eloquent
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Bass-baritone Ryan McKinny was eloquent as John Proctor, the opera’s flawed hero, cogently depicting his struggles with guilt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
There was eloquent solo playing in the orchestra, and extravagance from the solo singers.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
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 • Feb. 16, 2026
Scott Allan, the former Hibs and Celtic midfielder, was a bit more eloquent in his assessment.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
In his sagging eyes we found the language we’d been searching for, a language more eloquent than the cheap bead necklaces of words my mother offered.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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Grade 9, List 6
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