How to Use verbalize in a Sentence

verbalize

verb
  • She didn't know how to verbalize her feelings.
  • The only way to get our needs met is to verbalize those needs.
    — Anna Pulley, RedEye Chicago, 29 Jan. 2018
  • A lot of people don’t verbalize wanting to be one of the greats.
    — Christian Clark | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The person still feels pain, but may not be able to localize it or verbalize it.
    — Dr. Sabooh Mubbashar, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
  • But go ahead and try to actually verbalize just what is meant by the flow or passage of time.
    — Adrian Bardon, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
  • This is also a good day to verbalize your feelings and get the viewpoint of others.
    — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Akira has a knack for verbalizing her fondness for her brothers.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 23 June 2017
  • And while we’re not supposed to comment on body size, the pressure to shrink oneself doesn’t go away just because it’s not verbalized.
    — TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The linemen are now just as willing as their position coach to verbalize their displeasure.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Some of the projections and expectations will be verbalized to you.
    — Simone Milasas, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
  • So many young professionals want to do it all and can’t verbalize their aspirations.
    — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • But across the table, Silas verbalized the message his father often preaches to him.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Machine learning can train on data sets where even a human expert can’t verbalize how the decision was made.
    — Alan Zeichick, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Sometimes couples forget to verbalize their affection or show it in other ways.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Pitchers were allowed only to have the receiver that verbalized the catcher’s call.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The school emphasized that students should express themselves in words, but Jude was not a child who verbalized his feelings.
    — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Regardless of what’s being verbalized, actions speak louder than words.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2023
  • For another minute, Kennedy tried to verbalize the frustration.
    — Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com, 21 May 2017
  • As a child ages, their ability to verbalize their fears and worries typically matures.
    — Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
  • When first faced with unfortunate events themselves, people may not have the bandwidth or energy to verbalize their needs.
    — Wendy Fong, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • In a scene thick with irony, Rowan verbalizes the tragedy in having to execute a bright black man in order to actualize his plan.
    — Tanisha C. Ford, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Body language said everything that Martinez elected not to verbalize.
    — Avi Creditor, SI.com, 29 July 2019
  • And having to verbalize bodily concerns to a doctor who can’t touch or examine a patient up close can be a source of discomfort.
    — Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Similarly, adults who cannot verbalize their feelings tend to express themselves with their actions, Smith said.
    — Jenna Eason, ajc, 18 July 2021
  • The phrase comes near enough to verbalizing those overwhelming feelings that manifested mostly as screams.
    — Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Landi verbalized the objection at least one more time before the 60-second limit had expired.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Then look up common tech interview questions and practice verbalizing your answers in response to the questions.
    — Dr. Kyle Elliott, Mpa, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Carr understands this on some level, but has too much faith in his coaching staff and teammates to verbalize the possibility of failure.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • And Payton verbalized his frustration over the Wilson deal, the source said, done before his arrival.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Sometimes that may include the language of a speech, verbalizing a vision and motivating others to move toward it.
    — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026

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