verbal
Example Sentences
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After weeks of verbal sparring, the U.S. announced that it was sending Rubio to Rome later this week.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
"Users complained about the model being oddly overfamiliar in conversation, which prompted an investigation into specific verbal tics," the company wrote in its blog post on Thursday.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
“Frequent and strongly worded verbal interventions by the White House have unnerved futures-market participants,” said Johnston in a Thursday Substack newsletter.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
Trite little verbal tidbits repeated by parents, grandparents, mentors and coaches burrow into your psyche and weave their way into an entire philosophy on how to live life.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
We never laid a hand on each other again, and even though we’d get into plenty of verbal clashes, our tiffs tended to end the way our fistfight had, with us cracking up.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
Vocabulary lists containing verbal
Keystone Exams: English Composition Glossary
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Commonly Confused Words, List 4
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