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276 examples of Loosely in a sentence

The story is loosely based on the life-story of the the main character, played by Tommy Guiffre.
Making her film debut, Bette Midler plays a singer loosely based on Janis Joplin.
Of course, it's based (albeit loosely) on Poe's classic tale, so the story is bound to be solid; but it doesn't take all of it's influence from Poe, and so Dennis Paoli can take a lot of credit for the screenplay he wrote for the movie.
Based loosely on the Henry Miller book which was in turn based loosely on his actual life.
A story loosely based on Jack the Ripper.
It concerns loosely a tracker going into the wilderness after the "missing link" to earn 100,00 dollars.
It's a story that's loosely based on the Jack the Ripper killings in London.
I suppose the filmmakers believed that a series of contrived "dangerous situations" would be enough to establish an attraction between the protagonists (and I use this term loosely).
White Hunter Black Heart is loosely based the true story of the making of The African Queen (1951).
The plot, very loosely based on both the fabled E.T.A. Hoffman story and, to a lesser extent, Tchaikovsky's now famous ballet (snippets of the composer's famous score can be heard on the soundtrack) goes something like this: Clara (voiced by Melissa Gilbert), a pretty doll face of a girl, receives a mysterious nutcracker from her eccentric Uncle Drosselmeyer (Christopher Lee).
This story is very loosely based on Janis Joplin and it takes place (Supposedly) in 1969.
Okay, if you can look past the fact that the "comedy team" (a term used very loosely here)is just a rip off of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and the fact that Lugosi is only here because he was taking any and every role he was offered at this point, it's actually almost funny on it's own, even though most of the time I laughed at the parts that weren't supposed to be funny, and groaned at the parts that were trying to be funny, but were ultimately just embarrassing.
And I use the word act loosely.
Although loosely based on the life of Lon Chaney, Sr.
Although the storyline loosely follows the book, many of the most important scenes were left out of the movie.
The film is (loosely) based on the play, which rather faithfully followed the life of Lenny Bruce (more or less) and told his story using entirely his own words.
Instead, it is one of Franco's several movies inspired from and loosely based on Sade's Philosophy in the Boudoir.
This is a turgid melodrama, very loosely based on a Maugham story and designed to appeal to people during the Second World War.
The script is inept, and the direction is so loosely plotted and ill conceived that it is tough to follow what exactly is going on throughout the film.
But even he could not save this film...and I use the term film loosely.
The story is loosely based on Robert L. Scott's autobiography.
Loosely based on the Alfred Lord Tennyson poem "Enoch Arden" (Tennyson does not receive a screen credit in the finished film), MY FAVORITE WIFE piles on the fast-paced, snappy dialogue and outrageous, comedic misunderstandings at a frantic rate.
To begin with, it is based (very loosely) around a truish story... the song itself did cause a stir when reports of its association with suicides were circulated.
Loosely based on the Bloomingdale scandal and a novel by Dominick Dunne, this movie is a typical trashy made for television fare that has a great cast and is very watchable..especially with DeMornay.
Completely pointless and unnecessary sequel to the moderately successful 1992 horror film "Candyman", which was both co-produced and loosely adapted from a semi-popular short story by Brit Clive Barker.
This film is awful in the sense that it is loosely based on 'While You Were Sleeping'.
Purported to be loosely based on the original series it has no character called Knight, no reference to the Foundation for Law And Government and has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Knight Rider.
Awful comedy loosely based on "Snow-white", featuring a massive amount of German comedians.
The five stories are used loosely on the show, they decrease in seriousness.
This movie was just lame on every level.The lead actor was as weak as water.The story was suppose to be disturbing, with urban "street smarts", and it reminded me more of a cross between an "after school special" and a Lifetime movie, but with some horribly delivered and unconvincing mature language.The plot was suppose to be a loosely based "true to life" story about a juvenile sent to an adult facility, and the hardships he endured, with rape scenes that I guess were meant to be disturbing.
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