How to Use spoken in a Sentence

spoken

adjective

• More:What is the most spoken language in the world 2022?
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2022
• What are the top 10 most spoken languages in the world?
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2022
• What is the hardest language to learn?:It's one of the most spoken languages in the world.
  — Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2022
• Trash talk in the NFL is normal between plays, and players are rarely flagged for the spoken word.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 26 Sep. 2022
• Activists and clergy led the group in prayer and a drummer played a steady rhythm to lead into the spoken part of the vigil.
  — Adrian Sainz, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
• Soft-spoken and sweet, Jennifer doesn’t blink when her customers call her by the wrong name.
  — Michelle Matthews | [e-mail], al, 4 Aug. 2022
• If the spoken word matches the picture on the card, everyone tries to slap the pile, and whoever gets it first gets to keep the cards.
  — Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping, 17 Nov. 2022
• Ojeya Cruz-Banks suggested to a group of teens, who were working on a spoken word act.
  — al, 19 June 2022
• Both Roksanda and Proenza Schouler’s shows featured the spoken word.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2023
• For Shirley, the process of spoken Latin has built up her confidence in the language and improved her reading skills.
  — Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
• Chappelle provides a spoken word intro and closing bridge on the track.
  — Xander Zellner, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2023
• The song concludes with Minaj issuing a spoken warning, with the threat of a second diss track.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2024
• This plays out in both spoken dialogue and text messages.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2022
• To put you to bed, here’s a spoken lullaby from Matthew McConaughey.
  — Michael Owen, The Atlantic, 23 June 2023
• The rest of the record tumbles out as more of a spoken word retelling of a night Jesus stopped in at the strip club, took in the stories of the characters all around him, dropped a $20 bill on the counter, and slipped out the door.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2022
• Her posts were so raw, real and spoken or written with such thought and conviction.
  — Mykal McEldowney, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2022
• Compared with other widely spoken languages, English has few guardrails against the will of the masses.
  — S.c. Cornell, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2023
• He’s Nick, one of those soft-spoken, cuddly celebrity entrepreneurs who just happens to have a massive yacht.
  — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
• My story needs direct access to my character’s voice—meaning his spoken voice and the voice of his thoughts, both of which use the same language.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
• Allin fell headlong into booze and drugs while putting out albums — punk, spoken word, and country — mostly on cassette in the 80s.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2022
• Bass has a background in writing and dance, and over time her work has evolved from cerebral spoken pieces to intense durational art.
  — Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
• The spoken word poet moved the audience with his emotion and meaningful words.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2023
• There’s even a brand new show that started in England and features a cast of one – yes, one man to tell his emotional story through spoken word and song.
  — Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2022
• Why does a spoken word, when repeated over and over, begin to sound musical?
  — Ben MacAulay, Popular Science, 22 June 2023
• Sure, that’s not the spoken aspiration of the series, which launched on the names and star presence of producers Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2023
• Of the various methods of communicating, the spoken word is the most widely used.
  — John Lowe, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• One thing has stayed rock-solid over the past several decades and that is a general fear of change, both spoken and unspoken.
  — Paige Francis, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
• The actor is referring to the fact that Woo’s first U.S. film in 20 years features no language — no spoken language, that is — and so needs no subtitles.
  — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
• Hobbs, a former social worker, struck a much softer-spoken figure on the campaign trail compared to Lake.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 15 Nov. 2022
• Cooper is also one of this team’s quiet leaders, a soft-spoken worker who younger receivers seem to look up to in the receiver room.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024