How to use "speaking" in a sentence
Sentences
I place my camcorder on the boulder, turn it on and start speaking.
Physically speaking, we cannot separate
As she was speaking we saw the old man's hand-carriage come into sight
How could I have thought such a thing? After speaking to him this evening, I can see that he doesn't look like the inspector at all.'
'I tell you I'm sure.' Jondrette was speaking to his wife
Afterwards, they sat together on the garden bench in a state of shock, neither of them speaking
Valjean took the rope without speaking.
And at this point she screams and runs from the building and falls to the floor." Eleanor stops speaking, and for a moment there is silence at the table.
You must look at people when they are speaking
'I'm speaking to you on the house telephone.'
We stared at one another for a moment without speaking.
We stood still, not speaking
She went on speaking in a high, harsh voice.
The boat-builder was speaking again.
The Coroner was speaking again.
As Favell was speaking, the door opened and Maxim and Frank came in.
Maxim was already speaking.
Tina felt as if they had talked without pause all evening, speaking with quiet urgency, as if each had a vast quantity of earthshakingly important information that he must pass on to the other before they parted
When she opened the door, he came in fast, almost in a crouch, glancing past her, left and right, toward the living room, then toward the dining area, speaking rapidly, urgently
All Sandstone did was move one hand slowly back and forth in front of Tina's face, simultaneously speaking to her in a quiet, rhythmic voice, frequently using her name.
In the isolation chamber, when Dombey finished speaking, Tina said, "Danny looks so awful
He was typing before I finished speaking.
Just after speaking to you.'
But I thought it was Mrs Abbott speaking.'
'And now I know that you are not speaking the truth, Lettice
'Is that where you are speaking from?'
Yes, give me three nine - nine, not five.' And then, 'Hello - is that you, Haydock? Melchett speaking
You thought you were speaking to Dr Haydock
But you were speaking to me
I thought about speaking to him, but did not
We ate it without speaking
Then she suddenly stopped speaking and listened.
There Sir Percival, the Count and Madame Fosco were speaking quietly
'A very aristocratic family! Especially on his mother's side!' She stopped speaking suddenly, as if she had said something she did not mean to say.
Now, she travels around the world speaking about human rights.