How to Use speak in a Sentence

speak

verb
  • She must be speaking the truth.
  • Not a word was spoken between them the whole time.
  • He never speaks at the meetings.
  • Without speaking, she walked from the room.
  • He has laryngitis and can't speak.
  • She and I spoke this morning.
  • Have you two spoken since yesterday?
  • She speaks with a Southern accent.
  • They were speaking in Japanese.
  • When I said you were my best friend, I was speaking sincerely.
  • Hal was the last to speak to him.
    Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • That was the last time the two spoke.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
  • At some point, the two sides will speak again.
    Nawaf M. Al-Thani, semafor.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Rivers last spoke to his son a few weeks ago.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • But the movies are both speaking to that.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Is the muse speaking to you loud and clear?
    Usa Today, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
  • None wanted to speak on the record.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Bell didn't speak after the race.
    Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
  • But where words fail, crying speaks.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Kalev spoke about what cherries mean to the area.
    Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • Most of the kids that come to us aren't even speaking yet.
    Denise Schrier Cetta, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Quincy Brown was first to speak.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Better to speak your mind and get his side, than to stew alone about it.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • My son and his wife have barely spoken to me since.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Too ambassador spoke on the pitch at half-time.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • That's what happens when a lot of women speak at the same time.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Sometimes the heart speaks better than the words.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Cameron couldn't speak to a loss of sponsorship for the event.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The film speaks directly to the present.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The question was who would speak truth, and who would stand behind it.
    Case Thorp, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026

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