declamation
Example Sentences
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Here is declamation as we might have imagined coming from a rhapsode, for Mr. McKellen brings grandeur to his reading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The actors' use of Classical French and historically faithful declamation could however disorientate some viewers.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
As this druid high priestess, caught in a forbidden love triangle with a Roman soldier and a fellow priestess, Yoncheva can be forceful in declamation — the singing that’s more like speechifying.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
The opening credits of “Chariots of Fire” roll as a bunch of young runners progress in slow motion across a glum beach in Scotland, as a lazy, beat-backed tune rises to a magisterial declamation.
From Washington Times ● May 19, 2022
After the long, torchlit approach, walking straight into the gaze of the snarling deity, mysterious bellows reverberating off the stone, the oracular declamation from above must have been spine-chilling.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
