declamatory

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Recent Examples of declamatory But there’s nothing boring in Coppola’s realization of this culminating drama, and none in Driver’s declamatory enthusiasm. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2024 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 The action lurches from overt satire to romantic jousting and soap-operatic family melodrama; the performances have a declamatory pseudo-amateurism in keeping with the film’s statements of personal self-assertion and political purpose. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024 That starts with the declamatory choice to populate historically white genres with predominantly Black casts. Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for declamatory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for declamatory
Adjective
  • Trump’s rhetorical bombing raids against Fed Chair Jerome Powell could backfire spectacularly on Asia.
    William Pesek, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • There are two different models for dealing with this reality, approaches that can broadly be described as strategic and rhetorical.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Mark Twain’s Paris This is an eloquent description of a severe addiction.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
  • The Convergence Of Artificial And Human Illusions The parallel between AI's eloquent emptiness and our bias toward confident communication reveals something profound about the nature of intelligence itself.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • Nearly every single room has a stately writer’s desk that an AI bot can’t take away.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 June 2025
  • The stately Red Fox Inn & Tavern, which has roots dating back to 1728, sits prominently in the middle of town, and both Salamander Middleburg and Goodstone Inn & Restaurant are just a short drive away.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • Audiences expect costume epics to be beautiful and kinetic – flying swords, graceful choreography.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 June 2025
  • Simulating data poisoning, rare clinical conditions and system failures, then automating rollback triggers, ensures graceful degradation.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025

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“Declamatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/declamatory. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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