All 16 Uses of
utter
in
BoneMan's Daughters
- She uttered a short chuckle and lifted her glass.†
Chpt 6uttered = said (or make a sound) with the voice
- She uttered a short shriek, then shoved her hand over her mouth and glanced around to see if anyone had seen her in her moment of uncoolness.†
Chpt 11 *
- She uttered a small gasp and lifted the blade, revealing a thin red line that swelled with blood.†
Chpt 16
- This he found utterly fascinating.†
Chpt 17 *utterly = completely or totally
- The man hadn't uttered a peep, but he said it anyway.†
Chpt 24uttered = said (or make a sound) with the voice
- Completely, utterly worthless and unable to change a thing about it.†
Chpt 33utterly = completely or totally
- But standing at the edge of the deathly still compound now, he felt utterly abandoned.†
Chpt 37
- To think that he could still go back and do anything but demolish any last hope was utterly foolish.†
Chpt 37
- Kahlid could hardly utter a word without complicating matters for him.†
Chpt 5
- He'd exposed himself and made an utter fool of himself.†
Chpt 9
- Bethany sat back in her chair, lost in thoughts of utter worthlessness, and the longer she considered her predicament, the more useless she felt.†
Chpt 16
- It was the stillness of utter emptiness and it hit Ryan's chest with enough force to rob him of breath for several long beats of his heart.†
Chpt 18
- And when he'd finally guided the car under a large pine and turned off the engine, the silence had crushed him with the fierce certainty of utter failure.†
Chpt 22
- Celine's mouth was parted in utter contempt.†
Chpt 28
- To crush the father's heart who, having been rejected, would be forced to live out a terrible life with the knowledge of his utter failure.†
Chpt 36
- The man's display of raw evil was even worse now for expressing itself in those hideous eyes despite his utter failure to win the daughter.†
Chpt 38
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.