as in speech
a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience
inspired declamations about the global triumph of democracy within our lifetimes
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Recent Examples of declamation
On Tuesday, March 4 at 8 p.m. the Jordan High School students will hold their declamation and oration contests.
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Darcy’s singing may sometimes bring to mind the stentorian declamations of the Fall’s Mark E. Smith, but there’s also a strain of petulant hot-guy brio in his voice that a Strokes fan might recognize.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
Ideologues and power-mongers of many sorts, from brazen Black profiteers in Paris to frivolous white do-gooders, fill the frame with their declamations.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
But the whole show is well cast and performed, and even when the action feels overly constructed or declamatory — and there is a rash of declamation toward the season’s end — there is something or someone pleasing to latch onto.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
But don’t confuse Iggy’s rant or its wild musicality as a return to Stooges-like raucousness and institutional declamation for nostalgia.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 6 Jan. 2023
His sound world is brooding, with grimly hovering drones, enhanced by electronic effects, under heated declamation.
—New York Times, 12 July 2022
At the conclusion of his proud, if not defiant, presentation, a transfixed room roared in applause as Churchill was awarded the declamation prize.
—Tod Worner, National Review, 17 Oct. 2021
Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Darcy’s singing may sometimes bring to mind the stentorian declamations of the Fall’s Mark E. Smith, but there’s also a strain of petulant hot-guy brio in his voice that a Strokes fan might recognize.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
Ideologues and power-mongers of many sorts, from brazen Black profiteers in Paris to frivolous white do-gooders, fill the frame with their declamations.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
But the whole show is well cast and performed, and even when the action feels overly constructed or declamatory — and there is a rash of declamation toward the season’s end — there is something or someone pleasing to latch onto.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
But don’t confuse Iggy’s rant or its wild musicality as a return to Stooges-like raucousness and institutional declamation for nostalgia.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 6 Jan. 2023
His sound world is brooding, with grimly hovering drones, enhanced by electronic effects, under heated declamation.
—New York Times, 12 July 2022
At the conclusion of his proud, if not defiant, presentation, a transfixed room roared in applause as Churchill was awarded the declamation prize.
—Tod Worner, National Review, 17 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for declamation
speech
Noun
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After making a positive impact on Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) in her season 2 debut, Chef Terry returned in the season 3 finale to deliver a moving speech about the importance of a restaurant being service to the customer — not the food itself.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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After the speeches on the Capitol steps, the crowd marched to 8th Street and then back toward the Capitol.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Declamation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/declamation. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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