spoken word

Example Sentences

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He decides out of the kindness of his heart with his boys to come and watch me do spoken word at Coventry Student Union.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

For more than 38 years the World Stage Performance Gallery, in South Los Angeles’ Leimert Park, has presented live music, poetry, spoken word and other forms of cultural expression in its performance gallery.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

“The spoken word is perhaps the quintessential form of protected speech,” Justice Neil Gorsuch writes for the majority in Chiles v.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

She said the Australian film director's 1997 spoken word song contained advice that was still "relevant" and was "very sympathetic to politicians".

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

In addition to the spoken word, their communication methods include petroglyphs, wampum belts, and books with symbols painted on bark cloth.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz