speak loudly

Example Sentences

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Aides, donors and friends say they often have to speak loudly in meetings with the president because he strains to hear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

While cougars are prone to avoiding humans, people who run into a cougar are advised to raise their arms, speak loudly and try to appear bigger, the DNR wrote on Facebook.

From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2023

"We think of North Korea as a very secret state. Certainly, they never speak loudly about their problems, but they drop hints," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

Phone booths were later installed but didn’t have handsets for safety reasons, forcing migrants to speak loudly and within earshot of people outside, the inspector general said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2023

The three of us do not speak loudly in our barracks, perhaps because we are sensible that these are men, and we are boys; these others are whole, when we know ourselves broken.

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