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Example sentences for: speaks

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(Although Marr speaks of a three-way conversation, judging from our own experiences as Francis's younger colleagues, the interlocutor simply seems to be Francis.)
The blurb on Larry's book speaks of it as a "dark, exhilarating work."
José Alfredo Jimenez wrote over 500 songs, many becoming classics that continue to be sung today by younger artists, that have a universal sentiment that speaks to the hearts of Chicanos.
The weird thing about Stanton's real-life counterpart is that when he speaks, even when I'm pretty sure he's obfuscating, dissembling (OK, lying ), I believe him.
The contemporary surfie [1962] at least partially replaces surfer in its turn though it invokes the image of the “monosyllabic cretin” who speaks two words of English-- yeah and man --streaks his hair with Clairol, and, worst of all, drinks milk.