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Whatever the validity of that charge, it doesn’t bespeak an administration indifferent to the fate of American political ideas abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

In an age whose surplus — linguistic, economic — often seems to bespeak an underlying emptiness, is it possible for “a profound experience of art” still to mean something?

From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2019

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

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

The sudden explosion of online sports betting bespeaks a nation of young men looking for ways to pocket cash for no work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

“It bespeaks a really, really big misunderstanding,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2023

But his many TV roles are marked by a sense of implacable stillness that bespeaks the maturity that comes from a long career.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2022

But it bespeaks a fundamental and cruel misunderstanding of autonomy and liberty rights, and a return to something far more pernicious.

From Slate ● May 10, 2022

The fact that this surprises me only bespeaks the depths of my ignorance.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Then bespake him Sir Marramile, And these were the words said hee: "Riding of this steed, brother Bredbeddle, 240 The mastery belongs to me."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

Thus he bespake the conqueror, "You for my grief shall pay; Of many a valiant champion you've robb'd us here to-day."

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

IX Last welcom'd he Sir Dankwart, who thus his host bespake, "Since you will give us shelter, pray who in charge will take The train we have brought hither, all in such weary plight?"

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

Then bespake our comely King To Sir Richard at the Lee: He gave him there his land again; A good man he bade him be.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

And then bespake him the Greene Knight, 230 And these were the words said he: Saith, "I coniure thee, thou fowle feend, That thou feitch downe the steed that we see."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

Lawmakers acknowledged that the legislation is just a start, and that it is increasingly difficult for public officials to detect bespoke letters, deepfake videos or other kinds of engagement powered by AI.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Billionaire philanthropist Herbert Wertheim paid a record-setting $40 million for a bespoke Ferrari Luce at a Sotheby’s charity auction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

It is hoped this would bring together local partnerships to develop bespoke plans for their area.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

A bespoke Ferrari Daytona SP3 supercar raised $26m for the carmaker's education initiatives at an auction in 2025.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

The crown jewel of their elaborate trading positions was still the $2 billion in bespoke credit default swaps Hubler felt certain would one day very soon yield $2 billion in pure profits.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Observers wondered if the 20,000 were more acutely bespoken by General Pershing and Commander Savage than they were by often-wounded Captain Jean Piot, a contributor to L'Oeuvre.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Pentagon's bespoken spokesman Ken Bacon is getting to be the harbinger of a lot of bad news about the Kosovo situation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since one cannot bespeak until one has been bespoken, until the telepathic potentiality has been sensitized by one clear reception, I had to get through to him first.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Having arrived at Vendas Novas, and bespoken supper, my new friend and myself strolled forth to view the palace. 

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow

Eight-and-twenty copies were bespoken and paid for before delivery. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow

Pratt was stout, compact and level-eyed, with a raspy drawl bespeaking his childhood on the Louisiana bayou.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025

But when you know that he thought of his look as bespeaking a kind of weightlessness, you could also surmise that he knew the price of such flight might be life itself.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2020

For one thing, some of it is very funny, as in a tableau positioning two porcelain figurines of colonial-era gentry before a regal, glowering jet-black face looming above them, their graceful postures bespeaking total incomprehension.

From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2018

On one of my infrequent breaks from forcing myself not to knock the thing back in three gulps, I sought to give the drink a name bespeaking its virtues and dubbed it the Gimletti Punch.

From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2013

Therem the younger son; Arek the elder, that brother whose voice he had heard in mine bespeaking him; both dead now.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin