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• v  be a signal for or a symptom of
• v  express the need or desire for; ask for

• By any definition, the mustache is supposed to bespeak virility.
• You can browse the beachfront stalls, where the goods bespeak an odd combination of enthusiasms: Buddha statues; Beckham T shirts; stun guns, flick-knives and retractable coshes .
• But there are plenty other differences between WoF then and now, some of which are just changes in the game, others of which may bespeak changes in our society itself.

• betoken
• indicate
• point
• signal
• request
• call for
• quest

News & Articles

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• Veterans cemetery’s unsightly grounds upset some
  SAN DIEGO — For more than a century, the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery on Point Loma has been the final resting spot for many of the nation’s military veterans. The lush and well-tended grounds bespeak the honor and respect that …
  June 23, 2013 - FOX 5 San Diego

Quotes

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• William Rehnquist in Bloomberg
  Writing for the four, Rehnquist said displays of the commandments around the country "bespeak the rich American tradition of religious acknowledgements."
• Emperor Jahangir in TopNews
  Hotel business has almost come to a halt after the blast. Earlier, they were overbooked for Iftar dinners, but now few people are visiting and their faces bespeak fear for life,Jahangir Kalaam, the manager of a hotel in Blue Area, said.
• Werner Herzog in Telegraph.co.uk
  It does not bespeak great wisdom to call the film The [sic] Bad Lieutenant,says Herzog in his typically disarming manner, "and I only agreed to make the film after William (Billy) Finkelstein, the screenwriter, who had seen a film of the...