Examples of verbalize in a Sentence
She didn't know how to verbalize her feelings.
couldn't quite verbalize the cause of his mental distress
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Experts urge parents to look for other signs in addition to verbalizing a hatred of school that may indicate your child is experiencing a problem that needs more serious intervention, like bullying or failing grades.
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Mar. 2026
Sometimes that may include the language of a speech, verbalizing a vision and motivating others to move toward it.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The school emphasized that students should express themselves in words, but Jude was not a child who verbalized his feelings.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
And Payton verbalized his frustration over the Wilson deal, the source said, done before his arrival.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Mar. 2026
Sometimes that may include the language of a speech, verbalizing a vision and motivating others to move toward it.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The school emphasized that students should express themselves in words, but Jude was not a child who verbalized his feelings.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
And Payton verbalized his frustration over the Wilson deal, the source said, done before his arrival.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for verbalize
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“Verbalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verbalize. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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verbalize
verb
ver·bal·ize
ˈvər-bə-ˌlīz 
verbalized; verbalizing
: to express in words
found it difficult to verbalize her feelings
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