How to Use speak/talk the same language in a Sentence

speak/talk the same language

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  • My mother and my friend didn’t speak the same language.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2022
  • Both states speak the same language, Telugu; share the same food and culture; and watch the same movies.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Apr. 2022
  • For killing people on the other side of the border, people who have the same way of life and often speak the same language?
    Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Leo - Pleasure goddess Venus joins Mars in Leo, and for the next three weeks, the legendary cosmic lovers speak the same language.
    Women's Health, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Even though some didn’t speak the same language, small kids pedaled, laughed and raced down the corridor on tricycles.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • There are also instances in which it is claimed that two groups speak the same language, but actually don’t.
    Anyssa Murphy, The Conversation, 23 May 2022
  • Ricky belongs to a community of Scrabble players who speak the same language.
    Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 9 May 2022
  • Guatemalan Restaurant, a North Dallas eatery where her interactions are limited to the other cooks from Guatemala who speak the same language.
    Dallas News, 10 Oct. 2022
  • In a chance meeting, Schmeichel and Tounakti exchanged a bit of banter before discussing the ways a show with live translation compares with a broadcast in which the guests speak the same language.
    Tariq Panja, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The countless number of people who come to speak with us after a service, that may not speak the same language as us, but have tears in their eyes or simply touch their heart to express how the service moved them, is beyond words.
    Ashley McDonough, Essence, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Like many sequences in Er Gorbach’s tough and uncompromising drama, there is hardly any dialogue — in this case, the couples don’t speak the same language — and we’re left to linger over the images.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
  • As a result, the glasses make conversations possible between people who do not speak the same language.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 21 July 2022
  • In 1621, these two groups who couldn’t speak the same language came together in Patuxet-Plymouth for three days and were working together on diplomacy and forging an alliance.
    David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
  • There are multiple really lovely things between characters that don't speak the same language.
    Yolanda MacHado, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Micah Nelson and Sean Ono Lennon speak the same language: psychedelic, experimental, exploratory, and just a little unhinged.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2021
  • As a Black woman who has dealt with mental health struggles herself, Lidey knew that developing Shine would create a space where Black women could finally have wellness experts that are culturally competent and speak the same language as them.
    Amira Rasool, Glamour, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Goulburn, 41, adds that key to the firm’s investment thesis is looking for companies that are truly embracing data science as an integrated part of research in biotech–companies that are looking for investors who are able to speak the same language.
    Alex Knapp, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Although more of us are filling up our passports, Black American women still draw attention internationally, especially in countries where people may not look like you or speak the same language.
    Anayo Awuzie, Essence, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Because transformer firms already specialize in the incumbents’ industry, these workers already speak the same language as the adopting incumbent workforce, facilitating the upskilling of the organization’s non-A.I. workers.
    François Candelon, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Personalized Connected Experiences The evolution of cross-channel experiences now emphasizes seamless personalization, ensuring marketing channels like email and website interactions speak the same language.
    Raviteja Dodda, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024

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