verbalize

Example Sentences

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So while Tartakovsky’s samurai is a man who only says as much as he must, Spear doesn’t verbalize his thoughts at all.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

“If you’re able to intellectualize that information and verbalize, this isn’t for you,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

Like a wounded boy desperate for an embrace but who refuses to verbalize his need, he wanders penniless through town, a handsome flesh-and-blood specter in a dirty white suit.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024

The trauma was often too much for them to verbalize.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

But by forcing you to verbalize that memory—to explain yourself—I separate you from those instincts.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell