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orate

[aw-reyt, oh-reyt, awr-eyt, ohr-eyt] / ɔˈreɪt, oʊˈreɪt, ˈɔr eɪt, ˈoʊr eɪt /


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Neville told Rosner that there were three lines of dialogue that he wanted Bourdain’s voice to orate, but he couldn’t find previous audio to string together or make it work otherwise.

From The Verge Jul. 15, 2021

The new leader of Britain’s House of Commons, known for his orate rhetoric and affinity for tradition, has issued a painstaking list of grammar and etiquette for his staff.

From Fox News Jul. 27, 2019

For the next half hour, Valentino Dixon will stand on the courthouse steps and orate for TV cameras, and I hear the same lines from his letters.

From Golf Digest Dec. 6, 2018

Characters sing, orate and spin yarns — and all within the framing of chapters in a book.

From Salon Nov. 15, 2018

That’s one of the reasons a writer should mutter, mumble, or orate a draft of his prose to himself, ideally after enough time has elapsed that it is no longer familiar.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Among the loudest opponents of this idea is Senator Everett Dirksen, who orates that such disclosures would make a lawmaker a "second-class citizen."

From Time Magazine Archive

From a base, sculpture orates; from the floor, it talks.

From Time Magazine Archive

He rarely raises his voice; he never orates; he always drops his gs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Daniel Webster orates, in public and at home.

From Time Magazine Archive

And he orates random thoughts of profundity with such authority that you want to write them down and hang them on the wall, but they only allow writing instruments in the rec room.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

It featured a version of the Gettysburg address as orated by the president at the time, Dwight D. Eisenhower.

From New York Times Jan. 24, 2023

That the speeches in “Undelivered” were never orated does take some of the helium out of their balloons, but in Nussbaum’s able hands, this cruise through what-might-have-been offers a hell of a fun ride.

From Washington Post Jun. 3, 2022

While working as a lawyer, he found himself unable to deliver orated arguments as eloquently as he could write them.

From Salon Apr. 30, 2022

"Anyone looking at this jury could tell it was not a jury of Mr. Smollett’s peers in Chicago," she orated in defense of the actor and singer.

From Fox News Mar. 10, 2022

The cars were dec orated with big posters which said, “Salinas Valley Lettuce.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

He is always explaining to Bran that she doesn’t understand stuff, assigning her homework and orating on the topic of her limitations.

From New York Times May 17, 2022

A week and a half after Tom recorded himself orating, he got a voice mail saying he was a winner.

From Washington Post Mar. 16, 2022

In our mind’s eye, we have a vision of an exhausting marathon in which a brave senator has the gumption to stand up and keep orating until his or her colleagues see the point.

From Seattle Times Mar. 12, 2021

“He was a rousing, orating nationalist for the British Empire. But he believed the populace must be informed and educated to see through cheap rhetoric.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2017

Well—Though I haven't done much orating this fall.

From Babbitt by Lewis, Sinclair




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