Sentence examples for speak came from inspiring English sources

Her big break, so to speak, came with the starring roll opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1990 film Total Recall.

Her moment of truth, so to speak, came shortly after her mother died in 1999.

And when the president-elect's turn to speak came, he saluted his defeated rival, promising to change the tone of Washington by emphasizing consensus, not confrontation.

My odyssey, so to speak, came to an end at a farmhouse in West Putford, Devon, in England's far southwestern corner.

He was a man who — when my mother could no longer stand or speak — came home each night and got down on his knees to whisper prayers in her ear.

P-orridge's path is extraordinary in both its ambition and originality; those of us lucky enough to hear them speak came away with pearls of wisdom and instructions on how to unearth our true selves.

The confidence to speak comes from an inner strength.

The more substantive moment, relatively speaking, came when Bernanke called Bair's foreclosure-mitigation plan a "very promising approach".

Soon after he spoke came the first reports that the Taliban were leaving.

Even in mundane descriptions, my Grandpa Bill's manner of speaking came through on the page.

It really scuppered the aliens, who, broadly speaking, came in peace but had no way to express it, and whose diplomats were shot down with customary Earth gusto.