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Examples of oratorical in a Sentence
a speech that was an oratorical endorsement of the value of education but one that refused to call for greater spending on education
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The strength of the words, too, depends on their ability to capture the ex-President’s oratorical cadence.
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Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
Weeks of writing, editing and practicing aloud had led to this moment: a chance to win an oratorical contest sponsored by the Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
—Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
Among them, Oppenheimer carried the most authority as a result of his leadership of Los Alamos and his oratorical gifts.
—Charles Thorpe, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
That’s a dryly academic way of putting something that Willie, with his enviable oratorical powers, transforms into the stuff of excoriating comedy and high drama.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
As a senior at Parkway High School in 1990, Parker won a citywide oratorical contest that came with a $1,000 cash prize and trip to Senegal and Morocco.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
Its wording is flinty and severe, with a powerful oratorical plainness that feels crafted for history books:
Despite having lost, the Defendant was determined to remain in power.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2023
For her project, Howard will work in partnership with the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast to create a series of creative writing workshops, internship opportunities, scholarship awards, and a culminating conference and oratorical contest to celebrate the voices of our youth in lower Alabama.
—Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 16 Mar. 2023
In the play, the 47-year-old Schreck reconsiders her childhood as an oratorical prodigy from Wenatchee, Washington, who won speaking competitions by exalting the U.S. Constitution.
—David Kamp, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2020
Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
Weeks of writing, editing and practicing aloud had led to this moment: a chance to win an oratorical contest sponsored by the Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
—Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
Among them, Oppenheimer carried the most authority as a result of his leadership of Los Alamos and his oratorical gifts.
—Charles Thorpe, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
That’s a dryly academic way of putting something that Willie, with his enviable oratorical powers, transforms into the stuff of excoriating comedy and high drama.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
As a senior at Parkway High School in 1990, Parker won a citywide oratorical contest that came with a $1,000 cash prize and trip to Senegal and Morocco.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
Its wording is flinty and severe, with a powerful oratorical plainness that feels crafted for history books:
Despite having lost, the Defendant was determined to remain in power.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2023
For her project, Howard will work in partnership with the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast to create a series of creative writing workshops, internship opportunities, scholarship awards, and a culminating conference and oratorical contest to celebrate the voices of our youth in lower Alabama.
—Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 16 Mar. 2023
In the play, the 47-year-old Schreck reconsiders her childhood as an oratorical prodigy from Wenatchee, Washington, who won speaking competitions by exalting the U.S. Constitution.
—David Kamp, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2020
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“Oratorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oratorical. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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oratorical
adjective
or·a·tor·i·cal
ˌȯr-ə-ˈtȯr-i-kəl 
ˌär-ə-ˈtär-
: of, relating to, or characteristic of an orator or oratory
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