verbalism

Example Sentences

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“We’re a very specific group of individuals who are probably more drawn to the unusual, the strange, and the otherworldly. It’s just personal taste, not a verbalised mandate.”

From The Guardian • Dec. 6, 2018

She has spoken to my line manager about "concerns", which she has never verbalised to me.

From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2013

Jerry not only wrote the words that everyone was singing, he led the way in how we verbalised our feelings about the societal changes we were living with after the second world war.

From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2011

I don't think we ever really verbalised it.

From The Guardian • Jun. 10, 2010

It has been suggested that the word is a verbalised corruption of the word "effectual."

From Notes and Queries, Number 09, December 29, 1849 by Various