Explore Say through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like tell or read. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Say in a sentence
Related words
Say meaning
- To pronounce.
- To recite.
- To tell, either verbally or in writing.
Synonyms of Say
Say vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Say
- The main meaning on this page is: To pronounce. | To recite. | To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- Useful related words include: tell, read, give tongue to, utter.
- Possible Dutch translations are: laten wij zeggen.
- In the example corpus, say often appears in combinations such as: to say, say it, say they.
Context around Say
- Average sentence length in these examples: 35.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Say
- In this selection, "say" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 35.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cannot, percent, adults, okay, whatever and too stand out and add context to how "say" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include you cannot say you don, doesn t say you can, advocates say, critics say and experts say. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "say" sits close to words such as found, number and going, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with say
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Would this candidate know what to say and how to say it — and what not to say? (17 words)
I’ll come back from, say, Iran, and people will say ‘Oh you’re brave’ and I say ‘What are you talking about? (23 words)
A few ways to do this: one- say what you need to say to who you need to say it to and let it go. (25 words)
Sturgeon said: “There is obviously nothing I can say about the ongoing investigation much as there are things I might want to say I’m not able to do so other than to say that as has been the case there will continue to be full co-operation. (48 words)
So any tip, any hint, any you don’t have to say who you are, just you know just a hint something that would say okay search because you know just give us something concrete to say okay you need to search that area because such and such. (48 words)
I think also if you look at that poll, if you combine the people who say they will and the people who say they won't and then the people who say they won't vote, within the margin of error, it could go either way. (46 words)
Would this candidate know what to say and how to say it — and what not to say? (17 words)
I’ll come back from, say, Iran, and people will say ‘Oh you’re brave’ and I say ‘What are you talking about? (23 words)
Example sentences (20)
Overall, the adults who say they understand the debate best are especially likely to say the debt limit should be increased without conditions — 37% say so, compared with 50% who say it should be tied to terms about reducing the budget deficit.
President Adama Barrow, you have the right to say whatever you want to say but people have the right to say what they want to say too and you cannot stop them.
About a third of US adults say spending on the military is too little and nearly as many say it’s too much; an additional third say it’s about right.
Eddie Izzard made that part of her standup routine, where she explained that experts say that it isn't what you say but how you say it and the way that you look.
It doesn’t say ‘may,’ it doesn’t say you can send them back to the states, it doesn’t say you can reject votes, even though my former running mate and many of his outside lawyers told me that that authority was there.
More than one-quarter (27 percent) of Americans say they have more debt compared to a year ago, 21 percent say they have less debt, and 49 percent say they have about the same amount of debt.
So what we'll say is, and we've been doing this now and super impressive, we'll say, okay, Brian, what do you think our number is and we'll say, okay, that's very nice, Brian.
Sturgeon said: “There is obviously nothing I can say about the ongoing investigation much as there are things I might want to say I’m not able to do so other than to say that as has been the case there will continue to be full co-operation.
Would this candidate know what to say and how to say it — and what not to say?
A few ways to do this: one- say what you need to say to who you need to say it to and let it go.
If I may re-word an oft-repeated phrase that has gone viral in the LOL department, here goes: “You cannot say you don’t know how, you cannot say you don’t know where, you cannot say you don’t know who.
Most Trump supporters say the former president’s race and gender will not make much of difference (66% say this about Trump’s race, 61% say the same of his gender).
Of those who are considering leaving, 65% say they are not earning enough money; 62% say their workload is increasing; and 65% say there is a lack of respect for the profession.
So any tip, any hint, any you don’t have to say who you are, just you know just a hint something that would say okay search because you know just give us something concrete to say okay you need to search that area because such and such.
That should not be hard to do for anyone, but none of them have said that, because they can’t say that, because, if they say that about Mark Robinson, then they have to say that about Donald Trump and JD Vance.
On the prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace, 55% of American Jews say their views have not changed, while 28% say they are less optimistic, and 16% say they are more optimistic than a year ago.
I’ll come back from, say, Iran, and people will say ‘Oh you’re brave’ and I say ‘What are you talking about?
I think also if you look at that poll, if you combine the people who say they will and the people who say they won't and then the people who say they won't vote, within the margin of error, it could go either way.
It was very unfortunate because a lot of people came out to see what we had to say and to say what they had to say.
LePage called in to a local radio show to say, "Actually what would happen if they do what they say they're gonna do is white people will not have anything to say.
Phrases with say
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with say
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to say 92×
- say it 44×
- say they 38×
- say that 32×
- say the 30×
- they say 28×
- and say 21×
- would say 20×
- say what 16×
- you say 16×