elocutionary
Example Sentences
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All of it dares a certain kind of "Masterpiece" acolyte to complain missing the relative quietude of English countryside and nitpick over elocutionary details.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2022
Much of Jackson’s performance takes place on the elocutionary level.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2019
Perhaps this video of his elocutionary prowess from preseason offers a glimpse of what to expect.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2018
A South American aristocrat who became socially ambitious in America, Felicia was an accomplished actress with an elevated elocutionary style that was losing favor to so-called naturalistic modes; she was good at narrating oratorios.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 18, 2018
Was the crush I had on the Object a result of her elocutionary talent?
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
