speak against
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Pancholy, who is gay, was scheduled to speak against bullying during a May 22 assembly at Mountain View Middle School in Cumberland County.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
Ms Truss was one of the first to speak against the bill, telling the House of Commons it risked infantilising people.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2024
On May 19, 1856, Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner, a Republican who was passionately anti-slavery, rose to speak against Kansas joining the Union as a slave state.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2023
Describing an early mathematical epiphany, the same character says of equations: “They were in the paper, the ink, in me. The universe. Their invisibility could never speak against them or their being.”
From Scientific American ● Jun. 23, 2023
I stood aside, afraid to move or speak against the fragile balance in the air.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
