sign language

Example Sentences

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“Growing up, I never learned sign language, and that barrier prevented me from really connecting with my dad,” Osmond said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Think sign language for people who can hear.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

A BSL interpreter helps translate sign language into spoken language and vice versa.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

Terry Murray, from Rugby, is among a group of NHS patients to have been left feeling frustrated or vulnerable at a city hospital because of a lack of sign language interpreters.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

She had done that a few times by mistake, and once her tongue had swelled up so much she had to talk to Mo in sign language for two days.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke