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Example Sentences

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Students debate or orate about controversial topics surrounding free speech and the Constitution.

From Washington Post

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

From New York Times

“It’s the idea that acting is a conversation, that in real life, people don’t plant their feet and orate. That was what James wanted from us.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

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