rhetoric

Example Sentences

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“The market is caught between the largest supply disruption in modern history and growing de-escalation rhetoric from Washington,” said Neil Crosby, associate vice president of oil analytics at Sparta Commodities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Her concurrence is too cryptic, though, to be of much use to lower courts trying to make sense of Gorsuch’s maximalist rhetoric.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

The author argues that Bovino’s inflammatory rhetoric and theatrical enforcement style backfired, with his unsubstantiated claim that slain ICU nurse Alex Pretti wanted to “massacre law enforcement” particularly damaging public perception of immigration enforcement efforts.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

In conflicts of this nature, public rhetoric and private negotiation often diverge materially.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Aristotle shines, in other words, because he was the first person really to grasp that the study of rhetoric is the study of humanity itself.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith