In the literal sense, it is impossible for it to rain cats and dogs.    From LearnThat.org. 

It's the literal truth.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A literal translation.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A literal depiction of the scene before him.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Nevertheless, I'm attracted to the term literal because it leads to another useful concept, "liberal" cartooning.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Comics Journal] Reference

The use of the word literal is so egregiously wrong, I thought perhaps it had to be on purpose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is This Line From Claire Messud’s ‘The Emperor’s Children’ the Worst Line in a Book Published in 2006? « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference

Alice always expresses herself in literal and clinical terms.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pursuit of Alice Thrift by Elinor Lipman: Questions] Reference

Gospel (good news) is a literal translation of the Greek word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

They expect to be come state run media in literal fact, soon enough.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Chief Beneficiaries of Citizens United?] Reference

As for slaughtering the English in literal terms; how can anyone complain about that?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » White House In Disarray: Contradicting Snow, Gonzales Says Bush Opposes Making English The National Language] Reference

"This is literal from the Greek," he says, "and I have ventured it;" though he quotes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series] Reference

So if the mind is a potential text, what happens in literal writing, or literal reading?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Copyright] Reference

I was reading somewhere that the literal translation of the Greek word normally translated as.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference

The view is often called the literal view, the traditional view, or the twenty-four-hour view.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reasons to Believe -] Reference

New mania - the excessive need to distract oneself from ones work to engage in literal histrionics.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sensible Season] Reference

But they were not in Zerubbabel's temple; therefore Ezekiel's foretold temple, if literal, is yet future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

Anna Sui Anna Sui mixed in literal apron dresses throughout her spring line, a collection that also nodded to the '70s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Haute Housewife] Reference

They believe in literal interpretation so Palin sincerely likes ALL the founding fathers, Especially George Washington!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Paranoid Beck would embarrass her, Palin focused on googling NYC landmarks right before their interview.] Reference

The English is being changed to hew more closely to the Latin grammar and the extremely literal meaning of the Latin words.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Light: Open thread 135] Reference

Black tea: Substantial oxidation; the literal translation of the Chinese word is red tea, which may be used by some tea-lovers.    From Wordnik.com.  [All about Tea] Reference

The same doctrine is also evident from the literal meaning of the Greek word andrapodistai, translated "men-stealers," 3 1 Tim. i.    From Wordnik.com.  [A condensed anti-slavery Bible argument, by] Reference

I have relatives who are looking for puppies, preferably "askals" asong-kalye in Tagalog, literal English translation is "street-dog".    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference

Increasing temperatures have resulted in literal transformation of the mountain forests of the southwestern United States into high desert.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Age of Unreality « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website] Reference

Hence, all these are referred to as literal constants.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Byte of Python]

I'd pay to see that, if you're being literal, that is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Live-blogging night 3 -- Sarah Palin alert! -- of the Republican Convention.] Reference

Your tendency to the literal is your fatal flaw in this race.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amy Hertz: The Lipstick Indicator] Reference

A literal is a value that references nothing other than itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coyle's InFormation] Reference

He was literal, which is received by the public as the same thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chuck Klosterman on Pop] Reference

It is called a literal because it is literal - you use its value literally.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Byte of Python]

But it’s worth emphasizing that in literal terms almost nothing will happen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » What if Bernanke Isn’t Reconfirmed] Reference

The cycle makes me feel 'word literal,' but I don't know how else to process language.    From Wordnik.com.  [Confessional Highway] Reference

And in those days, what is called literal translation was less cultivated than at present.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Odyssey] Reference

This habit of reading, which may be termed the literal method, goes with most persons through life.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference

Mark recalled a literal sink-or-swim situation that he was subjected to as a child that was a psychologically scarring incident.    From Wordnik.com.  [MousePlanet] Reference

Two instances of the term "literal" were changed to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Farewell Address to Congress] Reference

The idea of a "literal" (physical, geographical) gathering has diminished quite a bit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Huckabee: "Don't Mormons Believe That Jesus And The Devil Are Brothers?"] Reference

Obama said he opposes the "literal" return of Palestinian refugees to homes they fled in Israel.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Obama speaks to Jewish voters, backs Israeli positions in talks] Reference

Obama said he opposes the 'literal' return of Palestinian refugees to homes they fled in Israel.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Obama speaks to Jewish voters, backs Israeli positions in talks] Reference