bodily

Example Sentences

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If a person in the diocese comes to fear that they or their loved one has been bodily possessed by a demon, the diocese launches an investigation involving medical, psychological, and psychiatric testing.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

Transmission before symptoms develop is unlikely, but symptomatic patients—particularly those with later-stage disease—can spread the virus through contact with bodily fluids.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The Ebola virus spreads from one person to another by contact with infected bodily fluids.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

But conditions in the camp are ripe for a disease passed on through close physical contact and bodily fluids.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

This was becoming the new background of Finny’s life, this purely medical element from which bodily health was absent.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles