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.
  • The Bears coaching search, so to speak, became the talk of the town.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
  • In the clip, the stars speak about the show's milestone and the impact of the full cast snapshot.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
  • This isn't about just helping the fat cats, so to speak.
    CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Not that the story won’t speak to people around the globe.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
  • No hops or citrus to speak of, and the finish is faint.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2022
  • That's what happens when a lot of women speak at the same time.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2022
  • One of the activists, 21-year-old Phoebe Plummer, began to speak to the room.
    Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Garcia saved par on the hole, shot 67 and did not speak to reporters.
    Ben Nuckol, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2022
  • Under the amendments, the public will have less time to speak.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
  • This time, Mary looked famine-struck and spoke mostly in pained moans.
    Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • My mother and my friend didn’t speak the same language.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2022
  • As the hearing neared its end, Almandinger stood to speak.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Scroll through, read some of the brand's vivid descriptions of their scents, and pick one that speaks to you.
    Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 17 Oct. 2023
  • And Under The Stars There was no wedding to speak about that day–not mine at least.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Troopers went to Moore’s home and spoke to him about the incident.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Dettmer spoke to me about how the channel has evolved over the years, and the process of creating his very first video.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The film flopped and sank, so to speak, his career in Hollywood.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2022
  • By the end of the film, Penn is speaking directly to the viewer in voiceover, as images flash on the screen.
    Miriam Elder, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Being able to speak from his heart on camera like that and share his story.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2025
  • But efforts to renew that venture and bring the show to the Paramount+ streaming service have hit a major snag, according to three people familiar with the discussions who were not authorized to speak publicly.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025

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