Literal in a sentence

The work they're doing saving literal lives and putting out literal fires is much more important, and while Bode has come a long way even in that, he still has some growing to do.

Their rise in Valyria and their reign over Westeros is the stuff of literal legend, and the madness that seems to run through their DNA is almost as notorious as their literal fire power.

In The Literal Interpretation of Genesis, Augustine took the view that everything in the universe was created simultaneously by God, and not in seven calendar days like a literal interpretation of Genesis would require.

The syntax of most high-level programming languages allows for a string, usually quoted in some way, to represent an instance of a string datatype; such a meta-string is called a literal or string literal.

A literal time capsule of sound and content from early-‘00s rap, the duo’s sophomore effort was evidently recorded and indefinitely shelved shortly after the release of “Ghetto Pop Life,” making it an authentic throwback to that bygone era.

Although Yoshiharu Sagara may not be a literal "Monkey," he is certainly treated like one by the girls in charge, which is a small price to pay considering he essentially changed the course of the world's history by initiating Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death.

And make no mistake, Briggs was not only the literal template for those other cases … it was completely created by South Carolinians.

And yet I had chills — literal chills.

But Ekin-Su certainly didn’t have an easy ride on the skating show, having sparked literal Ofcom complaints with her figure-hugging outfits.

But I would hope Biden, as the literal president, would see this as a part of his job.

But what we do know is that, around the same time Tutankhamun lived, a new hieroglyph came into common usage – and its literal translation is ‘iron from the sky’.

But when she’s pulled back into the murders by the literal angels who guard the city, she’s considered a possible suspect, or at the very least assumed accessory in Danika’s murder.

But why listen to the man whose literal job it is to know about these things when you can make another hole in the ozone layer by repeating the same old guff ad nauseam?

Calle's Supergirl breaks free of the literal detention center she's held in to join the fight against an extraterrestrial colonizer in the form of General Zod to save humanity.

Calvin (Jacob Buster, "Let the Right One In") is a floppy-haired literal boy next door who dresses up in an astronaut suit at school — complete with, for some reason, nunchucks.

Delhiites getting involved in the tu vs aap debate is hilarious because thats the rudest city in the whole literal world and none other comes close.

Dude is a literal giant.

Elizabeth Longshaw took to the platform to try and figure out whether her idea made her a “terrible person” or a “literal genius”.

First, you’re dealing with a literal penny stock, with shares trading hands at 38 cents a pop.

For a literal blast from the past, the ensuite also has a jet tub.