bespoke
bi-ˈspōk 
bē-
; bespoken
bi-ˈspō-kən
bē-
; bespeaking
Examples of bespeak in a Sentence
Her newest album bespeaks a great talent for writing songs.
bespoke the rental car weeks in advance of their trip
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In 1900, the average life expectancy of a 1-year-old in the U.S. was about 56 years; that bespeaks a morbid population of infants.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
This building, every inch of it bespeaking Baltimore as much as City Hall, the Patterson Park Pagoda and the H.P. Rawlings Conservatory in Druid Hill Park, seems to live again through Jacques Kelly’s words.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2025
At the same time, the overwhelming result at least bespeaks equality of access to reproductive-health technology in those countries.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Slideshow: Meet the Robots of Fukushima Daiichi Back at Yoshida’s lab, where modest bunk beds bespeak the dedication of his students, the team is currently working on a new and improved survey bot named Sakura.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2014
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
This building, every inch of it bespeaking Baltimore as much as City Hall, the Patterson Park Pagoda and the H.P. Rawlings Conservatory in Druid Hill Park, seems to live again through Jacques Kelly’s words.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2025
At the same time, the overwhelming result at least bespeaks equality of access to reproductive-health technology in those countries.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Slideshow: Meet the Robots of Fukushima Daiichi Back at Yoshida’s lab, where modest bunk beds bespeak the dedication of his students, the team is currently working on a new and improved survey bot named Sakura.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2014
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“Bespeak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bespeak. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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