rhetorical
Example Sentences
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If you throw in the rhetorical brilliance, the heart and the boundless wit that coursed through his greatest works, his pre-eminence is hard to challenge.
After Pericles’ death from plague in 429 B.C., rhetorical and political authority is seized by Cleon, an upstart demagogue who is the “most violent person in Athens” and “the most persuasive.”
It’s an aesthetic and rhetorical failure, but not a fatal one.
From Los Angeles Times
The widespread mockery heaped upon him was justified by his appearance, his unhinged rhetorical flights and the theatrical atmosphere he deliberately created around himself.
From Salon
The 2028 Democratic nominee must present concrete policy proposals addressing economic concerns including affordability, housing costs, and middle-class economic security rather than relying exclusively on rhetorical confrontation with political opponents.
From Los Angeles Times
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