Sentence examples for speak are from inspiring English sources

"The aftershocks, so to speak, are still unfolding.

The ants, so to speak, are on the march.

What about when the tables, so to speak, are reversed?

When you open it to speak, are you smaaaart?

Those that know him or have heard him speak are very enthusiastic.

The reliefs, so to speak, are more like contracted sculpture than expanded pictures.

Cars, in Greco-speak, are "additional mobile units".

"Rents," in econo-speak, are the excess profits that monopolists reap in the absence of competition.

When the layers of management-speak are peeled away they just played better cricket, dammit.

Slimline lamb chops ("popsicles" in Vij-speak) are bathed in a red curry rich in fenugreek.

The markers of teen-speak are half-hearted, as if Rowling can't face giving them any contemporary diction.