elocution

Example Sentences

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He revels in challenging popular stereotypes of the truck driver, speaking with the precise elocution of a college professor.

From New York Times

Both actors put those hours to use by watching countless YouTube videos and practicing their elocution.

From New York Times

She was headmistress at Patapsco from 1841 to 1859, a time when rich girls were taught mostly drawing, elocution and how to be a wife, instead of the Linnaean plant classification system.

From Washington Post

Concerns over proper language have long reflected class divides, from Eliza Doolittle’s elocution lessons in “Pygmalion” to Barack Obama’s code-switching.

From Seattle Times

Maybe royal security get elocution lessons alongside the physical intervention training that I received.

From Washington Post