verbal

Example Sentences

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Several small studies have found that it helps alleviate verbal symptoms in some autistic children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The state is not targeting “speech as speech,” but a range of services that include verbal communication.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

After the performance, his revolving panel of judges gets into a verbal exchange where they share feedback and refine their character.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The hearing started out with a verbal tussle between the committee chair, Republican Rand Paul, of Kentucky, and Mullin.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

We’re lucky that English, with its stretchy grammar and its giant grab bag of a vocabulary, gives us so much room for verbal play, if not anarchy.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner