verbal
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In interviews, he’ll sneak in a verbal jab at Roy, then finish the insult with a wry smirk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
The team altered only the movements around the eyes and eyebrows, leaving verbal content and vocal delivery unchanged.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
I don’t mean “wrestle” like two people having an argument—a verbal tangle over tush pushes, instant replay or some other evergreen NFL claptrap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
With verbal chops like those, who needs an articulate press secretary?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Her entrances into rooms were usually verbal as well as physical.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
If that looked good-natured, later verbals between Prasidh Krishna and Joe Root were anything but.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025
Had Townsend wanted to retaliate in the verbals then he had some heavy ammunition at his disposal.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2022
"He addresses me and Tweets me quite often and I was just in the frame of mind where I thought me and Klitschko don't have much verbals, so let me respond to Fury."
From Reuters ● Apr. 20, 2017
A little obvious in places, but always redeemed by Brooker's verbals, which soar to inspired heights in an extended description of his own face.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2011
The last are purely English; and yet they correspond in form with such as come from Latin verbals in abilis.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
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