How to Use enunciate in a Sentence

enunciate

verb
  • He set out to enunciate the basic principles of his system.
  • Children should be taught to enunciate clearly.
  • Baby never has to beg, never even has to enunciate or open her eyes past half-mast.
    — Diablo Cody, Vogue, 2 May 2018
  • So in his order, the judge wants to correctly enunciate the law.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Speakers don’t have to yell, just enunciate and use different words.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Stretching from tip to tail are splash guards and overfenders that enunciate the more outdoorsy look.
    — Sue Mead, Houston Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Castermans also hopes to find a way to help folks who struggle to enunciate and fully form words.
    — Simon Hill, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2025
  • There is a schism among metal singers over whether to enunciate well enough to make lyrics comprehensible.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 18 May 2018
  • Depressed patients don’t enunciate vowels as much as people who aren’t depressed.
    — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2019
  • Depressed patients don’t enunciate vowels as much as people who aren’t depressed.
    — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2019
  • Yasmina spent much of her time enunciating Uz-bek-i-stan for people, spelling it out.
    — Joan Silber, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
  • James and her colleagues enunciate similar points in their amicus brief.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • To confront the truth is first to enunciate it, and on neither count was American society equal to the task.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Yoshioka, as well, has always striven to make sure that her vowels are enunciated and the melody shines through clearly.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2023
  • But Dragon required users to enunciate clearly and pause between each word, and cost nine thousand dollars.
    — James Somers, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2023
  • And the actors haven’t all come to grips with how to project their voices and enunciate in a way that lets them be heard and understood when their backs are to half their audience.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022
  • James, in a particularly cute moment, promised to always enunciate clearly for her.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Keith haltingly enunciates his room number in a half-giggle, because, Who cares about the room number?
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Rice’s lyrics are carefully enunciated and given nuanced line readings.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • Some of the messages of the film—about the importance of believing in oneself and the like—are commonplace and enunciated all too clearly.
    — Christopher Orr, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The fatty meat and wok hei work well together to enunciate the charred flavor in each bite, offset by pungent Thai basil and young green peppercorns.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2021
  • If someone gets your name wrong, correct them as soon as possible, enunciating clearly and firmly but politely, so there is no mistake.
    — Southern Living, 11 May 2018
  • In the United States, it is often enunciated with stresses placed on the first or second syllable.
    — Archana Venkatesan, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Balmond puts on some Bach but continues talking over the rising strains of the music, his words clipped but perfectly enunciated.
    — Jennifer Kabat, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2001
  • Mullan thinks the former Liverpool boss had to learn to enunciate so people in England could understand him.
    — Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
  • In other words, all could enunciate the podcast’s title as an honest summary of their situations, though the details vary widely.
    — Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 25 Mar. 2017
  • Those last few phrases are enunciated in a fierce staccato, each syllable sounding a bit like a fresh indictment in a litany of accusations.
    — James Hebert, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 June 2018
  • For many, enunciating or writing a reversal of the shahada—a declaration of faith in Islam—was the first step.
    — Darren E. Sherkat, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2015
  • Among other things the members of the class of 2018 were advised to speak slowly, loudly and to enunciate into the microphone.
    — Sarah Espedido, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The former vice president, who struggled growing up with a stutter, stuttered slightly at the start of the show and at one point squeezed his eyes shut and slowed down his response to clearly enunciate his words.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2020

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