physicality

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Recent Examples of physicality The first half had been defined by a kind of skittering physicality; Volpato moved through the field with the ball seemingly attached to his foot. Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 1 July 2026 Ultimately, these processes also do not need to be as overt as what is occurring with Clark and the physicality of the league. Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 They got bullied in that one, showing a tremendous lack of physicality. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026 The game was mostly notable for its physicality as referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio allowed both teams to batter each other, with blood flowing and shirts ripping. Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for physicality
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Noun
  • What emerged was a wardrobe that balanced sensuality, ease and elegance.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 29 June 2026
  • The real draws, however, are the two star-making performances by Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos, whose extraordinary and viscerally raw explorations of sensuality and heartbreak saw them jointly (and deservedly) awarded the Palme d’Or with the film’s director.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Physicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physicality. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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