as in: utter a sound Define
make a sound with the voice
- The savage stopped fifteen yards away and uttered his cry.
- Any savage balked in the forest would utter the double shout and hold up the line till he was free again.
- She wanted to warn him, but fear kept her from uttering a sound.
- She wanted to complain, but she was so shocked she could not utter even a single sound.
- He looked over his shoulder as Jack had done at the close ways behind him and glanced swiftly round to confirm that he was utterly alone.
- Here, on the other side of the island, the view was utterly different.
- She suffered utter devastation when her child died in the accident.
- The company is in danger of utter collapse.
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complete or total (used as an intensifier--typically when stressing how bad something is)
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complete or total (used as an intensifier--typically when stressing how bad something is)
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say something aloud
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make a sound with the voice
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