orator

It wasn’t a magnetic performance; nobody’s likely to compare Miliband to Winston Churchill or Barack Obama as an orator.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

A charismatic orator, the then-43-year-old found herself helming a burgeoning democracy movement, but was put under house arrest in 1989.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

Handsome and dynamic, an orator with a flair for memorable rhyme, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was the first Black candidate for president to attract a major following.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

An effective orator, Khamenei joined the critics of the Shah of Iran: the monarch who was eventually overthrown by the Islamic revolution.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

Already in there you can see the consciousness of how damaging he regards the appearance of bad faith, and how penetrat- ingly the orator is exposed to his audience.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

While Mr. Perl-Rosenthal skillfully charts the public philosophy of the orators, the story feels somewhat incomplete without lingering on the man who effectively codified their dissent into a national creed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

By the 4th century BCE, Athenian orators even quoted lines from the tragedians in court, knowing that jurors “liked quotations from tragedy,” in one scholar’s words.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2025

Luckily, he’s a once-in-a-generation political talent himself and one of the greatest orators in modern life.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2024

“It is here where he would begin his career as one of the most renowned orators of the 19th century.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

Churchill consciously marshaled, as the best orators will, not only the language of the past but its history to his cause- invoking Drake and Nelson as exemplars and, implicitly, allies in the struggle.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith