bespeak

Example Sentences

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Personally I am devoted to Jake, his puppyish enthusiasm, his liveliness and fleetness of non-toxic banter which all bespeak a profound purity of soul.

From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2019

Following the paradigm established by writers like Ottessa Moshfegh and Catherine Lacey, these latest heroines bespeak a literary era that’s swung past genial pessimism into repulsion.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2019

Robyn’s radical career moves bespeak that security; as a Canadian, I’ve seen how access to public health care alone widens artists’ range of choices.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2018

From a distance, their silhouettes stand out: rough and tumble contours that bespeak the bumps and bruises accumulated on rides through life.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2017

As his eyes met mine I was suddenly moved to bespeak him, to try to reach him with the mindspeech I had never used since I landed on Winter, and should not use, yet.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin