- Expressed
- Spoke
- of Utter
- Blurted out
- Claimed
- Declared
- Expressed verbally
- Mentioned
- Mentioned small benefit
- Mentioned Suez Canal port
- Questioned
- Spoke
- of Talk
- Muttered that mother lost blood
- Spoke unclearly
- of Mumble
- Expressed an opinion, e.g.
- spoke up
- Stated
- of Voice
- Furnished with a voice; expressed by the voice.
- Uttered with voice; pronounced with vibrations of the vocal
cords; sonant; -- said of a sound uttered with the glottis narrowed.