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
  • Make a point of 'verbally contracting' to stick to the budget.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 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
  • The pair head out to a fancy tourist bar to get drunk and verbally eviscerate the rich, out-of-town bros that attempt to pick them up.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • Boasberg gave the order to do so both verbally and in writing after the hearing.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Train cars are an arena to verbally spar with hard-nosed reporters who are thoroughly won over by the mouths of these boys.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 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
  • Calder also said that the owner of the dog verbally agreed to have the dog responsible for the fatal attack put down.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • Chelsea have verbally agreed a deal to send Renato Veiga on loan to Juventus.
    Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Hallie alleges this led Poore and Kennedy to verbally assault them.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • The Schimmel sisters still throw short-hops to one another, if just verbally.
    Evan Drellich, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • Showing gratitude can be done in a text to friend, a phone call to your parent or verbally saying (something) to a spouse or partner.
    Shannon Carpenter, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • Sometimes, simply allowing your child to verbally process what's going on in their head will help.
    Jenna Autuori-Dedic, Parents, 11 Apr. 2025

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