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verb

past tense of utter

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of uttered
Adjective
For all their speed-to-market and trend obsessions, fashion companies struggle to update the systems and materials that go into their products, meaning churn reigns and improvements are consigned to that oft-uttered utopian destination known as ‘when there’s time’. — Brooke Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Each line encourages a body to shift when uttered or even when read silently to oneself. — Literary Hub, 29 May 2026 Grant attempted to leave the building, uttered threats and made physical contact with two officers, police said. — Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
As cryptocurrencies code-conjure themselves into being and a performative utterance can fix the price of a stock if uttered emphatically enough, arrest data is used to forecast the stock valuation of private prisons. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 That line was also uttered by Chiefs coach Andy Reid hours earlier during a Zoom call with reporters. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026 Upon seeing a video replay of the injury, Fox NFL analyst Tom Brady uttered a profanity. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 It is always uttered with a smile—on the harbor, at a café, down on the beach. — Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026 That was quite literally the beginning of the story when adult Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) uttered those words in the Yellowjackets pilot. — Samantha Highfill, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2026 Every exclamation, every hesitation, every slip of the tongue (including the film’s title, reportedly uttered by the real Chaplin twins once) comes simultaneously from both women. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026 John Kay, The Sun’s then-chief reporter, used to say that whatever words a subject uttered was copy. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026 The late Peter Douglas, former executive director of the California Coastal Commission, uttered them many years ago. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uttered
Adjective
  • Sanders, who co-directed the original movie and voiced Stitch, reprised his voice-over role in the 2025 update.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 23 July 2025
  • Several cast members returned, including co-writer and co-director Chris Sanders, who created and voiced Stitch.
    — Jordana Comiter, People.com, 24 May 2025
Verb
  • Texans joined hands, whispered prayers - and some armed themselves, bought supplies and waited.
    — Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Among designers idled by fashion’s revolving door, Dario Vitale is perhaps the most whispered about, following his ouster from Versace after a single, acclaimed season, and Prada Group’s acquisition of the house.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Schneider said the members gave themselves space, then checked whether everyone felt comfortable returning to the stage.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Gaza health officials have said at least 1,400 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since last October's ceasefire.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • For Salvadoran-American food historian Karla Tatiana Vasquez, what started as a quest to document the recipes of her past transformed into the preservation of history from the spoken accounts of grandmothers, mothers and friends.
    — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Suno is branching out from the world of AI music, launching a new feature that generates spoken voices based on scripts or prompted descriptions.
    — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Nobel laureate Ernest Rutherford had already shown that radioactive materials sometimes emitted particles, naturally changing the makeup of their atomic nuclei.
    — Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The physicists used that data to reconstruct the angles at which electrons and muons were emitted to infer the spins of the original Z bosons that preceded them.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Last month, Democracy Docket surpassed 500,000 free email subscribers, the company first told Semafor, including 70,000 subscribers paying $10 a month or $120 per year.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • China-Japan relations have come under heavy strain since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament in November last year that Japan could get militarily involved in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
    — Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • The South London artist channels Disney soundtrack tropes into claustrophobic strings and drones, while a handful of vocal tracks hint darkly at real-world family drama.
    — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Best Pop Solo Performance can be a space where the Recording Academy recognizes — and perhaps awards — artists with songs that truly connect with the world, regardless of vocal chops.
    — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Steelers squeaked out a win over backup QB Cooper Rush so their defense was hardly tested.
    — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • While Brady’s Bills squeaked by, Minter’s Ravens were dominant.
    — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Uttered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uttered. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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