elocution

Example Sentences

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The president is a former law professor, and his voice was so resounding and his elocution so impeccable that I could immediately imagine him in his old lecture hall.

From New York Times

He speaks with a drawl reminiscent of Owen Wilson’s circa “You, Me and Dupree” and has an elocution coach’s way of enunciating every letter in a word, including both t’s in “important.”

From New York Times

There are plenty of online elocution classes to teach you how.

From BBC

Maher finds his manager and social media adviser coaching him on everything from elocution to how to behave like a star so that he can remain one.

From New York Times

Many viewers were also repelled by the sexist commentary from Sheldon that couldn’t really be saved by his strained elocution and left-field historical factoids.

From The New Yorker