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clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood) in an eloquent gesture, the defeated general was graciously given back his sword at the surrender ceremonies

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Recent Examples of eloquent Oracle’s Larry Ellison, who by his young appearance at the age of 80 might do well as a spokesman for the fountain of youth, did make some eloquent statements about training for drug discovery, of all things. R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 An eloquent example of this strategy in action is the establishment of the Yizhuang Pilot Zone in the Chinese capital. Alexandr Khomich, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 Art and design have been key inspirations for the eloquent and thoughtful designer, such as German poet Hugo Ball, a founder of the Dada artistic movement and of Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, for his spring 2025 collection. Luisa Zargani, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025 What’s more difficult than curating an eloquent and versatile rotation of eveningwear? Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eloquent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eloquent
Adjective
  • Those making the most noise in this won’t care either way who says what, however much or little support is vocally articulate.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The site hopes to make AI more accurate and articulate.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Mackintosh and Bourne mitigate the damage by grouping some songs together and presenting them in an ingeniously suggestive dramatic fashion.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
  • This revelation tempers the expectations of a Dynasty revival despite the suggestive interactions and Hammerstone's social media activity.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • All three ensembles diverged from the Vatican's traditional dress code, which prescribes a formal black suit, black tie, and a black lapel pin for male attendees at papal funerals.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
  • However, according to King Law Group, formal approval can only be granted through a physical notice mailed to the petitioner’s address.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Beyond her pioneering achievements behind the wheel, Levitt was also an inventor, a royal driving instructor, a suffragette and an outspoken writer.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The actor has long been an outspoken advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and particularly transgender women.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The next steps include speeding up the AI's processing, making the output voice more expressive and exploring ways to incorporate tone, pitch and loudness variations into the synthesized speech.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.
    Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Fed from glaciers on Mount Shasta’s majestic slopes, Mossbrae Falls cascades out of lava tubes and down mossy cliffs into the Sacramento River in ethereal curtains of mist, sending rainbows dancing in all directions.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • In the 2011 final, Cristiano Ronaldo’s majestic leap and powerful header saw Jose Mourinho’s team crowned winners at the expense of their great rivals Barcelona after extra time.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Along with Russia, another vocal critic of the U.S., Beijing has not contributed to the trust fund for the mission.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The comedian turned television producer has been the most vocal about her move, prompting snide jokes from the Trump administration.
    Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Trump is demanding that his Justice Department investigate both men, which is a clear abuse of power as well as a revealing example of Trump’s escalation from nasty tweets about his political opponents to unleashing federal prosecutors on them.
    Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Val Kilmer was tremendously candid about his life and career, between a revealing 2020 memoir and an intimate 2021 documentary.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025

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“Eloquent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eloquent. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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