utterance

Example Sentences

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Neo Mashele, from Mashele Attorneys, told the BBC the investigation by police appeared to be based on a "public utterance" about a poisoning allegation made by one of Lungu's daughters that was "absolutely not true".

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

And you couldn’t swing a dead cat at CES without hitting an AI-powered gadget that promises to listen and interpret your every utterance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Haïm seemed to have one instruction for her ensemble chorus and her soloists, soprano Elsa Benoit and tenor Eric Ferring: Find, in every utterance, ever more happiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025

In the era of streaming and social media, Beyoncé knows that her every public appearance and utterance will be scrutinized, commented on, cross-referenced, circulated as clickbait and hot-taked in both good faith and bad.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2024

My thoughts would compel utterance; and there, with no audience but the Almighty, I would pour out my soul’s complaint, in my rude way, with an apostrophe to the moving multitude of ships:—

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass