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“I’ll just look into my soft drink and listen to someone else perorate about me,” Sting said.

From Washington Post

He hears Burke perorate, and Johnson dogmatise, and Scott tell his border tales, and Wordsworth muse on the hillside, without the leave of any man, or the payment of any toll.

From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Roe, Frederick William

The Greek sought after wisdom; he wanted a man who would perorate and argue and dissertate.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander

And church and state pause in this made vortex of chaos to prate of the ills of pugilism; to legislate and perorate anent bloodless boxing bouts; to prosecute a brace of harmless pugs.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper

Feuillans, including almost the whole Constitutional Respectability of France, perorate nightly from their tribune; correspond through all Post-offices; denouncing unquiet Jacobinism; trusting well that its time is nigh done.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

He perorated: Recent events in Spanish Morocco were far from reassuring for the Spaniards.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such animosity as was shown against the priesthood emanated from some of the public clubs where the future Communards perorated.

From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

“Now, boys,” Bill perorated, “before I retire to the shades of private life, I motion we give Three Cheers—regular Toplifters—for Richard Wade!”

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 by Various

Consequently," perorated Mr. Mortimer, "I conceive my personal obligations to Mr. Hucks to be satisfied; practically satisfied, even in law; as keen men of business, and allowing for contingencies, satisfied abundantly.

From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

And so, Lamoignon too having perorated not amiss, and wound up with that Promise of States-General,—the Sphere-music of Parlementary eloquence begins.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

And in the corner of the paper a thumb-nail sketch of himself, perorating, with a garland of capital I's round his neck.

From The Marriage of William Ashe by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

And we left him perorating on the steps of the hotel.

From Appearances Being Notes of Travel by Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes)

The countess approached the divan in the centre of the room, where Raoul was perorating.

From A Daughter of Eve by Balzac, Honoré de

"And what, I ask you," I said perorating, "what on the face of the earth are we to do now?"

From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by Somerville, E. Oe. (Edith Oenone)

He had listened to Horne Tooke perorating "hanging matters" at the Corresponding Society; he had seen the "electric ruby" circulating at its dinners; he had witnessed the collapse of Thomas Hardy's painstaking and methodical organisation.

From Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle by Brailsford, Henry Noel