Example Sentences

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Would he, watching a goliath ascend the exterior of a high-rise with helicopters and klieg lights swirling, woundedly mumble, “Hey, that’s my gig.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 10, 2018

When last we saw our antihero, he was indulging a late-night existential snit, staring woundedly out at the city from his apartment balcony.

From Slate • May 6, 2013

Christopher Eccleston only has one look: pinched, so woundedly feral he makes Robert De Niro look house-trained, so intense that he could face down anybody, perhaps even God.

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2012

NBC oinked woundedly that these early national Nielsens are premature.

From Time Magazine Archive

Into this the winds would drop from the high places like broken-winged birds, dashing themselves against the polished walls of the Pyweack, dashing and falling back and crying woundedly.

From The Trail Book by Austin, Mary Hunter