How to Use verbally in a Sentence

verbally

adverb
  • It's been a busy, verbally abusive few days for the rap game.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 5 May 2024
  • Boone said that Cortes did not verbally push to stay in the game, but the two talked after the pitching change.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
  • The give and take between artists is not always done verbally.
    Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The officer again tells her to get out of the car, according to the video, which Young appears to verbally refuse to do.
    Brittany Gaddy, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • During their trips down the steep slopes from the nunnery to the local market, the nuns have been verbally abused by monks from other sects.
    Sameer Yasir Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Back then, only white men could vote (naturally) and it was done verbally and out in the open.
    Julia Ries, SELF, 16 Sep. 2024
  • During the episode, the 58-year old was enraged and attacked her husband verbally.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Johnson has said that he was verbally assaulted and not paid for his work.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2021
  • The best way to turn down a job offer is verbally to the recruiter or hiring manager first and then put it in writing.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 24 May 2022
  • After verbally agreeing to the contract, Houllis chartered an Uber ride for the teen and brought her to his home where she was given her own bedroom and food.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 29 July 2023
  • His writhing and flailing, verbally as well as bodily, serve as the 11 o’clock number.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
  • One thing is coming up with sayings [to verbally butcher] and turns of phrases to keep in that little notebook of my mind for Hank.
    Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Because of the compressed time frame, Batiste would often take a few minutes to work through an idea in his head and then have to tell it, verbally, to the band and then come together to play.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Then some choose to lead in both ways, showing the way but also being the team’s biggest influence verbally.
    Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2021
  • As the queen bee of Northshore High, Regina is often shown verbally attacking her classmates and close friends.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
  • My father-in-law verbally and emotionally abused his late wife of over 50 years.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Even if a baby is verbally advanced, IQ tests are not designed for children this young.
    Carol Bainbridge, Parents, 23 July 2024
  • Court records said over the past three months, Davis had become more verbally and physically abusive with the children.
    Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2022
  • In the scene, Kathy and Johnny verbally spar over Benny’s love and loyalty, until Johnny thinks he’s got the better of the housewife.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 24 June 2024
  • Ramirez, a native of Sonora, Mexico, had a partner — not the father of her child — who was verbally abusive with her.
    Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2024
  • Sword purchased one of Stuart’s Athenaeum replicas, verbally agreeing not to make copies.
    Michael Hussey, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2024
  • That trooper relayed the message verbally to the Secret Service in the command center.
    Josh Dawsey and Carol D. Leonnig The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 29 July 2024
  • Biermann, 38, verbally confirmed to the judge that the Alpharetta estate will be foreclosed on Nov. 7.
    Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The officer woke Tyson, who sat up but didn't respond verbally, according to the report.
    Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Both had been committed verbally — and very much nonbinding — to Notre Dame.
    Ralph D. Russo, Chicago Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Skip Bayless has a new sparring partner, at least verbally.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Later that day a customer verbally threatened to rape one of his employees.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
  • Fuller chose to include just a couple of fleeting crime scene shots, with more graphic details of what the boys suffered verbally mentioned in passing.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024
  • The subjects were asked to verbally respond to a tiny electrical current to their hand and a random sound that was played by a speaker positioned at either the hand or the end of the racket.
    Chip Colwell, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The son also, the report said, had verbally and physically attacked his parents.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2024

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