pretty speech

Example Sentences

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“Brutus made a pretty speech, but Caesar was betrayed.”

From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2016

"Now make him your best curtsey, Dolly," says Mr. Darling, seriously; "it isn't everyday you will get such a pretty speech as that."

From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess

A pretty speech for a man scarce twelve months married—for you!

From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne

"That is a very pretty speech," and this time he kissed her voluntarily, and with a most tender affection.

From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Don't you recollect how sweet she looked last year in her white dress, and what a pretty speech she made when George Thorne put the crown on her head?

From A Round Dozen by Coolidge, Susan