bodily

Example Sentences

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He repeated the tests many times, altering the phrases to include words drawn from categories such as bodily references, film noir-style atmosphere and technical jargon.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The Times talked to Nemens about favoring friendship on the page, bodily autonomy and her influences including California artist Wayne Thiebaud — whose painting “Supine Woman” is featured on the cover of her novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

“The Great Shadow” benefits from Ms. Bauer’s keen sense for the way the bodily experience of disease so readily takes on psychological and spiritual freight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

This system, which uses the neurotransmitter norepinephrine to regulate cognition and bodily functions, is known to fluctuate during normal sleep.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

In the western ocean it harried the sea flat, lifting water bodily out of water and carrying it as spume.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White