UTTERANCE in a Sentence

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243 example sentences for UTTERANCE, such as:
1. This was utterly beyond her comprehension.
2. He found the experience utterly humiliating.
3. Tears of shame and despair choked her utterance.
4. All that you have dared to insinuate is utterly false.
5. He felt utterly daunted by the prospect of moving to another country.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of UTTERANCE
utterance
 n.  the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But I scarcely observed this; rage and hatred had at first deprived me of utterance, and I recovered only to overwhelm him with words expressive of furious detestation and contempt.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
2  "I do forgive you, Hester," replied the minister at length, with a deep utterance, out of an abyss of sadness, but no anger.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
3  He absolutely trembled and turned pale as ashes, lest his tongue should wag itself in utterance of these horrible matters, and plead his own consent for so doing, without his having fairly given it.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
4  There was, perhaps, a fortunate disorder in his utterance, which failed to impart any distinct idea to the good widows comprehension, or which Providence interpreted after a method of its own.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
5  There was a momentary silence, profound as what should follow the utterance of oracles.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
6  The multitude, silent till then, broke out in a strange, deep voice of awe and wonder, which could not as yet find utterance, save in this murmur that rolled so heavily after the departed spirit.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
7  There was such a malignant enjoyment in her utterance of the last words, and she broke into such a disagreeable laugh, that I was at a loss what to say.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV
8  Never had I seen such passionate eagerness as was joined to her utterance of these words.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIX
9  The difficulties under which they had laboured all night, and which had found utterance in the most terrific gasps and snorts, are not to be conceived.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
10  He was rather a shallow sort of young gentleman, I thought, with a handsome face, a rapid utterance, and a confident, bold air.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
11  She had never anticipated that the utterance of love would produce such a powerful effect on her.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 13
12  Tears of shame and despair choked her utterance.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 22
13  At the mention of letters the lawyer pursed up his lips, and gave utterance to a thin little compassionate and contemptuous sound.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 5
14  Her disbelief in his self-dissatisfaction delighted him, and unconsciously he tried to draw her into giving utterance to the grounds of her disbelief.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 3
15  She longed to give utterance to all the arguments with which she had so many times convinced herself.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 23
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1  She could choose her own partner in matrimony, as long as she gave no utterance to her passions and emotions.
2  There are always referential alternatives possible to the speaker and addressee and to the observer in relation to any utterance.
3  It is true for intra-generational talk as well that speakers are not constrained to use Creole to respond to a Creole utterance.
4  There was something I wished to say, "The wandering look and changed utterance told what wreck had taken place in her once vigorous frame."
5  He felt utterly daunted by the prospect of moving to another country.
6  The most utterly lost of all days is that in which you have not once laughed.
7  This was utterly beyond her comprehension.
8  An individual who is passive, utterly apathetic and withdrawn from community life is no true citizen.
9  The whole concept of democracy, she claimed, was utterly foreign to the present government.
10  He found the experience utterly humiliating.
11  After waiting a very long time for the final instalment, the reader felt utterly let down by the way the author chose to complete the story.
12  Archbishop Tutu said scared car owners handed over the keys but were then shot dead in cold blood for the sheer hell of it -- utterly, gratuitously, and wantonly.
13  All that you have dared to insinuate is utterly false.
14  I was a little sad to see that the world inhabited by these bands of yore is utterly gone.
15  Where once relative health and relative safety were sufficient, we demand absolute health and utter safety against the remotest contingency.