not figuratively
Example Sentences
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Asked to go though that final sequence, Davis demurred, saying simply, “Jamal Murray made a shot,” then standing up, dropping the mic — and not figuratively — and walking off from the postgame podium.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024
“It is literally — not figuratively — a clear and present danger. The health of our citizens and our communities are literally at stake.”
From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2022
“It is literally, not figuratively, a clear and present danger,” Biden said Wednesday of the climate crisis.
From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2022
This year, it was left to Higher Power, literally not figuratively, to win in only his fourth race in the Sadler barn.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2019
Not forever, maybe—not forever, for sure—and not figuratively.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
