enunciate
verb (used with object)
to utter or pronounce (words, sentences, etc.), especially in an articulate or a particular manner.
enunciated
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past participleof enunciate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof enunciate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
enunciateverb (used with object)to utter or pronounce (words, sentences, etc.), especially in an articulate or a particular manner.
Example Sentences
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Stipe now enunciated his lyrics, which shaded into social commentary, while the arrangements drew from a palette that included string sections, mandolins and an increasing reliance on Mills’ textured keyboard parts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
The entire venue was suspended in a hush stillness, and Bennett’s voice was so strong and clear that you could hear every crystalline note, every enunciated lyric, even in the cheap seats.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
“Jamie Lee Curtis,” producer DeVon Franklin enunciated loudly into the mic.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
There is a rhetorical technique called a Gish gallop in which a debater simply tosses out as many arguments — true, half true, untrue — as can be enunciated within the allotted time.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2022
He enunciated each syllable as if we were hard of hearing.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
