peroration

Example Sentences

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Before Churchill told the British in his celebrated peroration that "we shall never surrender," he had not spared them from the truth that they had suffered a "colossal military disaster".

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025

Frank came to the stage with a detailed two-page peroration and zero intention of editing what he had to say.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2021

But as Mr. Gaines delivered a speech that echoes Joyce’s beautiful peroration, I remained detached.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2016

Here’s the despairing peroration of Scalia’s dissent in Planned Parenthood v.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2016

Figures of auxesis and repetition—often pulling together words or themes from earlier in the speech—commonly proliferate in the peroration, and many orators will crank it up a little in the direction of the grand style.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith