Sentence examples for extra literal from inspiring English sources

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It's good that Mr. Timberlake doesn't operate at full throttle, because this album's successes often come in spite of Mr. Foxx, who sings as if he were delivering lines for the camera: declarative, extra literal, sharp at the edges.

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If the same proportion of them choose assisted dying as have recently done so in Oregon, there could be several thousand cases a year before high court judges; several thousand extra interviews on a literal matter of life and death, each to be conducted by two psychiatrists at a time when NHS appointments are supposed to last 10 minutes.

At least they should give a little extra air or ink (literal and digital) to challenge politicians when they hit below the belt, especially if they do it themselves, in a public forum.

Literally his literal genitals.

The script also kept throwing up possibilities that weren't followed up: the reason for Van Gogh being so tormented was that he was plagued by literal monsters; an extra-terrestrial element to Vincent's gift.

A pair of costume designers, Carlo Poggioli and Varya Avdyushko, figure they had made or rented at least 8,000 outfits for "Vampire Hunter," many of which were scheduled to be shredded, burned or otherwise wrecked a week or so ago by a literal army of extras who will be playing out part of the Gettysburg battle.

Around day eight, my friend's tube popped and it was a literal Band-Aid fix we wrapped extra strength Band-Aids around the hole.

Most punters were kitted out as though auditioning for roles as extras in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous, in such literal interpretations of 1960s and 1970s festival style as to be almost a parody of the decades – gumboots excepted, of course.

Literal: putting off filing taxes costs a person an extra $400 a year — for the U.S. as a whole, $500 million a year; billions of dollars are wasted when employees fail to sign up for a (401 k plan.

Upton based his version on a literal translation, following today's standard theatrical practice, which is that an extra tweak from an experienced writer is needed to produce convincing stage dialogue.

For extra points, go for the ironic plank – That is planking on top of a literal plank.

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