- present participle of utter.
uttering
Example Sentences
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But one Wednesday morning last month, I found myself uttering to my wife a sentence that sounded frankly surreal to both of us: “Just to let you know, I’m about to call Trump.”
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Without uttering a word, they portray the nurses bustling behind doctors in the hit series "The Pitt," the agents guarding a crime scene in "NCIS" or, like Armella, work as "stand-ins" for stars.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
“Moving on to something a bit more important,” Fox proceeded, but not before uttering, “although it was an important part of my life.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
Mr Wilkinson had for months walked in and out of court without uttering a public word.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
The boys gazed into one another’s spinning eyes and seemed to speak without uttering a word.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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