utter - use in sentences
Object
- exclamation: We sat on a stile, both of us plunged in meditation, and then he suddenly uttered an exclamation.
- shriek: Starting up on his knees, he uttered a wild shriek.
- cry: Even Tinker had uttered a small cry of astonishment.
- falsehood: Sri Krishna had indeed uttered falsehoods so many times, had broken his pledges, had wives and even ` married ' 16,000 ladies!
- word: Rebels from God, they uttered words against Him.
- curse: Just before her death she uttered a curse against the people of Conway, and said they would always be poor.
Modifies a noun
- contempt: We see their contempt, their utter contempt, for innocent life.
- nonsense: The whole idea of living collectively is just utter nonsense.
- amazement: Everyone's initial response was to look up in utter amazement at the shear scale of the mountain.
- bollock: What complete, and utter, pretentious bollocks, which doesn't say anything, let alone mean anything.
- disbelief: In utter disbelief his asked Herod " Where do you get this audience?
- disregard: How truly the New Rightist believes in freedom is shown by his utter disregard of civil rights.
Modifying Another Word
- repeatedly: He saw Daniel close to the glass, staring down, repeatedly uttering, " Oh my God.
- barely: Between songs Peter was very quiet, barely uttering a word.
- once: A reminder that our words, once uttered, have a life of their own.
- ever: Those able to live righteous lives are righteous people, just as they were before Jesus ever uttered a world of teaching.
Used with adjective complement
- dare: No man dared utter a truth to which he felt himself indebted to his Soul alone.
Preposition: in
- tone: But it was uttered in a tone of affection, which permitted me to feel that I had her attention.
- breath: Could that be attributed to the fact that every time the Darkness are mentioned, G'n'R are uttered in the same breath?
Preposition: by
- speaker: A table of tongue positions for British English vowels ( as uttered by one speaker, at least ) is available here.
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