spoken

Example Sentences

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“For over three years, Anna’s family and friends have waited for justice. Today the jury has spoken, returned its guilty verdict for first-degree murder against this sociopath and justice has arrived,” Los Angeles County Dist.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Magyar has spoken of a "tipping point" in the countryside, and if this poll proves right, he has already reached it.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

European Council President António Costa confirmed in a social media post ahead of the opening bell that he had spoken to Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, framing the discussion as an attempt to “de-escalate the situation.”

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“The spoken word is perhaps the quintessential form of protected speech,” Justice Neil Gorsuch writes for the majority in Chiles v.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

None of the cows could believe that this monster, this robot, this machine, had just spoken to them in the animal language.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown