Sentence examples for pretty categorically from inspiring English sources
"I can pretty categorically state we are not overpumping our permits".
Apparently, my willingness to state pretty categorically that MSNBC's prime time eschews traditional objective newscasting in favor of editorializing -- and that this fact should be fairly obvious to anyone with a set of ears and two brain cells to rub together -- makes me akin to Joshua's trumpet, bringing down the walls of Jericho.
Earlier on Saturday, Mr Buckles said he was "pretty sure" the staff could speak English well "but I cannot say categorically as I sit here today".
In the BBC interview, Mr. Buckles said he was "pretty sure" the guards already deployed could speak English well, "but I cannot say categorically as I sit here today".
He said: "While it's true the National Union of Students takes a consistent anti-Tory line on pretty much anything from tuition fees to the Syria crisis and all points in between, they are categorically not representative of all students.
"It's pretty detrimental to society when we reinforce the idea that poor or crime-heavy areas are places to be categorically avoided or shamed," David Holmes wrote on PandoDaily.
Chadwick says categorically not.
"We say so categorically".
