Sentence examples for exactly came from inspiring English sources

"Exactly," came the reply.

Whoever, exactly, came up with "Josh" conjured more than a perfunctory decoy.

He asked the man, "Did these men make resistance?" "No, not exactly," came the reply, "but they were rebels, you know".

THE Monsters of Folk claim not to remember who exactly came up with their name — some smart-aleck roadie or tour manager or booking agent.

If my grandmother was imagining that purchase as the beginning of a bright, prosperous future, that never exactly came to pass, which may be why she held the dishes so dear.

Henderson is a little fuzzy on whom he was supposed to guard, on what exactly came next, but he will never forget James Worthy, after taking a pass from Magic, floating one to the right side, toward Byron Scott.

Yet Mr. Obama was not exactly coming home.

Ms. Chang does not exactly come off as a naïf.

The Alfred brothers weren't exactly coming at this cold.

These filmmakers haven't exactly come out of nowhere.

"I don't know exactly," comes the reply.