spoken of

Example Sentences

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“Mayor Bass has spoken of her brother’s loss publicly since January of 2025,” she stated.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

For a number of years, people around Britain have spoken of what they perceived to be "dodgy shops" on their High Street.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Together with Tim’s brother, David, Tim-David-and-Marty are practically spoken of as one word as Fellowship leaders, a Fellowship source once told me.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

There have been calls, within his own party, to investigate and impeach the governor, who had been spoken of as a potential presidential candidate in 2028.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

It has been treasured by his heirs when all other heirlooms were lost; for it was spoken of old among us that it should be made again when the Ring, Isildur’s Bane, was found.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien