speak for
Example Sentences
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The U.S. military declined to say whether Arab countries were helping in the fight, saying it would let Gulf countries speak for themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
“It’s important not to expect good work to speak for itself,” she said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
With the tumour in the speech vortex of her brain, Lauren was unable to speak for weeks after surgery and lost a lot of her cognitive function.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
“That sense of immediacy — and not imbuing something with outside signifiers of value — lets the fragile piece of paper speak for itself.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
“I felt jolly near blubbing for a bit,” Wild said later, “and could not speak for several minutes.”
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
