eloquent

Example Sentences

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Yet Leo found—his son tells us with eloquent understatement—that “some Germans managed to remain decent, when decency could be very dangerous.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The Telegraph called the pigeon's discharge "the most eloquent live review in history."

From BBC

“Your eloquent words prove you are a puffin of good breeding. I look forward to future conversations. Expect an invitation in the mail.”

From Literature

There was eloquent solo playing in the orchestra, and extravagance from the solo singers.

From Los Angeles Times

A disheveled man sick of endless waiting launched into an eloquent tirade ending with Samuel Beckett -- "You know what happened in the story of Godot? He never came."

From Barron's