All 6 Uses of
utter
in
Night, by Elie Wiesel
- Her son was clinging desperately to her, not uttering a word.†
p. 26.6 *uttering = saying (or making a sound) with the voice
- And as though he regretted having uttered such words so coldly, so dryly, he added in his broken voice, "I know.†
p. 76.8uttered = said (or make a sound) with the voice
- We remained lying on the floor for days and nights, one on top of the other, never uttering a word.†
p. 100.3uttering = saying (or making a sound) with the voice
- He was poor and lived in utter penury.†
p. 3.3 *
- All they could utter was one word: "Evacuation."†
p. 81.2
- I asked as soon as I was able to utter a word.†
p. 94.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(utter as in: utter stupidity) complete or total (used as an intensifier--typically when stressing how bad something is)
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(2)
(utter as in: utter a complaint) say something or make a sound with the voice
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, and archaically, utter can mean to let out.