How to Use speak out in a Sentence

speak out

verb
  • This isn’t the first time Oher has spoken out about the film itself.
    Char Adams, NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The stars of Love Is Blind season 4 are speaking out against hate.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Viewers were also quick to speak out on the show’s bonkers twist in its sixth episode.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
  • As hip-hop spread over the years, a host of voices have used it to speak out on the issues that are dear to them.
    Deepti Hajela, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Speaking of clothing, Grace was among the artists who spoke out against merch cuts to Rolling Stone.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But who would not self-censor if this is to be the result of speaking out?
    The Editors, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The restaurant has spoken out in support of the two women.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 27 July 2023
  • On the campaign trail, he's spoken out against all of those policies.
    Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Moroccans who have left the country feel freer to speak out.
    Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • His remarks prompted a range of leading Democrats to speak out.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 17 July 2023
  • Lawyers and activists have spoken out but there is little sign of change.
    Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
  • He is called Allan, a name that, when spoken out loud, sort of sounds like an attempt to clear the phlegm from your throat.
    Vulture, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Where are the Democrats who should be speaking out on the misstatements The Post highlighted?
    Washington Post, 5 July 2024
  • The witness, by then in his 80s, said Conley threatened him and his parents told him not to speak out.
    Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Fischer says many of his friends who still work at Boeing are afraid to speak out.
    Joel Rose, NPR, 12 Apr. 2024
  • She's often been known to use her massive platform to speak out on the issues that matter the most to her.
    Abby Gardner, Glamour, 9 July 2020
  • Kang eventually lost her job, and the band began to speak out.
    Vulture, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Most of her boldest statements have been typed, not spoken out loud.
    Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • But a conviction would have emboldened many in the party to speak out against Trump and start to move past him.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Liman praised the individuals who chose to speak out in the film.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Smith’s friend, Edmund Burke, was one of the most courageous voices speaking out against it.
    Dominic Pino, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Travelers are speaking out to say these spots aren't half bad.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Members of the Writers Guild of America spoke out against the deal, as seen in a report in Deadline.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 17 July 2023
  • Angie has a connection to the U.N., and she’s enjoyed speaking out for refugees.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2024
  • And that's exactly what Donald Trump's hope is — that people will be too afraid to speak out.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Inside and outside the country, Russians who speak out against Putin end up dead.
    Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • In 2019, Haenel became the first high-profile actress in France to speak out against a filmmaker.
    Kally Patz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Dak and Tad have since spoken out about their grief and supporting each other through their pain.
    Haley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2024
  • But amid the warnings about the threat to Mexican democracy, Biden is being urged to speak out now.
    Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • And yet, the Menendez brothers want Netflix viewers to know that they were terrified about speaking out about their father.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024

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