utter
verb (used with object)
to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce.
are uttering
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present progressiveof utter.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Free speech doesn’t protect you if the speech you are uttering is criminal,” Mr. Segall told The Times.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
And to sound as though you mean every single word of the speech and are uttering it for the very first time.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2020
Now two new teammates are uttering the best compliment they can bestow on Grabovski — he’s easy to play with.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2013
You will never be quite sure whether you are uttering words of inspired . . . aptness, or whether you are being completely inept.
From Time Magazine Archive
Deprived of their lords, they are uttering, with dishevelled hair, piteous cries of woe like a flight of she-ospreys.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
