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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One shift that changes the experience is verbalizing the meaning behind the tasks.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Sirianni, Patullo and Hurts have eschewed outright explanations in favor of verbalizing invitations to read between the lines.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
But go ahead and try to actually verbalize just what is meant by the flow or passage of time.
—Adrian Bardon, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
And on Sunday, Nick Bolton, the proverbial green-dot defensive play-caller for five years, verbalized a call that he’s never used before.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Sirianni, Patullo and Hurts have eschewed outright explanations in favor of verbalizing invitations to read between the lines.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
But go ahead and try to actually verbalize just what is meant by the flow or passage of time.
—Adrian Bardon, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
And on Sunday, Nick Bolton, the proverbial green-dot defensive play-caller for five years, verbalized a call that he’s never used before.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
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 14 Feb. 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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