Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of speaking for or soliciting; solicitation.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of bespeak.
Examples
“To God she calls herself a "sister," a loaded term bespeaking of black separatism and victimhood.”
“At the Aspen Daily News, where substance abuse can sometimes seem like an indoor sport, the back-to-back-to-back incidents were still notable for the tendency of the editors in question to try to talk themselves out of trouble with the authorities in question -- a move bespeaking both self-importance and their awareness of their inordinate power in a small town.”
The Huffington Post: Michael Conniff: Aspen Daily News Drunk With Power
“There is a possibility I'll bespeaking at the event on games journalism, but don't let that put you off.”
The Guardian: The essential guide to UK video game festivals
“The door opens onto a stunning, high ceilinged, light-filled apartment, its 17-foot-tall Austrian windows framed by the aforementioned black cast-iron arches, its finishes bespeaking a level of sumptuousness uncommon in the more cookie-cutter condos of the moderately rich.”
“In this case, Obama wisely chose not to let facts speak for themselves (as they clearly had not done two months earlier when McCain succeeded in spinning a stunningly successful Obama tour of Europe and the Middle East into a beauty pageant allegedly bespeaking Obama's narcissism, empty celebrity, and appeal to foreigners).”
The Huffington Post: Lessons Learned from the Election of 2008: Looking Back and Looking Forward
“The prologue involved “fascinatingly pretty young women wearing astoundingly rich and beautiful gowns all blending with the Arctic atmosphere and bespeaking the moods of the barren white country.””
“There was about his mouth a small droop bespeaking weakness of character and an expression of pride at having been summoned here.”
“No one mentioned what I would have mentioned, which is anything bespeaking age, history, or architecture.”
“Gene Odom will bespeaking onboard THE HITMEN ON THE HIGH SEAS cruise sharinghis experience about his travels with the original band Lynyrd Skynyrd and the tragic airplane crash on October 20, 1977.”
“A private 1734 New Hampshire note bears the slogan "Beneficio Commerci," bespeaking peaceful coexistence with England.”
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Mobying Along
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