public speaking

Example Sentences

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If Wagner’s job seems to require an unusual combination of skills—mastery of fluid dynamics, comfort with public speaking, strong pint tolerance—he comes by them honestly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Off-screen, Chapin was an evangelist who shared her faith through public speaking, ministry and outreach, according to her website.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

If you're in a job where public speaking is part of what you do, it can be particularly terrifying.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

Perhaps these qualities also prepared her to weather the slings and arrows of international NGO leadership and public speaking.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2025

It was, after all, a job that promised to exercise my talent for public speaking, and if the pay was anything at all it would be more than I had now.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison