declamation

Example Sentences

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The actors' use of Classical French and historically faithful declamation could however disorientate some viewers.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Previous Lincoln scholars have treated the Lyceum Speech more as an outburst than an oration, at best the overwrought declamation of a gifted tyro.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Nuance is not much favored in this age of declamation, of all or nothing, of presumption of guilt, of refusal to compromise.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

The opening credits of “Chariots of Fire” roll as a bunch of young runners progress in slow motion across a glum beach in Scotland, as a lazy, beat-backed tune rises to a magisterial declamation.

From Washington Times • May 19, 2022

After the long, torchlit approach, walking straight into the gaze of the snarling deity, mysterious bellows reverberating off the stone, the oracular declamation from above must have been spine-chilling.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann