speechify
Example Sentences
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The speechifying tone of the language Hellesen offers Eisenhower precludes any sense of intimacy.
From Los Angeles Times
As a TV show, however, it is uncomfortably like a play, with episodes of speechifying and dialogue that sound more constructed than natural.
From Los Angeles Times
She couldn’t sleep thinking about the difference between what was on the recording and what Herrera speechified about at her fundraiser with the Black Women’s Democratic Club — his talk of solidarity.
From Los Angeles Times
There’s a Shakespearean grandeur to the deluded Borkman as he staggers shaggy-haired into the snow, speechifying to the night sky like Lear cast out into the storm.
From New York Times
His Oath Keepers attire might have one think that he has the sort of booming baritone that commands authority from 50 paces, but his speechifying tone is light on bass and heavy on dire warnings.
From Washington Post
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