'said' is dead

• accused, added, addressed, admitted, advised, agreed, announced, answered, approved, argued, asked, assured
• babbled, barked, bawled, beamed, began, begged, bellowed, bet, bleated, blurted, boasted, boomed, bragged, broke in, bubbled, bugged
• called, cautioned, chatted, chattered, cheered, chided, chimed in, choked, chortled, chorused, chuckled, clucked, coaxed, commanded, commented, complained, concluded, confessed, confided, congratulated, continued, convinced, corrected, coughed, cried, croaked, crowed
• dared, deadpanned, decided, declared, demanded, denied, described, doubted, drawled
• echoed, ended, exclaimed, explained
• finished, fretted
• gasped, gibed, giggled, greeted, groaned, growled, grumbled, guessed, gulped, gurgled
• hinted, hissed, hypothesized
• imitated, implied, informed, inquired, insisted, interjected, interrupted
• jeered, jested, joked
• laughed, lied, lisped
• marveled, mimicked, moaned, mumbled, murmured, mused, muttered
• nagged, nodded, noted
• objected, observed, offered, ordered
• piped, pleaded, pondered, praised, prayed, promised, proposed, protested, put in, puzzled
• quavered, queried, questioned, quipped, quoted
• ranted, reasoned, reassured, recalled, reckoned, remarked, remembered, reminded, repeated, replied, requested, responded, retorted, roared
• sang, sassed, scolded, screamed, shot, shouted, shrieked, shrilled, sighed, smiled, smirked, snapped, snarled, sneered, sneezed, snickered, sniffed, sniffled, snorted, sobbed, spoke, sputtered, squeaked, stammered, started, stated, stormed, stuttered, suggested, surmised
• taunted, teased, tempted, tested, theorized, thought, told
• urged
• vowed
• wailed, warned, went on, wept, whimpered, whined, whispered, wondered, worried
• yawned, yelled