speechmaker

Example Sentences

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She’s a reasonably good speechmaker, but she’s no Obama — by which I mean Michelle Obama, whose impassioned appeal dominated the first night’s proceedings.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2020

“I consider Jerry to be the most intelligent officeholder in Virginia,” Sabato said in 1985, before adding, “I think he’s a terrible speechmaker and speechwriter.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2019

This play, shown last year at Clubbed Thumb Summerworks, returns Ms. Schreck to her roots as a high school speechmaker, touring American Legion halls to earn cash for college.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2018

“Most big speeches start with the politician, the leader, the speechmaker, giving a sense of what they think,” a former Party official, who worked for May at the time, told me.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 23, 2018

As the speechmaker cracked the neck with his sword, the bottle burst in a thousand pieces, drenching everyone with wine.

From Everyman's Land by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)