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.

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"You were literally hallucinating.

People were literally lost.

The words were literally stunning.

H.G.: You were literally shaking!

They were literally off the charts.

"They were literally on the same page.

Prison officials were literally losing control".

We were literally watching paint dry.

They were literally influenced by trash.

There were literally thousands more like it.

Women were literally skipping around the polls.

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