diction
Example Sentences
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But elevated diction is one of the facades behind which “Call the Midwife” pretends to be a TV program so gentle and mild.
His crisp diction and impeccable emphasis make every line ring out.
Wilson Follett, the author of “Modern American Usage,” complained about its “extreme tolerance of crude neologisms and of shabby diction generally.”
In an undated interview taped by her manager, she advised young performers to “first and foremost, get proper training” in voice and diction.
From Los Angeles Times
Reviewer David Kipen celebrated Wallace’s “stupendously high-toned vocabulary and gleeful low-comedy diction, coupled with a sense of syntax so elongated that he can seem to go for days without surfacing.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
