How to Use utter in a Sentence

utter

1 of 2 adjective

• The movie was utter garbage.
• It's hard to believe that we were utter strangers just a few days ago.
• The children displayed an utter lack of interest in the performance.
• That argument is utter nonsense.
• The situation descended into utter chaos.
• The utter lack of a hedge on this bet.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
• And it's just been two years of utter magic.
  — Faith Salie, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
• This is a book that takes on the utter strangeness of grief.
  — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
• Nine months spent there, and still a realm of utter mystery.
  — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
• That feeling of utter shock and awe that only a movie can give you.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
• But their ties to Denver weren't utter smoke.
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
• Above a blue surgical mask, two dark eyes pinned me with a look of utter fury.
  — Scott Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2023
• But the past three seasons have been utter misery.
  — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
• What’s most striking is its utter lack of substance.
  — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
• Then the man turns to the camera with a look of utter shock on his face, and the short clip cuts out.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2023
• The veteran punk band's set was utter chaos.
  — Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
• Only the ice would dare utter such a taunt to the Quad God.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
• Belichick took the stage in utter silence.
  — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
• Or maybe those flames were from all the brackets that are now toast after a day when utter chaos reigned.
  — USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2022
• The end of last night’s episode seemed to suggest utter chaos for the Roy siblings.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2021
• Thank you for your utter brilliance, for our laughs, and for your kindness always.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
• As mayhem — pure and utter mayhem.
  — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
• That was the theater-kid side of him, reacting with utter glee at the irony and meta-ness of it all.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 July 2023
• Residents sit on the edge and look out at a scene of utter destruction.
  — Yousra Elbagir, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2023
• Still, seek balance, not utter seclusion.
  — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
• Dozens and dozens, maybe hundreds, turned to look up at me in utter gratitude and thanks for the hose-down.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
• At the moment, the two parts of that mandate are in tension, if not utter conflict.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• Outside, the scene among the sea of red was one of utter devastation.
  — James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
• But amid the utter devastation of two years of war, a sense of gloom pervades.
  — Saher Alghorra, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
• Ray is the leader of a biker gang and demands utter subservience.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025

utter

2 of 2 verb

• She uttered a cry of pleasure.
• He can hardly utter a sentence without swearing.
• My birds across the hollow had not uttered a note.
  — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
• Those who utter them must know that no one believes them.
  — Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
• In the videos, the singer can be heard uttering some of her first sounds.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
• These words alone have roiled the few cities and state agencies bold enough to utter them.
  — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• It can be uttered for any reason or for no reason.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
• My impression was that the word was too dull and bougie to be uttered.
  — James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
• On this subject, not a word was uttered by any of the siblings.
  — Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
• Despite this, the name of the bride's ex-husband was uttered yet again.
  — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
• But not when uttered as the rain fell and there were other places the three women could be.
  — oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2019
• When strangers uttered the same sentences, cats didn’t respond.
  — Alisa Bowman, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
• Those are words that, to many, should have been easy ones for the president to utter long ago.
  — Nancy Benac, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2020
• Others seem too nervous to utter much of anything at all.
  — Maya Silver, Outside, 25 Feb. 2026
• They could be trained to utter the standard no-comment kind of refrain.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021
• Millions will utter heartfelt prayers that he may be spared for his country’s sake.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2022
• The board sat in silence that night, and for the next five months refused to utter a word in my defense.
  — Martha Hickson, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
• The results ranged from no-brainers to utter head-scratchers.
  — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
• On the stand, Popov denied uttering any slurs.
  — John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
• And never utter so much as a cluck without a setup tree and shooting lane in mind.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 22 Mar. 2021
• Why should Gillis be able to utter racist things but those affected by hate speech shut their mouths?
  — Sarah Hagi, Time, 21 Nov. 2019
• Bugonia, the word, never gets uttered in the film.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
• So what happens when the loudest critic in the room can’t utter a single word?
  — USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
• To this day, people come up to him and quote phrases his character used to utter.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
• And each time, the new straggler walked up and fearfully uttered that person's name.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 June 2020
• The only problem is that Truth never uttered those words.
  — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
• Pollard said, to his understanding, his client did not utter any slurs.
  — Sabrina Souza, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
• At some point, Allen was able to utter her husband’s name and phone number, Hood said.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
• The only racial slurs that were used were uttered by the 15-year-old before the fight, police said.
  — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2020
• Before the actor could even utter his first line, the mere sight of the actor made viewers erupt into cheers.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025