Example Sentences

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Technology use could explain the difference between age groups, Pfeifer says, but the fact that older adults also have been speaking less suggests that fundamental shifts in how we live could also play a role.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Antidebt crusaders, like the personal-finance radio host Dave Ramsey, have been speaking for years about how paying thousands of dollars in interest can seriously impede a family’s ability to make progress on their other goals.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

AFP reporters have been speaking to a range of people living in Iran to build a picture of life under daily US and Israeli bombardment despite an internet blackout and major communication problems.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

I was this Black little boy in Detroit, and George Jessel would come on “The Mike Douglas Show” and he might as well have been speaking Russian.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2025

Mom and Dad and Sarah and Daniel and I have been speaking very quietly and walking very lightly; I’m sure bomb squads train this way.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen