elocution

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Pelphrey delivers the area’s signature elocution with absolute assurance, although his heartrending concoction of Robbie’s kindness and despair leaves a deeper impression than the way he speaks.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025

When he did, he held the floor with effortless elocution.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025

When I was a kid, I started doing elocution lessons because I had a really bad lisp.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2023

The comic actor, who often played well-spoken English gentlemen-type roles, was born in Tottenham, north-east London in 1924 and received elocution lessons as a child to correct his cockney accent.

From Reuters • Nov. 8, 2022

Aunt Loma never missed a chance to mention LaGrange College, where she had studied elocution and expression.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns