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
• But six months is still a long time to remember who everybody is on a show with dozens of speaking roles, most of them played by actors in identical jumpsuits, and/or wearing masks.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
• Parents recently spoke with experts to better understand how these camps can actually help counteract troubling trends among boys, and how families can make the best decision for them.
  — Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 27 June 2025