bodily

Example Sentences

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According to Wyoming Statute Section 6-2-602, people who are lawfully present do not have to try to retreat before using force to protect themselves from imminent death or serious bodily harm.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

Ebola spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including blood, vomit, diarrhoea, saliva, urine, semen and sweat.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Ebola, which is passed on through close contact and bodily fluids, has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa over the past 50 years.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

But behind the staged virility lies a ruler unusually preoccupied with bodily decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Alex longed to be ejected, to be bodily lifted from Yankee Stadium, from the Bronx, from New York, from Earth itself, to be slingshotted into the soothing void of space.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer