How to Use corporeal in a Sentence

corporeal

adjective
  • Our bones will likely outlive the rest of our corporeal form by tens if not hundreds of years.
    — Mia Mercado, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
  • Even as a ghost, Pap tries to beat his only son, but there are corporeal rules against that sort of thing.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The corporeal evidence of grief could melt away, even if its roots still clung tightly.
    — Rachel Vorona Cote, SELF, 18 Apr. 2019
  • Now, after being given a corporeal form, all the little prince needs is a name.
    — Kelly Conaboy, The Cut, 23 Apr. 2018
  • But just as the brain is more than a corporeal lump of flesh, so the art of neurology is more than a static image.
    — Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2020
  • And boom, they’re possessed by whatever spirit has been offered a chance to take over a corporeal body.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
  • The group grew physically weak, wasting away until there was little left of their corporeal selves but skin and bones.
    — Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
  • As Cavendish conceived of it, writing invites souls to live in corporeal figures.
    — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Do not burp, cough, trip, sneeze, stub your toe, walk the wrong way, stop to tie your shoe, blow your nose, or call attention to your corporeal presence in any way.
    — Alyssa Brandt, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • Virginity was a corporeal asset that could lose all its value in an instant.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • Spellbound’s artists will lead the audience through the corporeal journey.
    — Kt Hawbaker, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2018
  • Surely there must be some ancient text about this, this curious confluence of corporeal events?
    — Richard Lawson, Vanities, 21 Mar. 2017
  • At a magnification of ten times, the yellow glow took on the contour of a corporeal object.
    — The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2021
  • In the comics, Death takes on many forms when visiting the corporeal world, but the most common are a skeleton in black robes and a woman.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Zooming into a wedding needs to be considered as real as being there in corporeal form.
    — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 17 June 2020
  • As actual spirits, released from their corporeal form, or visions conjured up by the eyes or minds of those who see them—or something else?
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
  • No corporeal zone was off-limits either, as previously undiscussed body parts were platformed in new ways.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The most enduring symptom is a corporeal heat wave that shows no more sign of fully lifting than the warmth in northern Eurasia.
    — Bathsheba Demuth, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The entity manifests more like a trick of lighting than anything corporeal.
    — Jamie Lang, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The entity manifests more like a trick of lighting than anything corporeal.
    — Jamie Lang, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
  • To remove yourself from corporeal reality for a little bit and let your husband/wife deal with the hungry children/pets.
    — oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Among my friends both in the corporeal world and on the internet, Challengers is regarded as a modern classic and a clear choice for one of the ten best films of the year.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
  • In healing, nothing that is real changes, even though the corporeal senses stop testifying to discord and disease.
    — Douglas Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Many of the subjects stretched and sprawled beyond the frame, suggesting the scope of their corporeal ambition and an eagerness to connect to the outside world.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Our digital versions of our corporeal bodies are a form, if not the form, of human expression and experience.
    — Frederick Daso, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • But Taylor Swift, in her corporeal form at least, was not actually there to receive it on Friday night.
    — Amy Phillips, Pitchfork, 16 Oct. 2023
  • But all of Caland’s brilliantly hued canvases are also fleshy and funny and female, in ways that speak of bold corporeal pleasure.
    — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
  • But the sale of these items, which some Buddhists consider corporeal remains of the Buddha, has sparked criticism.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
  • But the author of this email also points out there this is not the only fan account dedicated to just one aspect of Timothée's corporeal form.
    — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 7 June 2019
  • Over the centuries, the gesture became more decorative and less about corporeal money management.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025

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