SAY in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for SAY, such as:
1. Not so large, I dare say, as many people suppose.
2. The horses, needless to say, were not mentioned again.
3. I heard him say all this as plain as could possibly be.
4. And so I shall always say, my dear, you may depend on it.
5. A revelation, he could almost say, had been granted to him.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SAY
say
 v.  communicate or express nonverbally
 v.  report or maintain
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  That cannot be; but all that I can say will be of little avail.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
2  The horses, needless to say, were not mentioned again.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  Well, they say he's a nephew or a cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm's.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  Yes," he said after a moment, "but of course I'll say I was.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
5  A revelation, he could almost say, had been granted to him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
6  It is enough," said she; "to say that he is unlike Fanny is enough.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
7  Ay, you will make conquests enough, I dare say, one way or other.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
8  Nay, my dear, I'm sure I don't pretend to say that there an't.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
9  I dare say you are, and I am sure I do not at all wonder at it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
10  And so I shall always say, my dear, you may depend on it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
11  Marianne, I dare say, will not leave her room again this evening.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
12  Not so large, I dare say, as many people suppose.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
13  My dear Madam,' I always say to her, 'you must make yourself easy.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36
14  I heard him say all this as plain as could possibly be.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38
15  They'd say," returned my sister, curtly, "pretty well.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
2  I didn't want to say anything without actually reading the letter first.
3  She actually condescended to say hello to me in the street today.
4  They always say time changes everything, but you actually have to change it yourself.
5  If I say leave me alone,actually I need you more than at any time.
6  Neil's colleagues say he was actually in a joking, upbeat mood.
7  Well, he does admit it when he's wrong, I'll say that much for him.
8  Johnny cries whenever he must say hello to an adult; he is afraid of his own shadow.
9  What you say is interesting, but it does not affect the point at issue here.
10  You can ask him again if you like, but it won't make any difference - he'll still say no.
11  With respect to your proposal, we are sorry to say that we cannot agree to it.
12  Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two makes four.
13  The constraints of politeness wouldn't allow her to say what she really thought about his cooking.
14  Almost three in four clinics say they face closure by the end of the year.
15  I say "boys" advisedly because we are talking almost entirely about male behaviour.