Sentence example with the word 'oration'

oration

address, declamation, exhortation, funeral oration, inaugural address, panegyric, prepared speech, recitation, screed, spiel, valedictory

Definition n. an instance of oratory

Last update: September 14, 2015


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One man 's great oration can be a Hansard reporter 's nightmare !   [noun]

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The man of the calf will deliver an oration, not coming to wipe out the French way of life.   [noun]

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All those surrounding figures which Angela had seen crowded around the godlike form, all those sufferings and virtues of the spotless Mother of God were ignored in that impassioned oration.   [noun]

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What he did on those occasions was to turn up his cuffs, stick up his hair, and give us Mark Antony's oration over the body of Caesar.   [noun]

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Syntax the schoolmaster (my tyrant being dead) pronounced a Latin oration in honour of our family.   [noun]

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And after having emptied his glass, he added: "Ah, by the way, Laigle of the funeral oration, your coat is old."   [noun]

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A very interesting contrast, however, may be drawn between the methods and the effects of Henry's speech and of Burke's more brilliant oration.   [noun]

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In the same year, 1775, in which Burke's magnificent "Conciliation" oration was delivered, Patrick Henry made a remarkable little speech before a gathering of delegates in Virginia.   [noun]

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His oration at Plymouth, on the 22nd of December 1820, on the second centennial anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims, placed him in this rank.   [Please select]

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Did you see him jump up when Alice ended her oration.   [Please select]

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He delivered his carefully prepared oration in a voice that never faltered.   [Please select]

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