public speaking
Example Sentences
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"It is confusing because I've always been able to stand up and do that and go on stage, and things like public speaking have never worried me."
From BBC • Mar. 22, 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
Here was the Founders’ model in miniature: classical knowledge, truth and beauty, memorization and public speaking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 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
The explanation of the miracle was this: Billy had taken a course in public speaking.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.