bespeak

Example Sentences

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For some time, we’ve existed in a cynical zone in which any public tears bespeak performance.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022

Personally I am devoted to Jake, his puppyish enthusiasm, his liveliness and fleetness of non-toxic banter which all bespeak a profound purity of soul.

From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2019

Robyn’s radical career moves bespeak that security; as a Canadian, I’ve seen how access to public health care alone widens artists’ range of choices.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2018

“We see each object as a node, a material thing around which we can focus the bigger questions that bespeak how you and I live together, today and in the future.”

From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2017

I spake to Aina, saying, Aina yesterday I wishd you would bespeak an Owl for me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson