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Example sentences for: literal

How can you use “literal” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Meaning has actually tended to be a pitfall for him, as is shown by his topical posters, only one of which is displayed here, a dully literal item for Earth Day 1970.
Surely it cannot appear as a label, since the phrase, which is literal, hence not an entry, is a description of a military punishment.
The literal return to Africa was seen as the only option for blacks because, they argued, white supremacy could never be displaced.
It may be worth noting here that Martin Luther used the word Jungfrau to translate `almah , bethulah , and parthenos . Jungfrau , although referring almost exclusively to `virgin' in present-day German, has the literal root sense of `young woman,' or `young wife.
Meanwhile, Stoll's book has accelerated debate among anthropologists and literary scholars over the reliability of individual testimony and the proper relationship between autobiographical narrative and literal truth.