verbal

Example Sentences

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I just thought I’d share that as our president, who grew up on Milton Berle and the great comics of early television, continues verbal war with a different prelate, Pope Leo XIV.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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

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

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

The Metropolitan Police said in a statement that it was aware of the footage showing the verbal altercation between locals and journalists.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Warren concluded with a scathing diagnosis of the Adams correspondence with her as a scattered series of verbal impulses and “the most captious, malignant, irrelevant compositions that have ever been seen.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis