Word Finder - speaking

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Used in speaking.

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one's normal speaking voice

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Expressive; eloquent.

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The sight was more speaking than any speech could be.

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Involving speaking.

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It was her first speaking part: she screamed.

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Having the ability of speech.

I am speaking seriously.

Speaking of your mother, we'd better go in so she doesn't worry.

It was as if she were there, speaking to me.

She leaned forward, speaking into his ear.

She turned away from him, speaking flippantly.

Pray, how shall I, a little lad, In speaking make a figure?

She pushed him back, speaking as firmly as she could without talking loud enough for the children to hear.

Speaking of Scruffy, have you seen him lately?

The girl in front of her began speaking.

Is she speaking to you?

Relatively speaking, it's much safer inside.

I am speaking of the staff in general.

Speaking generally, we may say that these two MSS.

Howie had tried to explain to us that when he was under, as he called it, he had trouble telling if he was speaking aloud.

With whom am I speaking?

Instead of speaking, she kissed him on the cheek and hurried out the door, where her car had already been pulled in front of the manor.

Dean only caught snatches, but enough to know Cynthia was speaking to Rose, son Randy, and Jen.

He didn't see the demon that summoned him and waited a moment before speaking.

Gabriel rose without speaking.

Speaking of him, I'm supposed to be at his house.

He went one-by-one, checking the minds of each with the occasional glance across to Rhyn and Andre, who were speaking quietly.

His head tilted to the side, and she assessed that he and Gabriel were speaking mentally.

Deidre clenched her jaw to keep from speaking.

She didn't walk far before someone in a tiny car speaking only Gaelic pulled alongside her and motioned to her.

They sat, not speaking, but it wasn't awkward any longer.

She acted graciously with all the guests, yet he could pick up subtle nuances that affirmed whether she was speaking to someone who genuinely understood art, or a snob who merely bought it to be in vogue.

They sat on the sofa without speaking.

With a deep breath, she started speaking.

Speaking of which, I need to go set up monitoring shit and kill some Others.

A few words are used, however, only in speaking with persons of royal rank - e.g.

She would say, when speaking of the growth of a plant, "Mother Nature sends the sunshine and the rain to make the trees and the grass and the flowers grow."

In one of his letters, speaking of how God in every way tells us of His love, he says, "I think he writes it even upon the walls of the great house of nature which we live in, that he is our Father."

First he had left a lady before she had finished speaking to him, and now he continued to speak to another who wished to get away.

With the naive conviction of young men in a merry mood that other men's wives were created for them, Rostov did not leave the lady's side and treated her husband in a friendly and conspiratorial style, as if, without speaking of it, they knew how capitally Nicholas and the lady would get on together.

Instantly the hand dropped and he turned back down the trail, speaking over his shoulder.

He admitted ignorance, scientifically speaking, but was now committed to finding answers.

I considered waiting until morning before speaking to my wife but I knew I wouldn't sleep anyway.

Molly was all smiles, but disappointed in not being transferred to her mother when she realized I was speaking to California.

She wore a somber look as she glanced nervously at me before speaking to the detective.

Half a head shorter than Xander, Jule was speaking quietly to the vamp, whose arms were crossed and head tilted in consideration.

At last, she stopped speaking and lay, exhausted.

It was tempting to let her writing session go, since she would see him at noon, but she had agreed to write instead of speaking.

He motioned for her to hurry up, and when she walked by him he leaned over, speaking softly into her ear.

Speaking of preying on those weaker than you, I have an interest in your … patient.

Andre ceased talking, and she realized he'd been speaking while she ogled Gabriel.

No human --nor most of those in his organization --would dream of speaking to him like that.

Hypothetically speaking …" "Could you come home when you wanted?" she asked.

His woman was speaking too quickly for the translator to keep up.

You may accompany me, without your translator, so you do not embarrass the dhjan by speaking.

He removed her translator from her ear as promised after a stern warning about not speaking to anyone.