By speaking up during the meeting, Maria helped the team avoid a costly mistake.

Roughly speaking, the project will take about three months to complete.

Whenever someone succeeds, he speaks ill of them to make himself feel superior.

She was caught speaking ill of the new manager in the break room, which only made the situation worse.

In difficult conversations, it's important to speak one's mind rather than stay silent.

Even as we speak, engineers are monitoring the network to prevent any outages.

He tends to speak with a forked tongue, making promises he never intends to keep.

She tends to speak out of turn during class, which frustrates the teacher.

Despite the risks, the journalist chose to speak truth to power during the live broadcast.

When she volunteers at the shelter, Jenna always manages to speak someone's language, describing trauma and healing in ways that comfort both families and staff.