declaiming

present participle of declaim
1
as in speaking
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject over the last two centuries some of the most illustrious personages of their times have declaimed in the town's historic lyceum

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as in discoursing
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech he declaimed at some length about the nation's obligation to spread democratic values around the world

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Recent Examples of declaiming And the conversations between Anna and Molly, Ella and Julia (Ella’s friend and a counterpart of Molly), as well as the stammering and declaiming when Anna talks to herself, are almost always about men. Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 More often, though, Tallent demonstrates his characters’ precarity rather than declaiming about it. Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
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  • Nowhere in the world do nonprofessionals (strictly speaking) merit the attention that the college football player here does.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Broadly speaking, many prominent Silicon Valley companies started in a place of technological service and innovation only to have more recently shifted into the dystopia business, and public sentiment has shifted in kind.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • From the whitewashing controversy to the toxic love to the daring costumes, the discourse is going to be discoursing.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 13 Feb. 2026
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  • Especially for him in the same interview to be lecturing my party on democracy and norms.
    NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Before long, at the height of France’s own student protests, in 1968, Ascherson was lecturing at the Sorbonne on post-Stalinist revolutionary ideas and tactics.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • During testimony this week, Warsh sought to emphasize his independence from the White House, which was called into question after months of Trump haranguing Powell over interest rates.
    Justin Papp, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • Benatia got a three-month suspension for haranguing a fourth official.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026
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  • This is Edward, the aging King of England, talking to the ambitious noble Harold Godwinson.
    John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • While talking with reporters Wednesday, Payton was asked how Denver was preparing for Mahomes, who is coming off major knee surgery in December.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

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“Declaiming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/declaiming. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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