Example Sentences

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Metaphysically impossible premise: Love can be complicated enough, but imagine how much more so when body-swapping, time travel or mythical creatures are on the table.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2016

Metaphysically, the Joker was dipped in chemicals and lost his mind -- not unlike the rest of society.

From Time Magazine Archive

Metaphysically regarded this act of self-position yields the categories of Reality.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Metaphysically, the love of God is the sentiment of the infinite, the need of attaching ourselves to the absolute, the eternal, the immutable, the true in itself—in one word, to Being.

From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul

Metaphysically defined, Protection is the natural right, inherent in every American citizen, to obtain money in large quantities for goods of small qualities.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870 by Various