bespoke
bi-ˈspōk 
bē-
; bespoken
bi-ˈspō-kən
bē-
; bespeaking
Examples of bespeak in a Sentence
Her newest album bespeaks a great talent for writing songs.
bespoke the rental car weeks in advance of their trip
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Pratt was stout, compact and level-eyed, with a raspy drawl bespeaking his childhood on the Louisiana bayou.
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Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
What happened next bespeaks a bygone era in journalism.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2014
That’s still true in the fully postindustrial parts of the city, though in a way that bespeaks new fissures.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 May 2025
In 1900, the average life expectancy of a 1-year-old in the U.S. was about 56 years; that bespeaks a morbid population of infants.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
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Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
What happened next bespeaks a bygone era in journalism.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2014
That’s still true in the fully postindustrial parts of the city, though in a way that bespeaks new fissures.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 May 2025
In 1900, the average life expectancy of a 1-year-old in the U.S. was about 56 years; that bespeaks a morbid population of infants.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for bespeak
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“Bespeak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bespeak. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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