bodily
Example Sentences
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If a person in the diocese comes to fear that they or their loved one has been bodily possessed by a demon, the diocese launches an investigation involving medical, psychological, and psychiatric testing.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
It spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including sweat, saliva, blood, semen, excrement, urine and vomit.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Ebola, which is passed on through close contact and bodily fluids, has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa over the past 50 years.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
But behind the staged virility lies a ruler unusually preoccupied with bodily decline.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The stone towers thrilled under them, trembling bodily like the bass strings of musical instruments.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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