pretty speech

Example Sentences

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“Brutus made a pretty speech, but Caesar was betrayed.”

From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2016

The Squire thought this a very pretty speech, and, as it came from a very pretty woman, its effect on him was beneficial.

From The Eldest Son by Marshall, Archibald

Now Katie had come down with the express purpose of seeing him, and with her mind full of a very pretty speech which she intended to make to him.

From A Castle in Spain A Novel by De Mille, James

The King addressed each of them on his kissing hands, and to Scarlett he made a very pretty speech about the administration of the law.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Greville, Charles

But the sudden meeting of Harry with Talbot had raised other thoughts and feelings, which had driven her pretty speech altogether out of her mind.

From A Castle in Spain A Novel by De Mille, James