speak

Example Sentences

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"It's disappointing for Enzo to speak that way," Rosenior said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Kristina Kausch, a researcher at the German Marshall Fund, said it would be an exaggeration to speak of the end of the alliance.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

She doesn’t feel comfortable speaking Spanish because she doesn’t know how to speak it anymore, even though it was her first language.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

“We cannot speak about an apocalypse,” Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport wrote on Tuesday night, recycling a word used for the failure of 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

I didn’t speak of it when I moved in with Aunt Tess and drew the curtains and never emerged, even when she asked me directly if I would tell her if things weren’t all right.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse