to be part of an overall menu (of climate solutions) that includes decarbonization of our energy systems and transportation systems.

Sean DeWitt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

President Trump's selfish decision to raid military construction funding is a new low in his ridiculous pursuit of a campaign promise. These projects, including the Space Control Facility at Peterson Air Force Base, were identified by the Department of Defense and the Trump Administration as critical to our military readiness. Taking money from operational priorities to pay for a wasteful and ineffective wall is grossly irresponsible and undermines our national security.

Michael Bennet

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We are going to argue that the user agreements are not enforceable because the scooter companies have been grossly negligent, we feel confident that we're going to be able to defeat the user agreement.

Catherine Lerer

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The idea that more than 700 people could all stand trial together in one day, all facing the death penalty in what is clearly a grossly unfair trial that violates Egypt's own constitution beggars belief.

Amnesty International

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Properly trained sushi chefs can detect anisakis larvae, they are grossly visible in the fish.

Joana Carmo

Found on CNN
6 years ago

While these companies, generally speaking, think these state initiatives are grossly unfair, they are not going to presumably risk their standing in those states by getting involved in these projects.

Dave Raymond

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The state initiatives have really had a chilling effect on companies which otherwise would have sought involvement on these projects, while these companies, generally speaking, think these state initiatives are grossly unfair, they are not going to presumably risk their standing in those states by getting involved in these projects.

Dave Raymond

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Senator, he has no idea how I’d rule in that case and, senator, I’m not going to say anything here that’s going to give anybody any idea how I’d rule in any case like that that could come before the Supreme Court or my court on the 10th Circuit, it would be grossly improper of a judge to do that. It would be a violation of the separation of powers and judicial independence if someone sitting at this table, in order to get confirmed, had to make promises or commitments about how they’d rule in a case that’s currently pending and likely to make its way to the Supreme Court.

Neil Gorsuch

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The 2016 national budget plan was based on 2.2 million barrels per day of crude oil production, however, the budget plan is now grossly impacted due to renewed militancy: with about 700,000 bpd of oil production curtailed due to pipeline vandalism.

Maikanti Baru

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It was outside the chain of command which was the biggest handicap for the coup plotters, they had an insufficient portfolio of resources. They were grossly under-equipped to achieve their strategic objectives ... There was definitely quite a degree of incompetence compared to how coups were done here in the past.

Sinan Ulgen

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We must maintain law and order at the highest level or we will cease to have a country. … I am the law and order candidate, hillary Clinton, on the other hand, is weak, ineffective, pandering and as proven by her recent email scandal … she’s either a liar or grossly incompetent.

Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

It has carried out hundreds of executions, put children on death row after grossly unfair trials, and ruthlessly repressed opposition and human rights activists.

Richard Bennett

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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