All 10 Uses of
utter
in
The Awakening
- It was some utter nonsense; some adventure out there in the water, and they both tried to relate it at once.†
Chpt 1 (definition 2)
- Robert uttered a shrill, piercing whistle which might have been heard back at the wharf.†
Chpt 8 (definition 1)
- "I'm very tired," she uttered, complainingly.†
Chpt 10 (definition 1) *
- "What possesses him!" were some of the replies she gathered, uttered simultaneously in French and English.†
Chpt 15 (definition 1)
- They saved her from starvation, as Madame Lebrun's table was utterly impossible; and no one save so impertinent a woman as Madame Lebrun could think of offering such food to people and requiring them to pay for it.†
Chpt 16 (definition 2) *
- He spoke with an animation and earnestness that gave an exaggerated importance to every syllable he uttered.†
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- And she uttered a sigh that came from the very depths of her being.†
Chpt 26 (definition 1)
- He was not dreaming of scandal when he uttered this warning; that was a thing which would never have entered into his mind to consider in connection with his wife's name or his own.†
Chpt 32 (definition 1)
- After a moment or two she uttered a profound sigh and wiped her face with the handkerchief rolled in a ball.†
Chpt 37 (definition 1)
- Then she stretched herself out there, never uttering a sound.†
Chpt 38 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (utter as in: utter a complaint) say something or make a sound with the voice
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(2) (utter as in: utter stupidity) complete or total (used as an intensifier--typically when stressing how bad something is)