bodily

Example Sentences

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He repeated the tests many times, altering the phrases to include words drawn from categories such as bodily references, film noir-style atmosphere and technical jargon.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The 2019 documentary short “Valerie,” directed by Souther, dropped the veil on Perrine’s battle with the illness, with her loss of bodily autonomy captured in the film.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Mar Monte leaders say the expanded options—which they soft-launched for current patients and friends—fit with a larger mission of promoting bodily autonomy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

This system, which uses the neurotransmitter norepinephrine to regulate cognition and bodily functions, is known to fluctuate during normal sleep.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

Instead there is everything you might eat if eating had no bodily consequences—the cheese fries, the chicken-fried steaks, the fudge-laden desserts—only here every bite must be paid for, one way or another, in human discomfort.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich