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Recent Examples of physicality
His physicality is somehow both exacting and fluid at the same time.
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Michelle Nader, IndieWire, 30 May 2026
His ball skills and physicality likely will lead to an immediate rotation spot behind Zechariah Poyser and Bryce Fitzgerald.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
Lohner gets the nod for the moment after Payton raved about him earlier in May, especially because Payton was particularly impressed with Lohner’s physicality and blocking.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion whose hockey career was built on playing on the edge with ferocity and physicality, has died.
—CBS News, 28 May 2026
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Michelle Nader, IndieWire, 30 May 2026
His ball skills and physicality likely will lead to an immediate rotation spot behind Zechariah Poyser and Bryce Fitzgerald.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
Lohner gets the nod for the moment after Payton raved about him earlier in May, especially because Payton was particularly impressed with Lohner’s physicality and blocking.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion whose hockey career was built on playing on the edge with ferocity and physicality, has died.
—CBS News, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for physicality
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Louis’s memories form an immersive, spellbinding confession of betrayal, murder, and melancholy with palpable sensuality.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
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Born in Da Nang, Vietnam, and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Bi Pham shifted from science to fashion to explore modernity and sensuality through premium ready‑to‑wear.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
27 May 2026
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The rich textures and thick ambiance of The Eyes of Others are pure high modernist 1960s Italian cinema, but De Sica unfurls the film’s winding intrigues with a contemporary sense of suspense, carnality, and visual boldness.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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But as Maud's God begins to talk back, and her desperate pleas for divine intervention send her into fits of orgasmic fervor and desperate carnality, Glass hints at the depths of mania powering the nurse's dedication.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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In other words, humans can act against the animal component of their nature and manifest their humanity by rejecting their animality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Nov. 2025
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This strangeness causes all sorts of internal agitation, an uneasiness about humanity’s closeness to animality.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Physicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physicality. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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