All 15 Uses of
articulate
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- "And have you made much money by your thinking?" she managed to articulate at last.†
Chpt 1.3
- "You can't help getting pale...if you've nothing to eat," he added, with difficulty articulating the words.†
Chpt 1.7 *articulating = clearly expressing with words
- When Zossimov said "This is Raskolnikov" he jumped up quickly, sat on the sofa and with an almost defiant, but weak and breaking, voice articulated: "Yes, I am Raskolnikov!†
Chpt 2.5articulated = clearly expressed with words
- "I was searching—and came here on purpose to do it—for news of the murder of the old pawnbroker woman," he articulated at last, almost in a whisper, bringing his face exceedingly close to the face of Zametov.†
Chpt 2.6
- You must mend that tear, you must take your needle and darn it as I showed you, or to-morrow—cough, cough, cough—he will make the hole bigger," she articulated with effort.†
Chpt 2.7
- "A priest," he articulated huskily.†
Chpt 2.7
- He kept trying to say something to her; he began moving his tongue with difficulty and articulating indistinctly, but Katerina Ivanovna, understanding that he wanted to ask her forgiveness, called peremptorily to him: "Be silent!†
Chpt 2.7articulating = clearly expressing with words
- Raskolnikov's voice broke and he seemed unable to articulate the words clearly.†
Chpt 3.6
- "You are a murderer," the man answered still more articulately and emphatically, with a smile of triumphant hatred, and again he looked straight into Raskolnikov's pale face and stricken eyes.†
Chpt 3.6
- "I don't know," Sonia articulated mournfully.†
Chpt 4.4articulated = clearly expressed with words
- I am the murderer," Nikolay articulated suddenly, rather breathless, but speaking fairly loudly.†
Chpt 4.6
- "I have sinned," the man articulated softly.†
Chpt 4.6
- "I don't know....I know nothing about it," Sonia articulated faintly at last.†
Chpt 5.3
- "Sonia, Sonia!" she articulated softly and caressingly, as though surprised to find her there.†
Chpt 5.5
- "I want to see Sofya Semyonovna," Dounia articulated faintly.†
Chpt 6.5
Definition:
the act of or ability of clearly expressing with words; or to clearly express with words
The exact meaning 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)