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
  • The give and take between artists is not always done verbally.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Johnson has said that he was verbally assaulted and not paid for his work.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Along the way, the two of them verbally spar and match wits on a variety of topics.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • One roommate drinks and becomes verbally abusive to me and his boyfriend.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Do remember to thank your host — verbally is fine, Post says.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Make a point of 'verbally contracting' to stick to the budget.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • In an unlit room, the children are whipped and verbally chastized.
    — Blake Simons, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Once verbally, once in writing.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • 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 machine will meet them in their native language, verbally.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • While the match was verbally agreed upon, no official date has been confirmed for the bout.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Back then, only white men could vote (naturally) and it was done verbally and out in the open.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Young children who could verbally express their needs were more likely to survive than those who could not.
    — Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Is your question best handled verbally or in writing?
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Boasberg gave the order to do so both verbally and in writing after the hearing.
    — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Three months earlier, a white bus driver had verbally harassed her.
    — Time, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The questioning, under oath, can be done verbally or in writing.
    — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • Sometimes, simply allowing your child to verbally process what's going on in their head will help.
    — Jenna Autuori-Dedic, Parents, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Hamann was out of contract and had verbally agreed to sign for Bolton Wanderers.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hallie alleges this led Poore and Kennedy to verbally assault them.
    — Moná Thomas, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • David knows people who have been verbally and physically abused on the street for telling their stories publicly.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • David knows people who have been verbally and physically abused on the street for telling their stories publicly.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026

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