oral message
Example Sentences
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In the oral message, Nixon pointedly avoided presenting a shopping list of election-year proposals.
From Time Magazine Archive
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On May 7, 1982, Begin sent us an oral message warning that it might well become "imperative and inevitable" to remove the threat.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But Enrique was capable of enriching any oral message, and I was compelled to read between the lines; yet I hope the saints, to whom he daily prayed, will blot out any untruthful embellishments.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Adams, Andy
The mode of giving this notification has been by an oral message delivered by his private secretary.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 3: James Knox Polk by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
A verbal message means only a message in words; an oral message is a message by word of mouth.
From Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)