public speaking
Example Sentences
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If Wagner’s job seems to require an unusual combination of skills—mastery of fluid dynamics, comfort with public speaking, strong pint tolerance—he comes by them honestly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Off-screen, Chapin was an evangelist who shared her faith through public speaking, ministry and outreach, according to her website.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
Perhaps these qualities also prepared her to weather the slings and arrows of international NGO leadership and public speaking.
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2025
Those who work with Levy have described him as "shy, quiet and hard working", not the cold character of public perception, although limelight and public speaking has never sat easy with him.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025
It was, after all, a job that promised to exercise my talent for public speaking, and if the pay was anything at all it would be more than I had now.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.