pretty speech
Example Sentences
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“Brutus made a pretty speech, but Caesar was betrayed.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2016
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
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
"Now that, I think, is a very pretty speech, and I expect something equally pretty from you."
From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony
"That is a very pretty speech for you to make."
From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony
