give utterance

Example Sentences

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I cannot give utterance to my feelings of shame and degradation in realizing that we did so little to save these desperate and brave men.

From Time Magazine Archive

To assert that an increase in tariff of a cent a pound causes an advance of 6 to 8 cents a pound in the price of sugar is to give utterance to clotted nonsense!'

From Time Magazine Archive

I did not give utterance to this conviction: it was enough to feel it.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The heart of Juliet panted to give utterance to the warm acknowledgements with which it was fondly beating; but mingled fear and discretion forced her to silence.

From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

A few illustrations will suffice: A man in public company wishing to give utterance to some particular opinion or sentiment, invariably finds the pipe or the pinch the best prompter.

From Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion by Meller, Henry James