public speaking
Example Sentences
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"It is confusing because I've always been able to stand up and do that and go on stage, and things like public speaking have never worried me."
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
A friend in San Francisco had suffered a spinal cord injury and Nihill wanted to run a fundraiser, but dreaded public speaking.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Here was the Founders’ model in miniature: classical knowledge, truth and beauty, memorization and public speaking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Perhaps these qualities also prepared her to weather the slings and arrows of international NGO leadership and public speaking.
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2025
She studied history written by Herodotus and Thucydides, which included political and military events of the past, and memorized the speeches of Demosthenes to learn the fine points of public speaking and debate.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
