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The company is in danger of utter collapse.

She is utterly insane!

Which best describes her attitude toward him:

1. affection but not genuine love
2. respect but not utter deference

I am utterly astonished!

Behind it was a space of utter darkness.  (source) Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember, 2003

Mahbub snapped his fingers to show the utterness of that end, and his eyes blazed like red coals.†  (source) Rudyard Kipling, Kim, 1901

Cinna was right about the minimal makeup, we both look more attractive but utterly recognizable.  (source) Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, 2008

What utter rubbish! How dare you tell such lies!  (source) J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997

I stared at him, utterly speechless.  (source) Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, 2011

But my brother's voice carried its old utter conviction.  (source) Madeline Miller, Circe, 2018

That particular point, so obvious it was utterly stupid, hadn't even occurred to me.  (source) Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner, 2003

According to Maslow, I was stuck on the second level of the pyramid, unable to feel secure in my health and therefore unable to reach for love and respect and art and whatever else, which is, of course, utter horseshit: The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick.  (source) John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012

To ensure that men felt utterly helpless, he changed the manner in which he demanded to be addressed each day, beating anyone who guessed wrong.  (source) Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken, 2010

The decision was made before I could utter an opinion.

She did not have time, for Viktor Chemmel was on top of Rudy before she could utter a word.  (source) Markus Zusak, The Book Thief, 2005

He doesn't utter a word.  (source) Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give, 2017

She uttered a short laugh, and her hand flew up to the pain in her face.  (source) Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game, 1978

It had been my experience for nearly a year that uttering the words "female trouble" could get me into places I wanted to go and out of places I didn't.  (source) Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees, 2002

Mary utters something unintelligible, staring at Abigail, who keeps watching the "bird" above.  (source) Arthur Miller, The Crucible, 1953

But even as I utter the words, I feel my insides contracting with anxiety and guilt at the sight of her...  (source) Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, 2008

They were, an infallible spell to make beautiful her that uttereth it beyond the lot of mortals.†  (source) C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Trader, 1952

Could Uncle Willie, a Black man, Southern, crippled moreover, hope to answer the questions, both asked and unuttered?†  (source) Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969

Received his appointment to West Point through the good offices of Abraham Lincoln, a personal friend, and no one now can insult Abe Lincoln in Pickett's presence, although Lincoln is not only the enemy but the absolute utterest enemy of all.†  (source) Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels, 1974

Accordingly, the forger was put to Death; the utterer of a bad note was put to Death; the unlawful opener of a letter was put to Death; the purloiner of forty shillings and sixpence was put to Death; the holder of a horse at Tellson's door, who made off with it, was put to Death; the coiner of a bad shilling was put to Death; the sounders of three-fourths of the notes in the whole gamut of Crime, were put to Death.†  (source) Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, 1859

Abuelita and Mama uttered no words that anyone could understand.  (source) Pam Munoz Ryan, Esperanza Rising, 2000

They went into the lessons, never uttering a word about the other thing.†  (source) Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing, 2018