How to Use speak in a Sentence

speak

verb

• She must be speaking the truth.
• Not a word was spoken between them the whole time.
• He never speaks at the meetings.
• Without speaking, she walked from the room.
• He has laryngitis and can't speak.
• She and I spoke this morning.
• Have you two spoken since yesterday?
• She speaks with a Southern accent.
• They were speaking in Japanese.
• When I said you were my best friend, I was speaking sincerely.
• The Bears coaching search, so to speak, became the talk of the town.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
• In the clip, the stars speak about the show's milestone and the impact of the full cast snapshot.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
• This isn't about just helping the fat cats, so to speak.
  — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022
• Not that the story won’t speak to people around the globe.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
• One of the activists, 21-year-old Phoebe Plummer, began to speak to the room.
  — Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
• Under the amendments, the public will have less time to speak.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
• As the hearing neared its end, Almandinger stood to speak.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022
• Scroll through, read some of the brand's vivid descriptions of their scents, and pick one that speaks to you.
  — Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 17 Oct. 2023
• And Under The Stars There was no wedding to speak about that day–not mine at least.
  — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
• Troopers went to Moore’s home and spoke to him about the incident.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2025
• Dettmer spoke to me about how the channel has evolved over the years, and the process of creating his very first video.
  — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• The film flopped and sank, so to speak, his career in Hollywood.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2022
• By the end of the film, Penn is speaking directly to the viewer in voiceover, as images flash on the screen.
  — Miriam Elder, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
• The coffee and the herbal tea came, and for a while the two of them sat before their drinks without speaking.
  — Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
• And how is the freelancer leaving breadcrumbs, so to speak, on each of these touch points?
  — Jon Younger, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
• Her father didn't see the point in teaching his children to speak Cheyenne.
  — Rowan Moore Gerety, WIRED, 13 July 2023
• Both spoke about the impact of Huerta and Milk’s activism on their own lives and work.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2024
• Too many players get so caught up in going end to end that they get lost, so to speak, in the red zone.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2022
• Words spoken by a therapist who encouraged her to paint as a way to heal.
  — Devan Díaz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
• Sriram herself also makes for an intriguing screen presence in the lead role that speaks to the dichotomous nature of the film.
  — Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025