How to Use physically in a Sentence

physically

adverb
  • The gyms are not physically connected to the schools, the source added.
    Holly Yan, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • Like, physically the cathe- ter had made my body forget how to pee.
    Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Despite the 16-year-age gap between the two, Rune was the guy ruined physically by the finish.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • In essence, that aim—enabling the body to move physically, but also to move with the times—underlies the 300 pieces that make up this show.
    Mark Holgate, Vogue, 23 Apr. 2024
  • In form, chukka boots are physically the middle ground among boots, hitting right at the top of the ankle—not too high, not too low.
    Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Neither she nor Artem’s friends were hurt — at least not physically — but the shelling struck courtyards throughout the area.
    Freep.com, 4 June 2023
  • Muslims who can afford it and are physically able are required to take part in it once in their life.
    Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 20 June 2024
  • This was a rookie camp, but he's not built like a rookie physically.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2023
  • By almost three to one, voters think only Trump — and not Mr. Biden — is physically healthy enough for the job, although the two are just a few years apart.
    Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The charge can range from annoying a victim over the phone to physically striking them.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • It's got all these grants that can help secure schools physically.
    ABC News, 30 July 2023
  • The week is considered among the most physically taxing for the 87-year-old and came this year as concerns have mounted about his health.
    Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Right tackle Evan Neal (left ankle) was on the bike for a bit and remains on the physically unable to perform list.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
  • Booker had reason to feel good physically even after putting the Suns on his back.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2023
  • Since few of us physically type in our passwords, passkeys remove the password box.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 3 May 2023
  • Avoid places that have a risk factor that can impact you physically.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
  • And our guys need to be prepared for that both mentally and physically.
    Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The nation of 82 million is often cast as the bridge, physically and culturally, from the West to the Middle East.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2024
  • Some of it was getting back in the room with the guys and going back on tour and physically reconnecting with people.
    Grant Sharples, SPIN, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Three people were killed and two more were physically injured in the Fifth Third Bank attack that also left the gunman dead.
    The Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Melton’s Joe manages to physically embody a 13-year-old in the shoulders of an anxious 36-year-old father of three.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
  • In truth, Greeley had taken a turn for the worse both physically and mentally.
    Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
  • No fan wants to hear their team is gassed, mentally or physically.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
  • Some people might want to see no more than two clients a week to avoid burnout from work that can be mentally and even physically draining, Howard said.
    Laura Doan, CBS News, 8 May 2023
  • Running back Jonathan Taylor will miss the Colts' first four games after he was placed on the physically unable to perform list.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Members of the royal family in the UK no longer get physically pursued in their private time in the way or to the extent that Diana was.
    Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 18 May 2023
  • To achieve this, the library is looking to physically expand.
    Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2023
  • But what has all that work over the last three-and-a-half years cost you physically, mentally, emotionally?
    Abc News, ABC News, 5 July 2024
  • That can be physically taxing for a rookie to try and accomplish.
    Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Two Irwin dot paintings were physically attacked and destroyed.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024

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