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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

As his eyes met mine I was suddenly moved to bespeak him, to try to reach him with the mindspeech I had never used since I landed on Winter, and should not use, yet.

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

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

Those who say they sleep well are a little bashful, as if their easy rest bespeaks a too-cosseted mind, a too-simple life.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2023

“It’s nice not to feel like the world has passed you by,” says Kiedis, whose ’70s-style mustache bespeaks a certain confidence in his status.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2022

“It creates debris all around. Most importantly, in a psychological sense, it bespeaks the fact that we can’t get basic services done, and that’s never a good message.”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2021

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

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

And then bespake him noble King Arthur, These were the words said hee: "I doe not know that comly King, 85 But once my selfe I did him see."

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

And then bespake the stringes all three, With, &c.

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

Right glad to see the envoys for his dear sister's sake Was the young knight Giselher, and friendly them bespake.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

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

And then bespake Sir Bredbeddle, 265 To the feend these words said hee: Says, "I coniure thee, thou Burlow-beanie, The powder-box thou feitch me."

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

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

So far, there is no bespoke AI regulation in the UK.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The auction house said the "first production chassis" features a unique finish and bespoke parts.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

When markets trade near historical highs, investors need clear signals about operating strength, not bespoke metrics designed to help management beat consensus estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Somewhere in Oregon, on a rainy Sunday, the gallant Rocinante bespoke my attention.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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

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

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

Roy had made her acquainted with his excellences as well as his peculiarities, and bespoken for him a worthy place in her regard.

From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland

When they made their appearance on the platform an official hurried forward to meet them, and conducted them forthwith to the special saloon carriage Browne had bespoken for their use that morning.

From The Red Rat's Daughter by Guy Boothby

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

I saw their eyes bespeaking confusion at this raillery, sorrow to hear our liberator mocked thus, and anxiety at what His Lordship’s uncertainty might mean.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson