utterance

Example Sentences

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All it would take to turn an utterance into a felony, he wrote, was “knowingly telling an undocumented immigrant, ‘I encourage you to reside in the United States.’”

From New York Times

“The writing has an economy, a simplicity and directness,” he said, “which puts to shame the involved fake-political utterances of many writers for whom English is the native tongue.”

From New York Times

Almost every day, one of his outrageous utterances would create a scandal, which Trump would manage to draw out by attacking the journalists who covered it, bringing more attention to himself — and, often, to Haberman.

From Washington Post

The boxer with the big heart, whose second most frequent utterance after “Boxing is my passion” is “I want to help the people,” may become the Philippines’ president.

From Los Angeles Times

Many took the recorded utterance as tantamount to a confession, though DeGuerin has dismissed the now-infamous comment as the product of deceptive editing by the filmmakers.

From Los Angeles Times