Examples of 'were literally' in a sentence
Meaning of "were literally"
were literally: Used to emphasize that something actually happened in a strict sense, like 'They were literally jumping for joy.'
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So you were literally talking out of your ass.
I could see that they were literally ruining us.
They were literally flying into the ground.
And challenges that were literally bananas.
Patients were literally restrained and suffering was overwhelming.
Julia and her family were literally starving.
There were literally thousands of patents on human genes.
It does not mean they were literally eating them.
They were literally both elementary school teachers.
The mouth and throat were literally eaten up.
And we were literally seconds away from death.
The small fishermen were literally affected.
You were literally evicted from your childhood.
We could do circular narratives that were literally circular.
Artifacts were literally pouring out of melting ice.
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Aboriginal people on the reserve were literally locked in.
There were literally hundreds of fingerprints to wade through.
The walls and sidewalks were literally rinsed in blood.
They were literally quizzes about soda pop.
Tresckow and myself were literally stunned.
We were literally next door for months.
He looks as though he were literally frightened to death.
We were literally just sent here to make xeroxes.
Our men aboveground were literally covered with bees.
We were literally caught with our pants down.
Some scenes in movies were literally stolen from my life.
We were literally stuck to each other like glue.
When we got to the top we were literally in the clouds.
And we were literally the only guests there.
Brutal deaths wherein the women were literally incinerated.
They were literally like pigs wallowing in shame.
They developed agricultural communities that were literally awesome.
I would say they were literally scared to death.
We were literally and figuratively high in the plane.
I think some people were literally holding their breath.
We were literally overwhelmed by all the support we received.
We take in people who were literally living under bridges.
We were literally three blocks from the silos.
The various acts were literally unbelievable.
We were literally packed in there like sardines.
Upon arrival we were literally stunned by.
We were literally in here four hours ago.
During that period our butts were literally dragging.
Young people were literally marching in their towns.
I have four students whose predicted scores were literally impossible.
Former slaves were literally treated like animals.
Entire neighbourhoods and shopping districts were literally swept away.
Some pastures were literally covered with them.
Were literally hacked to pieces.
But eventually we were literally spitting on each other.
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I literally killed my only chance at becoming a judge
And the stage is literally falling apart
He literally wrote the book on forensic neuropsychiatry
