speak

[spiːk]

Definition:
1. Express in speech.
2. Exchange thoughts; talk with.
3. Use language.
4. Give a speech to.
5. Make a characteristic or natural sound.

Use 'speak' in a sentence:

• 1. She told me flat she would not speak to me again.
• 2. It's rude to speak when you're eating.
• 3. He tried to speak, but for once, his voice had left him.
• 4. Nothing would prevent him/ his speaking out against injustice.
• 5. He said it was the job of the Church to speak for the underprivileged.
• 6. People spoke well of him.
• 7. They seldom speak.
• 8. I've spoken to the manager about it.
• 9. He's unafraid to speak his mind.
• 10. She was too pent-up to speak.
• 11. He doesn't speak the lingo.
• 12. Most people have a horror of speaking in public.
• 13. He doesn't speak English.
• 14. He's determined to speak at the Democratic Convention.
• 15. She never spoke to him again from that day on.
• 16. When speaking to the seminar Mr Franklin spoke of his experience, gained on a recent visit to Trinidad.
• 17. Until she spoke I hadn't realized she wasn't English.
• 18. He didn't speak to me ─ not one word.
• 19. I couldn't speak for laughing.
• 20. That's no way to speak to your mother!
• 21. What language is it they're speaking?
• 22. The people I spoke to were very helpful.
• 23. He is not speaking to his mother because of her friendship with his ex-wife.
• 24. You must be able to speak French for this job.
• 25. He speaks the language so well he could easily pass for a German.
• 26. At first, neither man could speak.
• 27. He doesn't speak much Japanese but he can make himself understood.
• 28. Without speaking, she stood up and went out.
• 29. St Paul speaks of the body as the 'temple of the Holy Spirit'.
• 30. She was too stunned to speak.
• 31. He speaks with a lisp.
• 32. His behaviour spoke of an early maturity.
• 33. Do you speak Welsh?
• 34. We spoke as one on this matter.
• 35. I speak for all 7,000 members of our organization.
• 36. The President refused to speak to the waiting journalists.
• 37. Please could you speak more slowly?
• 38. Well, speak of the devil—here's Alice now!
• 39. She was nominated to speak on our behalf.
• 40. She can speak Spanish.
• 41. I agreed to speak second.
• 42. May I speak off the record?
• 43. The length of the car and the high polish of its fittings both spoke of money.
• 44. He can speak three languages.
• 45. Many of them can speak two or three or more languages.
• 46. Can you speak louder?
• 47. When he was talking to a girl he could hardly speak, and when he did speak he talked gibberish.
• 48. French is spoken in many parts of the world.
• 49. At last, Harper deigned to speak.
• 50. None of the tribes speak the same tongue.
• 51. Does she speak French?
• 52. There are, broadly speaking, two ways of doing this.
• 53. In the book she speaks of his “social ineptitude” and says he verbally abused her.
• 54. Do you speak any foreign languages?
• 55. Generally speaking, the more you pay, the more you get.
• 56. He made as if to speak.
• 57. The co-stars are still not speaking.
• 58. We were told to speak to no one.
• 59. I don't speak the lingo.
• 60. Not only does she speak Spanish, she's also good with computers.
• 61. I wish to speak to the manager.
• 62. It takes a long time to learn to speak a language well.
• 63. People flocked to hear him speak.
• 64. He didn't speak anything but Greek.
• 65. The various opposition parties speak with one voice on this issue.
• 66. The subject is not, properly speaking, a science.
• 67. All these points of view are related, in a manner of speaking.
• 68. It wasn't part of his brief to speak to the press.
• 69. If you practise speaking English, you'll soon improve.
• 70. She's saved a little money but nothing to speak of.
• 71. Only a few people spoke in support of the proposal.
• 72. Since the party she had only spoken to him once.