pretty speech

Example Sentences

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

From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2016

"Oh, you are twice an artist," remarked Marise, doing as she had been taught to do, automatically turning a pretty speech.

From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy

Now Katie had come down with the express purpose of seeing him, and with her mind full of a very pretty speech which she intended to make to him.

From A Castle in Spain A Novel by De Mille, James

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

"Now that, I think, is a very pretty speech, and I expect something equally pretty from you."

From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony