She took, however, no notice of the reminder; she went on in her own way.
I had only at last--when I thought it was time--to speak for you.
Young gals are often taken by such strutters, and think that men like Jarvis, who darsn't speak for themselves, are of no account.
If he holds out as he began--Well, well, Zeke allus was a little forward, and able to speak for himself.
The woman who had been wronged--who had the right to judge for herself, and to speak for herself--was the silent woman of the two!
He knew that I had no friends to speak for me; he knew that I had been dismissed from my employment at the school.
Without references to speak for me, I must not take advantage of your generous offer.
But why should man stand here and attempt tospeak for woman, when she is so abundantly equipped to speak for herself.
In other words, the witnesses cannot be allowed merely to speak for themselves, after the gossiping fashion familiar in Herodotus; their testimony has to be interpreted according to the laws of evidence.
The liberal dialectician has the gift of conversation; he does not pretend to legislate from the throne of Jehovah about the course of affairs, but asks the ingenuous heart to speak for itself, guiding and checking it only in its own interest.
All authority is representative; force and inner consistency are gifts on which I may well congratulate another, but they give him no right to speak for me.
Is he true to God, and to his cause, that will not open his mouth to speak for him?
What will that man do for God, or for his neighbour's soul, who will not open his mouth to speak for them?
If it be so heinous a crime in public judgment, to pass sentence before both parties are heard, and to condemn a man before he speak for himself; it cannot be justifiable in private judgment.
What abundance of lies go current among such malignant persons, against the most innocent, which would all be ashamed, if they had first admitted them to speak for themselves.
He is here to speak for himself, madam," replied the sentinel, as Tarleton at this moment returned to the door.
May the blessing of Heaven be upon you, if you'll just send and speak to him three words for the poor woman and widow, that has none other to speak for her in the wide world!
I never saw my lord so patient before, To suffe[r] one to speak forhimself so quietly; But you were not best to trust to his courtesy: It is evil waking of a dog that doth sleep.
I speak for my brothers and myself when I assert we are all gratified to hear the expression that has fallen from your lips.
I speak in the name of our order, I speak for Frenchmen, I speak for France.
Now I speak for myself at last, and you will not hear me!
I have no authority to speak for Congress in respect to the ultimate disposition of the Islands.
But Lord, zur, have pity on a poor man that be put forward to speak for a disputation.
And I trust there may be none when next you come to Warwickshire, and that those of our household who have a better right to speak for it than I, will have the chance of entertaining you.
And he said that I was your nearest friend; and would I speak for him?
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "speak for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
