How to Use articulation in a Sentence

articulation

noun
  • The book is the articulation of his vision.
  • Harris’s campaign Web site, meanwhile, does not even have a policy section, or an articulation of beliefs.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The players phrased their lines with the arc and the articulation of a singer — a good one.
    David Allen, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
  • There are 32 points of articulation in the face alone, and 26 points can be found in the arms and hands.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Cons: Don’t care for the articulation of the main screen.
    Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The best articulation of the strength of Mueller’s team comes from Wired’s overview.
    Philip Bump, Washington Post, 16 June 2017
  • The orchestra, prone to ragged articulation much of the night, hit a peak here, too.
    Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 23 May 2018
  • This song gave perfect articulation to my idea of how to move through life.
    Patrick Crowley, Billboard, 11 June 2017
  • But the doctrine reached its fullest and most complete articulation at the Council of Nicaea in a.d.
    Daniel J. Mahoney, National Review, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Now Lauck has given us the fullest articulation yet of his vision of the Midwest.
    Phil Christman, The New Republic, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The smart and sassy princess continues to wow us with her talent and articulation.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 29 Mar. 2022
  • When the large doll was onstage, there were two of us in there in order to move it and do the articulation of the mouth, which was impossible to do as one person.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 May 2021
  • Writing is both the articulation and the alteration of an idea.
    John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2022
  • The crisp articulations in the chorus and orchestra made everything clear — the words as well as the music.
    Melinda Bargreen, The Seattle Times, 16 Dec. 2017
  • The Times exposé was a blunt articulation of how things work for people like Trump—and against everyone else.
    J.c. Pan, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The errors were either in pitch (wrong note), tempo (too fast or too slow), stress (some notes too soft or loud) or articulation.
    Eva Amsen, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The auction listing explains that there are 85 points of articulation, from his eyes and fingers to his neck and abdomen.
    Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Yes, these states are beyond language, and their articulation chips away at their essence.
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
  • This adjustable bed base has all the features for a relaxing, pain-free night's sleep with head and foot articulation, a rolling massage mode, USB ports and more.
    Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The sigil is said to encourage the articulation of thoughts and feelings and aid in making music.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Trump’s lies, and his urge to tell them, are pure Big Brother crude, however oafish their articulation.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2017
  • The old model just had a solid torso with no articulation at all.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 17 Apr. 2024
  • But long before that major league duel arose last night came perhaps the most provocative articulation of the event.
    The Hive, 10 May 2017
  • The articulation of this truth, reaching through clear time to the muddy present, was immensely helpful.
    Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2019
  • How to lose users and alienate people The best articulation of the existential threats faced by Meta come from Meta itself.
    Kira Bindrim, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2022
  • This articulation of speech within a whistle only works for nontonal languages, where the pitch of speech sounds isn’t crucial to the meaning of the word.
    Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Midge, the oldest of Barbie’s friends, envies her pals’ points of articulation.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
  • With four-wheel independent suspension, the Kia doesn't have much in the way of articulation.
    Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 7 May 2019
  • Indeed, much of the eerie power of Ghost Wall lies in its articulation of the porous relationship between past and present.
    Lucy Scholes, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The Engage Trail mode, for example, increases the ride height by 1.8 inches, programs the active roll-control system to allow more wheel articulation, and preloads the center and rear differentials to ensure more traction.
    Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 19 June 2024

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