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Example sentences for "speak thus"

  • He began to speak thus-- "Too few men, messmate Thorgeir, hast thou now in thy company.

  • Once on a time it so happened that the Earl began to speak thus-- "Too far off from us now is Gunnar of Lithend.

  • But the chapmen called out, "Wretch that thou art to speak thus!

  • It must be forgiven thee," he says, "to speak thus, for thou hast had a great loss.

  • Who, unless he would be a cursed heretic in the eyes of the world and invite execution as a blasphemer, would dare to speak thus, except Paul himself?

  • I speak thus "because of the infirmity of your flesh," Paul declares.

  • You have delivered my native land from an odious tyranny—although it be of my own relative of whom I am compelled to speak thus severely; and you have given me a throne.

  • I am sorry to be compelled to speak thus to you; but I should have thought that your own good sense would have taught you the immeasurable distance which lies between you and me.

  • Accordingly, they began to speak thus to him: That king Saul loved him, as well as did all the people, and that he was desirous of his affinity by the marriage of this damsel.

  • So the women, as soon as they perceived they had made their slaves, and had caught them with their conservation began to speak thus to them:-- 8.

  • He said I was too old to use such terms; that it was unbecoming in me to speak thus.

  • Now when Agnes heard her husband speak thus, her heart grew very happy, and she said yes to everything, and shook flour into the bread-trough, and baked all day and all night.

  • We are emboldened to speak thus plainly, because we have some reason to believe that these things have grated on other sensibilities than our own, and that our stricture embodies a considerable portion of cultivated public opinion.

  • Once on a time it so happened that the earl began to speak thus, "Too far off from us now is Gunnar of Lithend.

  • He began to speak thus, "Too few men, messmate Thorgeir, hast thou now in thy company.

  • Or, an thou choosedst not to speak of thyself, how could thy conscience suffer thee to speak thus of her, knowing thyself to have done even as did she?

  • When the captain heard me speak thus, O heaven, says he, whom can we ever trust now-a-days?

  • To speak thus is to busy ourselves with things that precede generation.

  • I forbid you to speak thus of my mistress, whose name some people ought not to pronounce but on their knees.

  • Rodin to him, drawing still nearer to the blind; "I love to see your soul sparkle through your eyes, on hearing me speak thus of your unknown protectress.

  • I take the liberty to speak thus of Mr. Badman, upon a confidence of what you, Sir, have said of him is true.

  • For was it not pleasant to this hypocrite, think you, to speak thus well of himself at this time?

  • Joseph: "How long wilt thou continue to speak thus to me?

  • Job, however, was not perturbed by her words, because he divined at once that Satan stood behind his wife, and seduced her to speak thus.

  • But since he had sworn to defend the castle till his death he thought, "It behooves me to speak thus.

  • It were easily done: speak thus again, and you will see how easily--but for what crime?

  • But I was careful not to speak thus before my step-mother.

  • He could not guess; but it was impossible that study alone could have taught her to speak thus.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "speak thus" 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:
    and take; good child; leaves lanceolate; linen cloth; love letters; more liberal; poor mother; speak again; speak falsely; speak first; speak like; speak out; speak plainly; speak properly; speak them; speak truth; speak unto; speaking broadly; speaking generally; speaking minorities; speaking races; speaking thus; speaking very; speaking world; speaks thus; what pleaseth