as in to mouth (off)
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech
an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters
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Recent Examples of perorate
As a black spiritual hums on the soundtrack, Hooded Justice perorates about the legacy of being the victim—not the complicit or recruited perpetrator—of violence:
My mama played the piano right over there.
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Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2020
Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 24 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perorate
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Days after Khalil spoke to CNN, the university missed its deadline to reach an agreement on divestment.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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The soldiers, speaking from the front by telephone Friday and Saturday, requested anonymity to discuss sensitive operations.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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After premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in May and taking home the coveted Jury Prize and a joint Best Actress prize for its female ensemble (the three aforementioned performers plus Adriana Paz), discourse around Emilia Pérez lit up like a New Year’s Eve fireworks display.—
Lucy Ford,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Their story is just one egregious example of the dark side of family vlogging, a popular genre of influencing that often sparks discourse over the exploitation of children, no matter how innocent the content seems on its face.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
16 Jan. 2025
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Republican members of Congress are finding themselves so harangued about federal cuts during town halls that they've been advised to stop holding them.—
Susan Page,
USA TODAY,
5 Mar. 2025
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Johnny and Aaron Matthews spent years haranguing the county just to finally get a redacted copy of their sister’s death certificate in 2018.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Perorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perorate. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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