pretty speech

Example Sentences

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

From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2016

This pretty speech was followed by a little pause, during which he came up the steps and led her along the verandah towards two empty chairs at the farther end.

From The Red Rat's Daughter by Boothby, Guy

What is a pretty speech and a kiss to a woman who has lived, travelled over the world, read widely, thought many things?

From Bye-Ways by Hichens, Robert Smythe

"Miss Hagar must have sat up all last night getting that pretty speech by heart," said Minnette, fixing her mocking black eyes on the face of the spinster.

From Sharing Her Crime by Fleming, May Agnes

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