Example Sentences

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“No other party in the conflict or peripheral to the conflict has been equally vocally confident in the prospect of peace through superior firepower.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

"There is only one country that's been vocally not supporting," a Western diplomatic source told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

On social media he argued vocally against it.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

The Soviet Union vocally protested the prize to dissident Andrei Sakharov in 1975, arguing that it was aimed at fueling antigovernment sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

He did not vocally respond, a sign with him that he was in low spirits.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides