verbalizing

verb

present participle of verbalize
as in saying
to express (a thought or emotion) in words couldn't quite verbalize the cause of his mental distress

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Recent Examples of verbalizing Recognizing and verbalizing patterns in behavior. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026 An occasional over-reliance on voice-over hammers this home, verbalizing Benji’s constant need to be loved without giving the story space to breathe and reveal these beats more organically. — David Opie, IndieWire, 4 May 2026 Experts urge parents to look for other signs in addition to verbalizing a hatred of school that may indicate your child is experiencing a problem that needs more serious intervention, like bullying or failing grades. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Mar. 2026 Sometimes that may include the language of a speech, verbalizing a vision and motivating others to move toward it. — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 Lee, who represents a mother and her five children confined at Dilley for eight months, said the 5-year-old twins are hardly eating and the 9-year-old is verbalizing suicidal thoughts. — Lisa Falkenberg, Houston Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbalizing
  1. saying
  2. uttering
  3. talking
  4. telling
  5. speaking
  6. discussing
  7. sharing
  8. articulating
Verb
  • Chick-fil-A is bucking a growing fast-food industry trend, with CEO Andrew Cathy saying the chicken chain does not plan to use artificial intelligence to take customers' drive-thru orders.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • On Thursday, the broadcaster added to Maniscalco’s response in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, confirming the timeline and saying Raw Comedy was put out to pasture because of low ratings.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of saying
Verb
  • Brennaman was off the air for four years after uttering a homophobic slur on a live microphone during a Cincinnati Reds game.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The other was a tearing beauty, a creature so lovely that one look at her sent young men’s blood pressure skyward and set them to uttering wild, hoarse cries and tearing telephone directories apart with the bare hands.
    — John Madson, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
Definition of uttering
Verb
  • Being able to have the in-person connectivity with talking to your coworkers, being able to collaborate, is great and then also the larger programming of the company as a whole.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • By then, despite the predictions, Callum was walking and talking.
    — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of talking
Verb
  • The Salem witch trials of 1692 carved out an enduring and powerful niche in American history for this little town, and this intimate, kitschy museum does an excellent job telling the story.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The discovery is the latest instance of CDE leadership telling employees bedbugs are not in the building, only for more to be discovered at a later date and igniting doubt among CDE’s workforce on whether treatment is effective.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of telling
Verb
  • There are 11,000 Starlink satellites currently in orbit that provide service to people in over 170 countries, Lauren Dreyer, SpaceX's Vice President of Starlink business operations, said while speaking at India Mobile Congress on Wednesday.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • She was hospitalized and, as of Tuesday, was awake and speaking.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of speaking
Verb
  • Ellis and other senior leaders have shared their own backgrounds on the bank’s intranet and blog to make others feel more comfortable discussing their upbringing.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Officials are still discussing how the storm might affect the game.
    — Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of discussing
Verb
  • The South's joint chiefs said Saturday the military stepped up surveillance and vigilance for possible further launches from the North and was closely sharing information with the United States and Japan.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The clip takes fans through the making of the music video from start to finish, with Swift breaking down her creative process, directing scenes and sharing funny moments with the video’s stars, Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of sharing
Verb
  • Ballard said in articulating an initial defense for keeping the veteran wide receiver on the roster heading into the team's regular-season opener against the Baltimore Ravens.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In contrast, charismatic signaling typically involves articulating a vision that connects present circumstances with a desirable collective future.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of articulating

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