He could speak German a little, and turning again to the child, he managed to say: "What is your name?
Too true; I wish I could speak truth in speaking better of them that dwell therein.
After this his speech went quite away, and he could speak no more than a swine or a bear.
He laughed heartily at all I said respecting the poor and worthy bishop, and remarked that, instead of trying to address him in Tuscan, I could speak in the Venetian dialect, as he was himself speaking to me in the dialect of Bologna.
I shall certainly not attempt any violence, but I am sure she would come of her own free will if I could speak to her.
The next day he could speak, and I heard, after I had taken leave of the family, that he was stupid and spasmodic.
Foreign languages, too, I could speak, read, and write well; but of any method to communicate their knowledge I had not the vaguest conception.
The mere thought of meeting with one to whom I could speak of my kind friends at Linange was a comfort in the midst of all my desolation.
Margot was now the only one to whom I could speak, as youth loves to speak, of all my hopes and my dreads, my ambitions and my aspirings.
He was eleven years older than More and he could speak no English, but that did not prevent them becoming friends, as they both could speak Latin easily and well.
The way was lonely, often for two miles together he met not a single soul with whom he could speak, and, looking at the bleak fields and naked trees, he wished himself safe home again.
He still wrote his Review every week, and filled it so full of Union matters that his readers began to think he could speak of nothing else and that he was grown dull.
He is all right, boys, and he said you'd know his name if I could speak it," declared Bill.
Suppose he could speak now, don't you think he would want you to do as I say?
And I am very sorry for it," added Dicksie, before he could speak.
I said what was true, that I was the mouthpiece of the Bishop of New Zealand; that I could speak freely of the plan of the Mission, for it was not my plan, &c.
When he had a chance to draw the marquis aside, I could speak to Madame de Ferrier without being overheard; though my time might be short.
He sat down on a camp seat by my cot, and I asked him before he could speak-- "Where is Madame de Ferrier?
Oh that the day should come when hecould speak thus of Frank Dillon's daughter!
It was his till such time as he could speak of it to my father, and this he told me had not yet come.
When he could speak, Neville looked at Madame le Pont and said faintly: "I would see you alone, Madame!
As soon as he could speak, he said eagerly: "Tell me at once, Petite Mere, tell me what you heard.
We sat down to breakfast together, although, as he could speak no English and I could speak no Dutch, the conversation was nil.
Major Gould Adams was the first to call out that he was all right; the other had been so suffocated by gravel and brickdust that it was several moments before he could speak.
I then told him that I had known Kaffirs scarcely twenty moons, that I could speak my own language as well as he spoke his, and, in addition, I could speak his sufficiently well to converse.
When they found that I could speak to them in their own tongue, and was on a shooting trip, they had a much higher opinion of me than if I had been a trader.
Thank you for helping me," she said, and was off toward the west before he could speak.
Before he could speak, however, the dog on the doorstep barked sharply at a stranger who was close upon him, and the irate father was obliged to smooth his manner.
And when at last he could speak, he said: "But his place shall be filled by thee.
But, before he could speak, his mother burst in upon him and embraced him, crying, "O my son!
De Verceuil's face turned a deep maroon, but before he could speak, a figure also in cardinal's red appeared beside them.
Amazingly, he could speak French, David's language, though with a strange and heavy accent.
Sophia put him in his place by demonstrating to him that shecould speak his language better than he could speak Italian, David.
He could speak to Ugolini as one churchman to another.
He could speak English, thank goodness, and he was real nice, in his French way.
It would be a terrible thing if he could speak nothin' but French or a foreign language and I couldn't understand him.
Before I could speakor move she was on her way to the door.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "could speak" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
