speaks out

present tense third-person singular of speak out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of speaks out Wife speaks out after husband doused with gasoline in workplace assault. FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025 In it, Allen's wife, Kathy Allen, speaks out for the first time and maintains her husband's innocence, per the trailer. Jordana Comiter, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaks out
Verb
  • Managers can no longer rely on office presence or who speaks up most in meetings.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Kylie, 33, shouts in the background, trying to prevent an accident.
    Georgia Slater, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • There is an inherent lack of trust and confidence that comes from visiting a website that shouts at you.
    Talie Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In episode 3, which came out in April, Howard’s character cries when Seth Rogen’s studio head character gives him a difficult piece of feedback, resulting in Howard angrily throwing his signature baseball cap at him.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Fraser threatens to leave but doesn’t and ends up being the one to comfort Kyle, who cries about having hurt his friend.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Joe goes back outside—again he’s seen from Ted’s perspective—and yells at him to turn the music down.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In a noisy, uncertain world, your team does not want someone who yells the loudest or moves the fastest.
    Scott Hozebin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Speaks out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speaks%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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