spoke out

past tense of speak out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of spoke out Unusually, around 10 US bishops even spoke out publicly against the award. Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025 With that being said, the superstar quarterback himself spoke out and didn't hold back about his team's ugly performance against the Saints. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025 One of her first customers spoke out and shared a story of how back in the early days of Mid-Day Squares their mom would place a Polaroid picture of the founders with a little handwritten note of what the business and founders were up to. Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 At trial, Carroll testified about receiving hundreds of death threats after Trump spoke out against her. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025 Amid a series of alarming tweets in 2020, Kardashian spoke out about West's health, asking for compassion. Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, lawmakers across party aisles spoke out against the initiative. Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoke out
Verb
  • Henrikson spoke up at several board meetings and gave interviews to multiple news outlets as the story about Rupert gained regional and national attention.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • This is not the first time Tatum spoke up about Hollywood’s troubles.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Marsch shouted ahead of a drill on Thursday, looking for Chicago Fire defender Joel Waterman.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The cast must have required a boxful of Chloraseptic by the shoot’s end, considering how a good third of the dialogue is shouted at intense decibel-shattering levels.
    Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the internal memo this week, Huang said Nvidia would continue to sponsor H-1B visa employees and talked up his support for immigrant workers.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Here are some of the products Berkley and company talked up on the livestream, deserving prime real estate on your bathroom counter and inside your makeup bag.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While naysayers may argue Dalio is the boy who cried wolf, his caution has paid off in the past.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Devastated by the experience, Jules cried and found comfort in Winston Ndugu (Anthony Hill) before running off.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yesavage’s father cupped two hands over his mouth and yelled from the crowd.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Yang yelled out, revealing that his pronouns are actually cho/chang.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz piped up in defense of Kimmel’s right to free speech without governmental interference.
    Sarah Stankorb, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yankees captain Aaron Judge sounded off on the triumph over Boston after the series, noting that the Red Sox had taken nine of the 13 games between the two clubs in the regular season as well.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Other late-night hosts and alumni, from Seth Meyers to David Letterman, have sounded off on the Kimmel pull this week.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Unfortunately, had a PI called on the third-down.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Redshirt junior right guard Roger Carreon was called for one false start penalty on Saturday, while redshirt junior right tackle Daylon Metoyer was flagged for two.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Spoke out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoke%20out. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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