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