Sample sentences for ARTICULATE

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Definition

the act of or ability of clearly expressing with words; or to clearly express with words

The exact meaning of this sense of articulate depends upon its context. For example:

"She is articulate and persuasive." — well-spoken (expresses her ideas clearly)
"She articulated what everyone was thinking." — said aloud
"After the stroke, she had to learn to articulate her consonants." — speak distinctly (so each word can be understood)

Less commonly, articulate can reference jointed segments (including bones). For example:

"Can she fully articulate the joint?" — move at a joint
"The articulated bus can be longer without requiring a wider turning radius." — formed with joints to allow movement

articulate = has the ability to clearly express things with words

Alexey Alexandrovitch was speaking so quickly that he stammered, and was utterly unable to articulate the word suffering.
Tolstoy, Leo -- Anna Karenina
Suddenly Mayella became articulate.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

articulate = expressive with words

I could not have articulated this, not as I sweated through those searing afternoons in the forklift.
Tara Westover -- Educated

articulated = clearly expressed with words

Some of the pigs themselves, however, were more articulate.
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

articulate = clear in expressing (themselves)

I have my own ideas, plans and ideals, but am unable to articulate them yet.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

articulate = clearly express

He was too young to articulate exactly what was wrong with every picture; he just knew they weren't right.
Todd Burpo -- Heaven Is for Real

articulate = clearly express

She kept saying it was an "articulate" film. ... The thing is, I didn't know what it said even if it said it very well.
Stephen Chbosky -- The Perks of Being a Wallflower

articulate = clearly expressed a message (or messages)

Yeah, I was so articulate.
Sherman Alexie -- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

articulate = clear in expressing (himself)

articulate = clearly express with words

Jem became vaguely articulate: " 'd you see him, Scout? d you see him just standin' there?"
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

articulate = able to speak

The Castle of Dracula now stood out against the red sky, and every stone of its broken battlements was articulated against the light of the setting sun.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

articulated = clearly seen

He was alone, and met her instantly; and she found herself pressed to his heart with only these words, just articulate, "My Fanny, my only sister; my only comfort now!"
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park

articulate = clearly expressed

The recurrent economic crises of past times were totally unnecessary and are not now permitted to happen, but other and equally large dislocations can and do happen without having political results, because there is no way in which discontent can become articulate.
George Orwell -- 1984

articulate = clearly expressed

His mouth twitched, and his parched tongue seemed unable to articulate.
Wilde, Oscar -- The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Maximilian tried to speak, but he could articulate nothing; he staggered, and supported himself against the wainscot.
Dumas, Alexandre -- The Count of Monte Cristo
He was quite beside himself, and could hardly articulate his words for rage.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor -- The Idiot
Love came into the world before articulate speech, and in its own early youth it had learned ways and means that it had never forgotten.
London, Jack -- Martin Eden
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.
George Santayana
And then, as he made no articulate reply, "It will be time, I think, to understand each other," I continued.
Stevenson, Robert Louis -- Kidnapped

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