Sentence examples for spoke of as from inspiring English sources

He said that reports circulating in the area spoke of as many as 30 dead.

UN and coastguard officials said that survivors spoke of as many as 700 people being in the boat.

In a telephone interview, he said that the streets were deserted and that he had seen "100 bodies" of militants at the police headquarters; other reports spoke of as many as 260 dead there.

I also found some of the things that mum does, other people spoke of as well.

One colleague recalls that the painting, which Lafferty spoke of as the "holy grail," gave Lafferty "something to live for".

It was while he was in this state that his novels which he always spoke of as independent beings, knowing and mysterious would suddenly reveal themselves to him.

Corruption is spoken of as pervasive.

And it's spoken of as openly as if this were legal.

"…genes should not be spoken of as valuable without defining what they are valuable for". Wright (1931) (Provine 1986).

In addition to the frontrunners, other silver men were spoken of as candidates.

She spoke of it as little as possible.