UTTERANCE in a Sentence

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At the mention of letters the lawyer pursed up his lips, and gave utterance to a thin little compassionate and contemptuous sound.

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 Meanings and Examples of UTTERANCE
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utterance
 n.  vocal expression; power of speaking; last or utmost extremity
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But I scarcely observed this; rage and hatred had at first deprived me of utterance, and I recovered only to overwhelm him with words expressive of furious detestation and contempt.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
2  "I do forgive you, Hester," replied the minister at length, with a deep utterance, out of an abyss of sadness, but no anger.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
3  He absolutely trembled and turned pale as ashes, lest his tongue should wag itself in utterance of these horrible matters, and plead his own consent for so doing, without his having fairly given it.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
4  There was, perhaps, a fortunate disorder in his utterance, which failed to impart any distinct idea to the good widows comprehension, or which Providence interpreted after a method of its own.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
5  There was a momentary silence, profound as what should follow the utterance of oracles.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
6  The multitude, silent till then, broke out in a strange, deep voice of awe and wonder, which could not as yet find utterance, save in this murmur that rolled so heavily after the departed spirit.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
7  There was such a malignant enjoyment in her utterance of the last words, and she broke into such a disagreeable laugh, that I was at a loss what to say.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV
8  Never had I seen such passionate eagerness as was joined to her utterance of these words.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIX
9  The difficulties under which they had laboured all night, and which had found utterance in the most terrific gasps and snorts, are not to be conceived.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
10  He was rather a shallow sort of young gentleman, I thought, with a handsome face, a rapid utterance, and a confident, bold air.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
11  She had never anticipated that the utterance of love would produce such a powerful effect on her.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 13
12  Tears of shame and despair choked her utterance.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 22
13  At the mention of letters the lawyer pursed up his lips, and gave utterance to a thin little compassionate and contemptuous sound.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 5
14  Her disbelief in his self-dissatisfaction delighted him, and unconsciously he tried to draw her into giving utterance to the grounds of her disbelief.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 3
15  She longed to give utterance to all the arguments with which she had so many times convinced herself.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 23
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
16  He is far too intelligent to utter such fatuous remarks.
17  She dared me in an emphatic voice to rise from that place, or utter one syllable during the remainder of the day.
18  When I ask, how do you know your partner loves you, many people utter the short worded response, 'I just know'.
19  She called the police from her mobile phone as she stood there in utter terror.
20  The meeting was a complete and utter waste of time.
21  Complaints are the greatest offerings that God obtains from human beings, as well as the most faithful prayers human beings might utter to God.
22  The battlefield was a scene of utter carnage.
23  Its path to the playoff is dependent on utter chaos; but the teams ahead of it have faced several more.
24  His stilted rhetoric did not impress the college audience; they were immune to bombastic utterances.
25  They indicate the relationship of utterances in the mind or in the world and are thus in a way contextual.
26  Suddenly there was a flash of light and Tom came tearing by him: "Run!" said he; "run, for your life!" He needn't have repeated it; once was enough; Huck was making thirty or forty miles an hour before the repetition was uttered.
27  Long pauses came between each of these remarks; they were uttered in toneless and monotonous voices.
28  Now, uttered before a stranger, the accusation cut me to the heart; I dimly perceived that she was already obliterating hope from the new phase of existence which she destined me to enter.
29  It reminds us of all the wise and witty things that our political masters have uttered in the past year.
30  When the magic mirror revealed that Snow White was still alive, the wicked queen cried out in rage and uttered dreadful malediction.