pretty speech

Example Sentences

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

From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2016

Jack thought this a pretty speech, but the girl herself was made presently aware of its insincerity.

From My Lord Duke by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

In fancy I had already rehearsed the pretty speech in which I should thank the committee for the honor conferred on me.

From Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer by Farrar, Geraldine

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

Despite your pretty speech, I confess to a fear of waltzing in the sun.

From The Romance of a Poor Young Man A Drama Adapted from the French of Octave Feuillet by Edwards, Pierrepont