make oneself heard
Example Sentences
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There are, however, smaller, less visible and hence especially insidious abridgements of the right to make oneself heard.
From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2015
One chilling effect, felt repeatedly in this city, is on the expression of unpopular opinions and, equally important, on the ability to make oneself heard.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2012
No one tried to speak, for it would have been almost impossible to make oneself heard amid the uproar.
From The Second Deluge by Serviss, Garrett Putman
We welcomed even the rareness of the air that made us pant as we ran, and which rendered speaking no longer the easy thing that it had been, but an effort to make oneself heard.
From The First Men in the Moon by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
I do not know exactly what I said, and I do not suppose it mattered much, for it was hard to make oneself heard.
From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George