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

Her rounded shoulders, with her arms folded in front of her, bespeak a combination of abjection and defiance: an unsparing portrait of the artist as a young woman.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2018

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