oratory
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He isn’t known for rousing oratory or catchy sound bites; the former prosecutor instead prefers to talk in long, earnest sentences about fairness and duty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
On Friday, as the Rams prepared for the second night of the draft, McVay used his oratory skills before another assemblage of pros.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025
It announced that the school oratory would be open on Saturday and Sunday for pupils and their families to come together to remember Tiarnán.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2025
So far, the Democratic National Convention has been filled with era-marking oratory.
From Slate • Aug. 22, 2024
All the sisters would be in the oratory for the final service of the day, except for Sister Fenella, he supposed, and Sister Katarina, if she was looking after Lyra.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing oratory
Speech and Debate
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President Obama's Speech on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
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myPerspectives 9.3
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