Don’t just say ‘SAID’!

answered, argued, announced, asserted, acknowledged,

admitted, asked, blurted, babbled, blustered, begged,
beseeched, barked, bawled, bellowed, bustled, bragged,
boasted, commented, cried, claimed, confessed, confirmed,
commanded, chortled, chuckled, declared, disclosed, divulged,
demanded, exclaimed, emphasised, entreated, flapped,
flustered, groaned, grumbled, giggled, gasped, growled,
gabbled, gulped, howled, harumphed, haggled, heehawed,
insisted, interrogated, inquired, implored, joked, jollied,
jested, laughed, lied, mentioned, moaned, maintained,
mumbled, murmured, muttered, nagged, noted, observed,
ordered, proclaimed, pestered, pronounced,
pointed out, professed, protested, pleaded, prayed,
questioned, queried, roared, replied, retorted, reflected,
responded, revealed, remarked, rejoined, stated, stressed,
sighed, sobbed, spluttered, stammered, stuttered, screamed,
shouted, shrieked, snapped, snarled, sneered, sniggered, sang,
thought, tittered, uttered, wailed, whined, whinged, wittered,
wept, wheedled, whimpered, whispered, yelled, yelped