as in physical
of or relating to the human body
the old man suffered from a number of bodily ailments
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Recent Examples of bodily
The student had pleaded no contest to assault with intent to do great bodily harm, according to the prosecutor's office.
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Paula Wethington, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
He was found guilty in January of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 27 Mar. 2026
Matvei Rumiantsev, 22, was sentenced at London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, after he was found guilty in January of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, British news agency PA Media reported.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
The ruling came after prosecutors agreed to drop a murder charge against Johnson, 34, in exchange for no contest pleas on one count of voluntary manslaughter and two counts of child abuse resulting in great bodily injury.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Paula Wethington, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
He was found guilty in January of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 27 Mar. 2026
Matvei Rumiantsev, 22, was sentenced at London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, after he was found guilty in January of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, British news agency PA Media reported.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
The ruling came after prosecutors agreed to drop a murder charge against Johnson, 34, in exchange for no contest pleas on one count of voluntary manslaughter and two counts of child abuse resulting in great bodily injury.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bodily
physical
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Over 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men in the United States have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Endowed not only with a privileged birthright but—unlike the actual princes over in England, who had weak chins and went bald young—the physical stature to match?—
Jeffrey Eugenides,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Bodily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bodily. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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