eloquent

Example Sentences

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The Telegraph called the pigeon's discharge "the most eloquent live review in history."

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

A disheveled man sick of endless waiting launched into an eloquent tirade ending with Samuel Beckett -- "You know what happened in the story of Godot? He never came."

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

He sees value in observing the pauses between things—intervals that, he argues, can be as eloquent and productive as any bursts of energetic activity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

For instance, Trump was a very eloquent speaker back in the 1990s, with the ability to speak in whole paragraphs and make coherent arguments.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

In his sagging eyes we found the language we’d been searching for, a language more eloquent than the cheap bead necklaces of words my mother offered.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García