bodily

Example Sentences

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Under California law, police agencies are generally required to release to the public audio and video recordings of police shootings and other critical incidents involving great bodily injury within 45 days of the incident.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

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

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The old dog could no longer walk, and Scheer had to lift him bodily out of the car.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides