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Sentence examples for were literally from inspiring English sources

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were literally

adverb

Word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor

  • When I saw on the news that there would be no school tomorrow because of the snowstorm, I literally jumped for joy, and hit my head on the ceiling fan.

synonyms

actually
really
virtually

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"You were literally hallucinating.

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The New York Times - Health

People were literally lost.

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The New York Times

The words were literally stunning.

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The New York Times

H.G.: You were literally shaking!

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The New Yorker

They were literally off the charts.

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The New Yorker

"They were literally on the same page.

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The New York Times

Prison officials were literally losing control".

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The New York Times

We were literally watching paint dry.

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Independent

They were literally influenced by trash.

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The New York Times

There were literally thousands more like it.

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The New York Times

Women were literally skipping around the polls.

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