Example Sentences

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Jay Harstad, 12, of Minnetonka, Minn., Utters his house with poems and sketches but will do almost anything to avoid doing his math homework.

From Time Magazine Archive

From rock-built nest, The mother eagle, with a threatning tongue, Utters a warning scream.

From The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse by Garland, Hamlin

And she answers with no sign; Utters neither yea nor nay; Fires the water hued as wine; Kneads another spark in clay.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George

Lady, though Parthian darts are not so sharp As are those killing words; yet that breath, which Utters them is sweeter than the morning dew.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

A duteous bird the while, high perched above, Utters the tremulous notes of tender love.

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher