verbal
Example Sentences
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Local agreements were described by another charity as "verbal and fragile".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Neither have we sent a letter nor given verbal instructions to stop it. They postponed it on their own."
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
She includes any information-seeking act, from a verbal interrogative to the sniff one might give a carton of milk to gauge its freshness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Its whimsical grandiosity practically invites us to use the passive voice, a kind of verbal genuflection.”
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing verbal
Keystone Exams: English Composition Glossary
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "V"
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Commonly Confused Words, List 4
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