vocalize
verb (used with object)
to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
vocalized
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past participleof vocalize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof vocalize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
vocalizeverb (used with object)to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
Example Sentences
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The opening is an awakening, with group vocalized rhythms, but that is something only a tabla player can really pull off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
These vocalizations agitated Rani, who circled and vocalized in a brief burst before collapsing.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
At the press opening for the Metropolitan Museum’s beyond-beautiful “Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 B.C.E.-400 C.E.,” five red-robed monks chanted Pali blessings, the vocalized equivalent of oceanic silence.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
The researchers set out to see whether there were differences in levels of correlation when “in-cluster” and “out-of-cluster” bats vocalized.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 16, 2023
More of the crowd was awake now, and many of them vocalized their support with claps and cheers.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
