utter
verb (used with object)
to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce.
have been uttering
-
present perfect progressiveof utter.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
If there was a subtext to their note, it involves a question that many fans have been uttering for the 15 years that the Go-Go’s have been eligible for induction: What took so long?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2021
"I don't wish to act otherwise than as your best friend, Vincy, when I say that what you have been uttering just now is one mass of worldliness and inconsistent folly."
From Middlemarch by Eliot, George
"I suppose you have been uttering some stupidity again, Stella," she observes, coldly; "you are incorrigible!"
From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip
I may have been uttering a fib of magnificent proportions at the moment, but one has a right to deny cowardice to the last gasp, whatever else he must admit.
From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Morford, Henry
I have seen these sycophants kiss the earth, and call everything dear to them to witness their asseverations, when they have been uttering the most abominable falsehoods to gain some end.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John
