Sentence examples for were not utterly from inspiring English sources

Most of those who left, however, were not utterly impoverished; many had skills and qualifications.

The audit results published in the 2012 report were "not utterly transparent," she said.

Such a story would be breathtaking if it were not utterly believable.

The Independent's tasters were not utterly bowled over ('for a heavier pudding, it is rather nice') but there is no denying the generosity of its melting mass of fruit and alcoholic heft - 5 per cent brandy, 3.5 per cent sherry, 2 per cent cognac (which raises questions about the previous brandy) and 1 per cent rum.

Not that they weren't utterly discreet, just that some people are better at a poker face than others.

Again, it would be funny if weren't utterly predictable.

This is laughable if it weren't utterly sad.

This is not utterly new.

He is not utterly immune to cliché.

He is not utterly immune to clich?

The government here is not utterly ineffective.