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Examples of bodiless in a Sentence
ghosts are supposed to be bodiless
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That the bodiless voice of Captain Kafetzis was now coming to me live from above my proprietary Cashmere mattress indicated the obvious seriousness of what had happened in the night.
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Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
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First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Bodiless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bodiless. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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bodiless
adjective
bodi·less
ˈbäd-i-ləs 
ˈbäd-ᵊl-əs
: having no body : incorporeal
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