pretty speech
Example Sentences
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“Brutus made a pretty speech, but Caesar was betrayed.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2016
That is a pretty speech to make to a lady!
From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
But the sudden meeting of Harry with Talbot had raised other thoughts and feelings, which had driven her pretty speech altogether out of her mind.
From A Castle in Spain A Novel by De Mille, James
"That is a very pretty speech for you to make."
From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony
“I can’t make a pretty speech in return for that, Miss Bellwood,” he replied, “but you know how much more comfortable I shall be to know that you are all safe.”
From The Mynns' Mystery by Fenn, George Manville
