irrepressible
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Irrepressible dancing grannies who have taken their routines abroad, taking over plazas outside the Louvre in Paris or Moscow’s Red Square, have been criticized as a stain on China’s image.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2021
In 1858, William Seward, a Republican senator from New York, gave a famous speech titled “The Irrepressible Conflict,” referring to the struggle between “slave labor” and “voluntary labor.”
From Washington Post • May 2, 2017
Boris Johnson: The Irrepressible Rise opens with shots of the four Johnson children playing tennis.
From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2013
Irrepressible when he spotted something he did not like, but also impatient with good books that he thought could be better, he was often savage in his commentary.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2010
Practise on the following selections for emphasis: Beecher's "Abraham Lincoln," page 76; Lincoln's "Gettysburg Speech," page 50; Seward's "Irrepressible Conflict," page 67; and Bryan's "Prince of Peace," page 448.
From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale
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