Example sentences for: utter

How can you use “utter” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • On the positive side: It's a compelling document "of a life marked by high seriousness, good conscience and an utter refusal to submit to evil and oppression" (Jonathan Groner, the Washington Post Book World ), and upon reading it you "become persuaded that something about his combination of seeming innocence and moral honesty has the power to move if not mountains then those who have the most power" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, the New York Times ). But complaints against the book are uniform: 1) This volume "feels anti-climactic" (Duane Davis, Denver Rocky Mountain News ) when compared with his first because it lacks the kind of compelling events that shaped his early life.

  • The entire heart of that character was his utter fearlessness at the prospect of dying; Rocky "goes yellow" only so that his reputation will be sullied among the youthful wannabe gangsters who idolize him.

  • It ill behooves us to criticize its emptiness, for we all utter Good morning, Good afternoon, Goodby, How are you?, Hello , and numerous other salutational and valedictory remarks in the course of the day.

  • Others of Carroll's verbal concoctions are now found in our dictionaries, such as slithy (probably from slither ), gyre (from gyrate, perhaps), and chortle utter a low, deep laugh.

  • The president has yet to utter a truly memorable line (if you don't count "I didn't inhale").


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