declamation
Example Sentences
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Declamation and gesture have been rubbed by custom until they shine like polished pendants.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Declamation roar'd, while passion slept," said Dr. Johnson of the ranting style of early 18th century acting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Declamation, repetition, puerility, a lack of logic, and incoherence strike him at every turn.
From The Necessity of Atheism by Brooks, David Marshall
Ramsey found her worst of all when her turn came in "Declamation," on Friday afternoons.
From Ramsey Milholland by Tarkington, Booth
It would have been a good "Declamation" theme in the days of such things, "Should a man—for this one experience—consent to be Telemachus for the rest of his life—and after?"
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George
