- present participle of utter.
uttering
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of uttering
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at utter 1, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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“I went to that place,” Tucci said, avoiding uttering the chain’s name aloud.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
Nearly 300 episodes, which aired during the 1990s and 2000s, showed the hapless, accident-prone brothers uttering their catchphrase "To me, to you" as they caused chaos everywhere they went.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Without uttering a word, they portray the nurses bustling behind doctors in the hit series "The Pitt," the agents guarding a crime scene in "NCIS" or, like Armella, work as "stand-ins" for stars.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
“Moving on to something a bit more important,” Fox proceeded, but not before uttering, “although it was an important part of my life.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
She was uttering it, but it was bigger than she was; it felt as if the despair were uttering her.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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