bespeak
verb (used with object)
to ask for in advance.
bespeaks
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present tense formof bespeak (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The film can hardly avoid being described as “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” meets “Enemy of the State,” and that such comparisons are so obvious bespeaks a certain lack of originality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
If she does run, one thing Harris must avoid at all costs is anything that bespeaks arrogance, entitlement or anything less than a 100% commitment to serving as governor.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025
Those who say they sleep well are a little bashful, as if their easy rest bespeaks a too-cosseted mind, a too-simple life.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2023
But it bespeaks a fundamental and cruel misunderstanding of autonomy and liberty rights, and a return to something far more pernicious.
From Slate ● May 10, 2022
The fact that this surprises me only bespeaks the depths of my ignorance.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
