Example Sentences

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My Mandarin reading capabilities are subpar at best, relying mostly on muscle memory, context clues, and general vibe checks, so I can’t imagine how overwhelmed a nonspeaker would feel opening up the app.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2025

The play itself was written that way by Sofia Ghassaei, a 19-year-old Seattle playwright and poet who is an autistic nonspeaker.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023

Assessing the acting in a decades-old daytime soap is like attempting to analyze a Noh theater performance as a nonspeaker of ancient Japanese.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2015

In fact, Dujardin isn’t the only nonspeaker to receive an Oscar nomination this year: Max von Sydow is up for best supporting actor thanks to his work in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2012