Examples of verbalize in a Sentence
She didn't know how to verbalize her feelings.
couldn't quite verbalize the cause of his mental distress
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The school emphasized that students should express themselves in words, but Jude was not a child who verbalized his feelings.
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Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
And Payton verbalized his frustration over the Wilson deal, the source said, done before his arrival.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026
One shift that changes the experience is verbalizing the meaning behind the tasks.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Sirianni, Patullo and Hurts have eschewed outright explanations in favor of verbalizing invitations to read between the lines.
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Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
And Payton verbalized his frustration over the Wilson deal, the source said, done before his arrival.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026
One shift that changes the experience is verbalizing the meaning behind the tasks.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Sirianni, Patullo and Hurts have eschewed outright explanations in favor of verbalizing invitations to read between the lines.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Verbalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verbalize. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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verbalize
verb
ver·bal·ize
ˈvər-bə-ˌlīz 
verbalized; verbalizing
: to express in words
found it difficult to verbalize her feelings
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