declamatory

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Recent Examples of declamatory 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 See All Example Sentences for declamatory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for declamatory
Adjective
  • Whether these rhetorical jabs will resonate with voters or simply serve to inflame partisan divisions remains an open question.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Just asking questions Kennedy and other MAHA proponents also employ another powerful rhetorical tactic: raising questions about topics that have already reached a scientific consensus.
    Megan Donelson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The rom-com canon receives a meaty and eloquent addition thanks to the acclaimed cast, consisting of Nicole Beharie, André Holland, and DeWanda Wise.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Even the man who wrote eloquent romantic soliloquies that have endured centuries still royally pissed off his wife on the regular.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • More than 6,000 people lined up quietly on Saturday — and on Sunday the queue was even more striking, spilling into the streets around the stately venue designed by Tadao Ando, whom Armani admired and respected.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Clement Virgo’s erotic, eerie thriller Steal Away tells the story of two young women — one Black, one white — who form a bond while trying to unravel the secret history of a stately manor house.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • From romantic florals to elegant damasks and bucolic toile scenes, old-world wallpaper is making a grand and graceful return.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That honest, messy middle—where ambition meets uncertainty and growth doesn’t always look graceful—has been essential in making Issa’s work so resonant and enduring.
    Essence, Essence, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Declamatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/declamatory. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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