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expressing feelings or opinions in a way that is loud and forceful
Her declamatory manner of speech inspired some but irritated others. declamatory speeches/statements
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Recent Examples of declamatory
The cast features nonprofessional actors drawn from the area; their declamatory style of performance, along with Mateus’s hieratic images, endow the movie’s dramatic realism with the power of myth.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Yet the power in these two performances isn’t supplemented by much texture in the stern, declamatory writing: There’s little sense of how this relationship functions, or once functioned, outside these particularly fraught scenes.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Aug. 2025
The music is stark, declamatory, and ironic in its use of gentler major-key harmonies for some of the darkest lines.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The main theme, a declamatory seven-note figure, later becomes the basis for a fantastical cadenza on vibraphone, played poetically by Yeh.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2024
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Yet the power in these two performances isn’t supplemented by much texture in the stern, declamatory writing: There’s little sense of how this relationship functions, or once functioned, outside these particularly fraught scenes.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Aug. 2025
The music is stark, declamatory, and ironic in its use of gentler major-key harmonies for some of the darkest lines.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The main theme, a declamatory seven-note figure, later becomes the basis for a fantastical cadenza on vibraphone, played poetically by Yeh.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for declamatory
Adjective
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In Cuba today, Marxist bromides serve as nothing more than rhetorical cover for corruption.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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Such rhetoric shifts focus away from the perpetrator and the broader failures that allow violent crime to persist.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Several board members commended the speakers and noted that the students were eloquent in their speeches.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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Under this alignment of eloquent Mercury and unstoppable Mars in your in-depth 8th house, those connections could use a bit of extra attention.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The vibe shifts stately but stays easy.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
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This stately masseria, built in the 16th century, is located in Mesagne, right along the fabled Appian Way, the ancient road that ran from Rome to Brindisi.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Architectural Digest,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Your next house could be this graceful French mansion, previously owned by both the late German designer and by European royalty.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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Offer graceful leadership and listen to quieter voices, because shared success grows when everyone feels included and heard.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The three-minute-plus earworm is more of a bombastic wakeup call than a nursery rhyme.—
Jae-Ha Kim,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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Doucette's bombastic proclamation was vindicated in his standout performance, earning tournament MVP honors.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The poisoning of a champion stallion opens an investigation that starts to expose tensions and secrets inside an aristocratic horse breeding dynasty.—
Emiliano de Pablos,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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The series begins with her and Jolyon’s wedding, and Francis certainly thinks that her six-episode season will be about ensuring her family’s ascendency into aristocratic society by finding a suitable match for her daughter June (Justine Emma Moore).—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That wasn’t Newsom’s only oratorical slip-up, although the second one says more about the larger Democratic Party than anything else.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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With his height and his oratorical flourishes, Jackson was a charismatic figure who led protests in Greensboro.—
Johanna Neuman,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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