Example Sentences

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“She’s an executor and a doer, not just a sayer and a talker,” Ms. Winfrey said during a phone interview.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2018

Salvatore Caputa, a self-proclaimed sayer and former policeman from Sicily, drew pilgrims from Germany, Austria and Italy, some on crutches and in wheelchairs.

From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2017

Footnote: Can a reader assist in identifying the sayer of the following remark?

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2014

Belgian Demographer Jacques Mertens de Wilmars is the nay sayer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Je begge que vous excusez moi parce que je ne canne pas thinker de rien encore à sayer.

From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Brazil, Angela