oratory
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Instead, he offered the oratory equivalent of a pat on the shoulder.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
He isn’t known for rousing oratory or catchy sound bites; the former prosecutor instead prefers to talk in long, earnest sentences about fairness and duty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Her 40-minute speech was not exactly the soaring oratory that the Obamas delivered earlier in the week, but the euphoria and confidence in the arena was palpable.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024
They were masterpieces of political oratory not despite their lack of weighty marble-clad phrases but because of it.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024
Here Dr. Trefusis stopped and reflected before continuing, so moved was he by the direction of his own oratory.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing oratory
Speech and Debate
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President Obama's Speech on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
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