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flowery speech
noun as in embellishment
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Mr. Ward involved himself in a somewhat flowery speech of cong.
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He made a very flowery speech on the occasion, which I answered in a few words, accompanied by a small present.
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I do not wish to make any flowery speech to win sympathy in the court of justice.
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Under every flowery speech and childish demand was some vital human need.
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It was plain that he had first carefully prepared and then committed to memory such a flowery speech.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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