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Example sentences for "been said"

  • How truly has it been said, that the remembrance of youth is a sigh, yet all has been ordered as it should be, and that wind is ever the best which will carry us most safely to the end of our voyage.

  • If all the sermons I ever heard were compressed into one, they could scarcely equal what has been said to-day!

  • The stout rod of chastisement which the king bears has been said to be the embodiment of his righteousness or merit.

  • And whose has it been said is the third or remaining one?

  • At this, Satyavati, delighted at heart, told her mother all that had been said by Richika as also of the two balls of charu.

  • A Brahmana, O king, in whom an expectation has been raised, has, O king, been said to be like a blazing fire.

  • Truly has it been said: 'No man can ever get wholly away from his ancestors.

  • Well has it been said: "In even the contemplation of the fearful consequence of such a calamity, the imagination stands aghast.

  • Therefore, hath it been said: “Knowledge is a light which God casteth into the heart of whomsoever He willeth.

  • By her who speaks has it been said: "Because she had come into this country.

  • By us has it been said: "Then you acknowledge yourself to be twenty-seven years of age?

  • There was no word spoken that might not have been said with a good grace by any old sportsman, who knew the men around him, and who had long preserved foxes for their use;--but still it was felt that the Squire was a little loud.

  • How often has the same thing been said by a candidate, and what candidate ever has thrown up the sponge when he was winning?

  • Mary Bonner, of whose character hitherto but little has been said, was, at any rate, an acute observer.

  • The cognitions (according to that philosophy) have, O chief of Bharata's race, been said to be the knowledge of Brahma.

  • That Vyavahara which has, as above, been said to be characterised by a belief in either of two litigant parties, should be known by us as inhering in the king.

  • Women have before (vide verse 9 of this section) been said to be the embodiment of the senses and as antarhitah in Rajas or Passion.

  • Emancipation has, O regenerate one, been said by thee to be the highest felicity and to consist of the cessation of existence.

  • It has, indeed, been said, it will remove from our constituents a suspicion that we are living here too long.

  • It has, indeed, been said, it will shorten our sessions; but would this be a benefit?

  • He said, it was remarkable that several gentlemen rose with very different expressions which had been said to contain the subject in discussion.

  • Truly has it been said, "Institutions, of themselves, can never confer freedom upon a people.

  • Thus hath it been said: “He that treadeth the snow-white Path, and followeth in the footsteps of the Crimson Pillar, shall never attain unto his abode unless his hands are empty of those worldly things cherished by men.

  • How well hath it been said: “Cling unto the robe of the Desire of thy heart, and put thou away all shame; bid the worldlywise be gone, however great their name.

  • I admit everything that's been said, but I don't believe that it is altogether our fault.

  • Well, about nine tenths of what's been said is either lies or true of every fraternity on the campus.

  • Hast thou not heard what hath been said aforetime: “Muhammad is our first, Muhammad our last, Muhammad our all”?

  • Well hath it been said: 99 I knew not what amazement was Until I made Thy love my cause.

  • How well hath it been said: 94 His fragrant breaths diffused in Eastern lands could well To sick ones in the West restore their sense of smell!


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "been said" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    been captured; been destroyed; been established; been for; been found; been guilty; been havin; been having; been killed; been laid; been placed; been saying; been shot; been talkin; been talking; been the; been through; been trying; been very; been wondering; given weight; half tablespoon; radio relay; seemed impossible; under arms; you ever